Sermons & Devotionals by Daily Portions

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose." –Romans 8:28 To look at all our varied circumstances; and then to believe that if we are the lovers of God, all things we experience are working together for our spiritua... Read More

"Let Israel hope in the Lord--for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption." –Psalm 130:7 "Let Israel hope in the Lord." Has she ceased to hope in the creature? Does she despair of salvation from any other source or quarter but the blood of the Lamb? Is she crying, sighing,... Read More

"But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption." –1 Corinthians 1:30 Consider what heavenly blessings there are for those who have a living union with the Son of God. Everything is provided for them, that shall be for the... Read More

"As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him." –1 John 2:27 Have you ever had a solitary drop of thi... Read More

"It is the Spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing--the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." –John 6:63 It is through the word that the soul in the first instance is cleansed. It is by the word that the soul is begotten again unto eternal life. It is, also, by th... Read More

"Who loved me, and gave himself for me." –Galatians 2:20 Many of the saints of God may not be so highly favored as to take up into their lips Paul's language of strong, personal assurance. They may hope, and at times may rise beyond a hope, into a sweet confidence, by the shining in of the Sun of ri... Read More

"I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him." –Micah 7:9 It is a view of our sins against God that enables us to bear the indignation of the Lord against us and them. As long as we are left to a spirit of pride and self-righteousness, we murmur at the Lord's dealings ... Read More

"He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure." –2 Samuel 23:5 O the blessedness of having a manifest interest in the blood of the covenant, and thus to have a testimony that God has made a covenant with his dear Son upon our behalf; that our names are written in the ... Read More

"As sorrowful, yet aways rejoicing." –2 Corinthians 6:10 Though the Christian in himself is sorrowful, and has reason to be so all the day long, yet so far as he has any views by faith of the Lord Jesus Christ, any good hope through grace, or any manifestation of his Person, work, blood, and love, h... Read More

"He will keep the feet of his saints." –1 Samuel 2:9 The Lord sees his poor scattered pilgrims traveling through a valley of tears, journeying through a waste howling wilderness, a path beset with baits, traps, and snares in every direction. How can they escape? Why, the Lord keeps their feet, carri... Read More

"Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon--for why should I be as one that turns aside by the flocks of your companions? If you know not, O fairest among women, go your way by the footsteps of the flock, and feed your young goats beside the shepher... Read More

"Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father." –1 Thessalonians 1:3 It is air and exercise that keep the body healthy. So it is spiritually. The graces of the Spirit need to be often exercised an... Read More

"God, who is rich in mercy." –Ephesians 2:4 Mercy well suits a sensible sinner; and the riches of God's mercy especially suit those who are brought down in real extremity of soul to see and feel how abundant he must be in mercy, how overflowing in the exceeding riches of his grace, that they may ven... Read More

"And has put all things under his feet." –Ephesians 1:22 How vast, how numerous, how complicated are the various events and circumstances which attend the Church of God here below, as she travels onward to her heavenly home! But if all things as well as all persons are put under Jesus' feet, there c... Read More

"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God." –Colossians 3:1 How many there are even of those who desire to fear God who are kept down by the world, and to whom it has not lost its attractive power; who are held fa... Read More

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him--for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready." –Revelation 19:7 We need two things to take us to heaven; a title to it, and a fitness for it. Our only title to heaven is the blood and righteousness of the Son of God--t... Read More

"Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." –John 1:17 The way to learn truth is to be much in prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ; as you lie upon your bed, as engaged in your daily occupation, to be from time to time looking up to the Lord himself as he sits upon his throne of grace, and be begging of him... Read More

"Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." –2 Corinthians 4:9 You may be cast down by many doubts and fears, and lose the sense of the Lord's love to your soul, but you cannot lose the reality, nor is your faith destroyed by the hottest flame. It is like gold; the fire melts away ... Read More

"In whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory." –Ephesians 1:13, 14 Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. Holy are its inhabita... Read More

"These all died in faith." –Hebrews 11:13 When death came it did not rob them of their faith. They held with their believing hand in death every truth which they had held with their believing hand in life. It is in death that the gospel is such a blessing when held by a believing hand. What would we... Read More