Sermons & Devotionals by Daily Portions

"Commit your way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass." –Psalm 37:5 What shall God bring to pass? The thing that lies deepest in the heart--"your way." Does not 'your way' lie deepest in your soul--the path that God has led, the path that God is now leading you by? You may... Read More

"God is faithful, by whom you were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord." –1 Corinthians 1:9 When God calls his people by his grace, it is to make them partakers of the highest bliss and the greatest glory that he could confer upon the sons of men. And this not only in eternit... Read More

"To those who have no might he increases strength." –Isaiah 40:29 The Lord's people are often in this state, that they "have no might." All their power seems exhausted, and their strength completely drained away; sin appears to have gotten the mastery over them; and they feel as if they had neither ... Read More

"Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 1:13 Hope chiefly regards "the end;"--for that is "better than the beginning," the crowning consummation of all that faith believes, hope ... Read More

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." –Ephesians 1:3 O, could our faith but embrace a little, were it only a little, and O, could we daily come and drink but a few drops of this pure fountain of immorta... Read More

"I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living." –Psalm 116:9 There is a distinction between walking before God and walking with God. To walk before God is to walk with an abiding sense of God's eye being upon us; to walk with a desire to do those things which are pleasing in his sight; to w... Read More

"I am the Lord who heals you." –Exodus 15:26 How does God heal the diseases of his people? He heals them chiefly by subduing them; for in this life they are never thoroughly healed. The promise runs--"He will subdue our iniquities" (Micah 7:19). To subdue them is to restrain their power. Thus he see... Read More

"His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob." –Genesis 49:24 Our ancestors, you know, were celebrated bowmen. Victories were won at Cressy and Agincourt by the English cavalry, who were skilled in the use of the bow. Latimer says, in... Read More

"Be not conformed to this world--but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God." –Romans 12:2 How shall we find the will of God acceptable? Only as we are renewed in the spirit of our mind, and are transformed and confo... Read More

"That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world." –Ephesians 2:12 The Apostle here tells the Ephesians that in their natural state, before divinely quickened and made a... Read More

"All your children shall be taught of the Lord." –Isaiah 54:13 The teaching of God can only be known and realized by those who have seen an end of all creature perfection, and who are completely and experimentally destitute of all wisdom in the flesh. And God's teaching does not leave a man where it... Read More

"The Lord loves the gates of Zion." –Psalm 87:2 What are gates for? Two purposes--entrance and exit. And Zion, also, has her gates of exit and entrance; she has her gates of access to God, entrance into the presence of the Most High; "the door of hope," opened in "the valley of Achor." And who has o... Read More

"We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us." –1 Corinthians 2:12 What thick clouds of darkness spread themselves at times over our souls; all things out of sight; our signs and tokens buried, as it were, in mist. ... Read More

"Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation." –1 Peter 1:5 Those who are kept by the power of God through faith, are often in their minds troubled and anxious, fearing whether this salvation will ever reach their souls--whether they may not prove castaways--whether the work upon t... Read More

"Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped." –Isaiah 35:5 That these miracles are effected by the power of the gospel is plain from the words that immediately precede, "Behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come a... Read More

"Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings." –Malachi 4:2 Just as the sun rises in the east and gradually mounts up into the meridian sky, dispersing with every ray light, warmth, and gladness; so this blessed Lord Jesus, as the Sun of righteousness, i... Read More

"Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so shall you be my disciples." –John 15:8 The bearing of much fruit not only brings glory to God, but proves such rich fruit-bearers to be genuine disciples of the Lord Jesus. Now, though there is no merit in their bearing fruit, they sometim... Read More

"For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." –2 Corinthians 5:21 Our blessed Lord offered himself for sin; that is, that he might put away sin by the sacrifice of himself--"Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree" ... Read More

"In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." –John 14:2 O that we could lift our eyes to those blest abodes, those mansions of heavenly bliss, where no sorrow intrudes, where sin is unknown, where tears are wiped from off all fa... Read More

"He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches." –Revelation 2:29 These words extend the message beyond the church to which they were spoken, and address themselves to every one to whom the word comes, and to whom an ear is given to hear and receive it. Thus each message se... Read More