Sermons & Devotionals by Daily Portions

"For we walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7 The nature of faith is to trust in the dark, when all appearances are against it; to trust that a calm will come, though the storm be overhead; to trust that God will appear, though nothing but evil be felt. It is tender, child-like, and theref... Read More

"For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake." Philippians 1:29 After the Lord, by his special work on the conscience, has called us to repentance and confession of sin, as well as to faith in Jesus; after he has called us to godly so... Read More

"I am the vine, you are the branches. He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit; for without me you can do nothing." John 15:5 The great secret in religion--that secret which is only with those who fear the Lord and to whom he shows his covenant--is first to get sensible u... Read More

"The eternal God is your refuge." Deuteronomy 33:27 There is, to my mind, much sweetness in the contrast between the eternal God being the refuge of his people, and the lying refuges that most hide their heads in. God's people need an eternal refuge. They have a never-dying soul; and unless they hav... Read More

"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof." Ecclesiastes 7:8 Thus says the wise man, and it is often true in natural things, but invariably so in divine. Rarely at first can we foresee what will be the outcome of any matter which we take in hand. We may begin it with much hope, and fi... Read More

"All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away; but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." 1 Peter 1:24, 25 All flesh, and everything that springs from the fl... Read More

"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4 "Man shall not live by bread alone." There is heavenly food to support his soul, as well as natural food to support his body. If a man is supported spiritually by every word that proceeds out of... Read More

"What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies." Song of Solomon 6:13 Are you not often a mystery to yourself? Warm one moment, cold the next; abasing yourself one hour, exalting yourself the following; loving the world, full of it, steeped up to your lips in it today; cry... Read More

"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 1:7 Trials and temptations are the means which God employs to manifest to the soul the reality a... Read More

"And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast." 1 Peter 5:10 If "the God of all grace" has indeed "called you to his eternal glory"--if he has indeed touched your hear... Read More

"But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." Romans 5:20 In order to know what grace is in its reign over sin, and in its super-aboundings over the aboundings of iniquity, we must be led experimentally into the depths of the fall. We must be led by God himself into the secrets of our own he... Read More

"When you go through deep waters, I will be with you." Isaiah 43:2 How many of the dear saints of God, when they have been brought into tribulation and sorrow, have found the fulfillment of this most gracious promise! And is there not one of these waters through which all must go--that deep and rapi... Read More

"They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them." –Jeremiah 31:9 Until God is pleased to pour out upon us the spirit of grace and of supplications, we cannot worship him aright; for God is a Spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth; nor can we ... Read More

"Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hidden from you." –Psalm 38:9 Many of the Lord's people cannot clearly read their names in the book of life; many are the doubts and fears that work in their bosom whether the Lord really has begun a work of grace upon their souls, and wheth... Read More

"I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ." –Galatians 1:12 When I speak of a revelation of Christ, I am not contending for anything visionary. Dreams, voices, appearances in the air, sights and sounds, crosses in the sky, and appa... Read More

"My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." –Deuteronomy 32:2 In the falling of the natural dew there is something soft, still, and gentle. We therefore read, "We will light upon him as the dew f... Read More

"In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins." –Colossians 1:14 Of all spiritual blessings made known to the soul by the power of God "a knowledge of salvation by the remission of sins" is the hardest to be obtained, and most prized when acquired. How many poor tried, ... Read More

"O send out your light and your truth--let them lead me; let them bring me unto your holy hill, and to your tabernacles." –Psalm 43:3 A spiritually living man cannot, in his right mind, bear the idea of standing still, that is to say, standing still so as to have no spiritual work going on within; a... Read More

"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain." –Hebrews 6:19 Anchors, you know, are made of different sizes. You may walk in the Queen's Dockyard, and there you may see anchors for a boat, and anchors for a three-decker. Yet all anch... Read More

"Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures." –Luke 24:45 Blessed opening, when He that has the key of David puts in his hand by the hole of the door, and opens our heart to receive his own word. Then when we go to the Word of Truth, after it has come to us, our fingers drop ... Read More