My Soul Thirsteth for God
Meditation As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:1, 2. The heart that has once tasted the love of Christ, cries out continually for a deeper draught, and […]
I Have Remembered Thy Name in the Night
Meditation Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law. Psalm 119:54, 55. God’s messengers must tarry long with Him, if they would have success in their work. The story is told of an old Lancashire woman […]
I Will Meditate in Thy Precepts
Meditation I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. Psalm 119:15, 16. Thoughts and meditations upon the goodness of God to us would close the avenues of the soul to Satan’s suggestions. God’s love for us is proved […]
Commune with Thine Own Heart
Meditation Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Psalm 4:4. Closely examine your own heart, and the state of your affections toward God. Inquire, Have I devoted the precious moments of today in seeking to please myself, seeking for my own amusement? or have I […]
In the Night His Song Is with Me
Meditation Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Psalm 42:8. If you have given yourself to God, to do His work, you have no need to be anxious for tomorrow. He whose servant […]
Blessed Is He that Readeth
Meditation Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is it hand. Revelation 1:3. When a real love for the Bible is awakened, and the student begins to realize how vast is the field and how precious its […]