Latest Gems
October 8 - 10
"Did not our heart burn within us, when He (JESUS) talked with
us by the way?" (Luke 24:32)
Are you walking in the light of the affections of that Lord Jesus who loved you and washed you from your sins in His own blood? Is that name of JESUS causing a vibration in your heart as you walk along the wilderness? (G.V. Wigram)
N.J. Hiebert # 2759
"My grace is sufficient for thee." (2 Corinthians 12:9)
The other evening I was riding home after a heavy day's work. I felt very wearied, and sore depressed, when swiftly, and suddenly as a lightning flash, that text came to me, "My grace is sufficient for thee." I reached home and looked it up in the original, and at last it came to me in this way, "MY grace is sufficient for thee"; and I said,"I should think it is, Lord," and burst out laughing. I never fully understood what the holy laughter of Abraham was until then. It seemed to make unbelief so absurd.
- It was as though some little fish, being very thirsty, was troubled about drinking the river dry, and the river said, "Drink away, little fish, my stream is sufficient for thee."
- Or, it seemed after the seven years of plenty, a mouse feared it might die of famine; and Joseph might say, "Cheer up, little mouse, my granaries are sufficient for thee."
- Again, I imagined a man away up yonder, in a lofty mountain, saying to himself, "I breathe so many cubic feet of air every year, I fear I shall exhaust the oxygen in the atmosphere," but the earth might say, "Breathe away, O man, and fill the lungs ever, my atmosphere is sufficient for thee."
Oh, brethren, be great believers! Little faith will bring your souls to Heaven, but great faith will bring Heaven to your souls. (C.H. Spurgeon)
N.J. Hiebert # 2760
"My soul thirsteth for God." (Psalm 42:2)
We never get on in divine things unless we are content to let self go. Any way or purpose in connection with ourselves is only a barrier to divine blessing. (E.P. Corrin)
N.J. Hiebert # 2761
