Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. Romans 12:11. The life of Christ from His earliest years was a life of earnest activity. He lived not to please Himself. He was the Son of the infinite God,
My Guide and Pilot
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Psalm 32:8. Often the Christian life is beset with dangers, and duty seems hard to perform. The imagination pictures
Table in the Wilderness
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Psalm 33:18, 19. Like the Saviour of mankind,
Eden
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. Genesis 2:15. Although everything God had made was in the perfection of beauty, and there seemed nothing wanting
In God’s Image
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27. After the earth with its teeming animal and vegetable life had been called into existence, man,
One Day at a Time
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:8. What a privilege that we sinful mortals have the privilege of speaking with God. In the closet, when
The Glories of the Heavenly World
Since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Isaiah 64:4. Many have longed to