philippians-4:8

CHOICE EXCERPTS A living, loving, personal Savior We are in the habit of saying that Christ saved us by dying for us on the Cross. In an important sense this is true. We never could have been saved, if He had not died for us. But we are actually saved by our relationship to a living, loving, persona... Read More

In Green Pastures by J. R. Miller, 1890 "Handfuls of Grass for the Lord's Hungry Sheep" Daily readings for every day in the year "The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters." Psalm 23:1-2 APRIL April 1 God Himself His Own... Read More

In Green Pastures by J. R. Miller, 1890 "Handfuls of Grass for the Lord's Hungry Sheep" Daily readings for every day in the year "The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters." Psalm 23:1-2 CHOICE EXCERPTS To be a Christian... Read More

In Green Pastures by J. R. Miller, 1890 "Handfuls of Grass for the Lord's Hungry Sheep" Daily readings for every day in the year "The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters." Psalm 23:1-2 OCTOBER October 1 Making Work Wit... Read More

"Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses." Luke 7:15 This is one of the red flags which our Lord hung out — which most people nowadays do not seem to regard much. Christ said a great deal about the danger of riches; b... Read More

Miller's Year Book—a Year's Daily Readings J. R. Miller, 1895 JULY to DECEMBER A verse of Scripture in the morning, may become a blessing for all the day. It may sing in the heart as a sweet song, from morning until evening. It may become a liturgy of prayer in which the soul shall voice its deepest... Read More

The Best Things in Life J. R. Miller Chapter 1. For the Best Things We should seek only the best things in life. If everyone did, this would be an ideal world. The trouble is, however, that many knowing the good—yet choose the evil. What shall we call the drift in human nature, that causes it to gra... Read More

The lessons taught to us from the life of Jacob concern the Holy Spirit's discipline of the Christian. It is this that makes room in our lives for Christ to reveal Himself. This discipline is concerned not with our old man and his sinfulness but with our natural strength, the strength of self. Befor... Read More

Coming to Romans 8 we may first summarize the argument of our second section of the letter from chapter 5. 12 to chapter 8. 39 in two phrases, each containing a contrast and each marking an aspect of Christian experience. They are: Romans 5.12 to 6.23: In Adam' and 'in Christ'. Romans 7.1 to 8. 39: ... Read More

Reading: Genesis 4:1-12. This is the first incident recorded in the Bible after Adam and Eve were turned out of the garden of Eden. Here were two children brought up in the same home, under absolutely identical circumstances, with the same background the same teaching concerning the true God etc., A... Read More