You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: glorious are its colours, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but, alas, it passes away, and lo, it is not. The fair colours give way to the fleecy clouds, and the sky is no longer brilliant with the tints of heaven. It is not established. How can it be? A glorious show made up of transitory sun-beams and passing rain-drops, how can it abide? The graces of the Christian character must not resemble the rainbow in its transitory beauty, but, on the contrary, must be stablished, settled, abiding. Seek, O believer, that every good thing you have may be an abiding thing. May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock! May your faith be no "baseless fabric of a vision," but may it be builded of material able to endure that awful fire which shall consume the wood, hay, and stubble of the hypocrite. May you be rooted and grounded in love. May your convictions be deep, your love real, your desires earnest. May your whole life be so settled and established, that all the blasts of hell, and all the storms of earth shall never be able to remove you. But notice how this blessing of being "stablished in the faith" is gained. The apostle's words point us to suffering as the means employed-"After that ye have suffered awhile." It is of no use to hope that we shall be well rooted if no rough winds pass over us. Those old gnarlings on the root of the oak tree, and those strange twistings of the branches, all tell of the many storms that have swept over it, and they are also indicators of the depth into which the roots have forced their way. So the Christian is made strong, and firmly rooted by all the trials and storms of life. Shrink not then from the tempestuous winds of trial, but take comfort, believing that by their rough discipline God is fulfilling this benediction to you.

This timeless classic from Charles Spurgeon will help to both start and end your day with wonderful insight into God's Word.

Charles Spurgeon's Morning & Evening

"After that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." - 1 Peter 5:10

Morning Devotional

The grace of God is His favor and acceptance to those who do not deserve it; who, in fact, deserve the very opposite; but who trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.Four of the better known verses on grace are these! "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:24). "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich" (2 Corinthians 8:9). "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).Some extol God's grace as the chief of all His virtues. Samuel Davies, for instance, wrote:Great God of wonders! all Thy waysDisplay Thine attributes divine;But the bright glories of Thy graceAbove Thine other wonders shine:Who is a pard'ning God like Thee?Or who has grace so rich and free?But who can say that one of God's attributes is greater than another?God has always been a God of grace-in the Old Testament as well as in the New. But that aspect of His character was revealed in a new and arresting way with the coming of Christ.Once we come to understand something of the grace of God, we become worshipers forever. We ask ourselves, "Why should He have chosen me? Why should the Lord Jesus have shed His life's blood for one so unworthy? Why should God not only save me from hell, but bless me with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies now, and destine me to spend eternity with Him in heaven?" No wonder we sing of the amazing grace that saved such wretches!Then, too, God wants His grace to be reproduced in our own lives and to flow through us to others. He wants us to be gracious in our dealings with others. Our speech should be always with grace, seasoned with salt (Colossians 4:6). We should impoverish ourselves that others might be enriched (2 Corinthians 8:9). We should grant favor and acceptance to the unworthy and the unlovely.

With reverence, humor and skill, William MacDonald wove a daily devotional tapestry that challenges the reader to think deeply and Biblically, and apply God's Word to their lives.

Truths to Live By - One Day at a Time

"The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus…" (1 Peter 5:10)

After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 
(1 Peter 5:10 ESV)











Something has got to be done in 
us as well as for us. We want to proceed on the line of having things 
done for us, heaven intervening for us, our difficulties 
removed for us, having a straight path made for us. Heaven may be 
ready to come in, the Lord may be prepared to work for us, but it is not 
sufficient for Him – and it would not prove good enough for us – if that were 
all. 
The very principle of spiritual growth and maturity demands that He keeps 
the objective and the subjective balanced; that is, that something is done 
in us as well as for us. It is the principle of the Cross again. He 
died for us – that is the objective. We died in Him – that is the subjective. 
Here are two sides in spiritual experience. He keeps the balance of things. We 
have to have this balance wrought in us, and to be delivered from this tendency 
of allowing our problems to obscure the Lord, this inveterate habit of ours of 
viewing the position merely objectively instead of saying, "What does the Lord 
want to teach us about this? What does He want to do in us in this matter? There 
is something He is after in us." He has something to do in us 
before He can do it for us. How often we have found that when we have 
come to a new position with the Lord, when the thing has been done in us, then 
there has been outward movement. So the mention of the subjective exercise 
suggests that we have to take this matter to our own hearts as something which 
requires a change in us.

This devotional contains short daily portions from a selection of Mr. Austin-Sparks' messages. In his own words, “Perhaps this is just like a window opened into heaven. If you get the right window you can see quite a lot. You can see great things and you can see far things. But the best that I can hope is that this has just opened a window, and that as you look through it you are seeing one thing - how superior is Jesus Christ to all else, and how superior is the dispensation into which we have come, and how superior are all the resources at our disposal to all that ever was before!” Open Windows messages have been selected and compiled by Austin-Sparks.Net from the works of T. Austin-Sparks. In some cases they appear in abridged form. The introductory verse and its associated Bible version have been selected by the editor and did not always appear within the original message.

Open Windows

The Problem of the Stone

 Spiritual Balance 

I have given him as a witness to the people, a leader and commander for the people. § It was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. § We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God. § We do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds. May the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Morning Daily Light

 Endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 

I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious. § He is gracious to him, and says, “Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom.” § Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed. § Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. By grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. § Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. § To each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. § As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. § He gives more grace. Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever.

 The God of all grace. 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. § He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established; he will not be afraid, until he sees his desire upon his enemies. Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. § In the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. May the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever.

 O God, my heart is steadfast. 

Receive one who is weak in the faith. § Strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. O you of little faith, why did you doubt? § Great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” … “According to your faith let it be to you.” Increase our faith. § [Build] yourselves up on your most holy faith. § Rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith. § He who establishes us with you in Christ … is God. § The God of all grace … after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. § Let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.

Evening Daily Light

 A measure of faith. 

I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me… So I said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” § Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. § The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; but the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. The God of all grace . . . called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus.

 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 

There is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life. Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you. § Now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ. The God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. § In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

 Gold refined in the fire. 

<blockquote>
Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee" (<a id="verse_1632879367418670" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Jeremiah/31/3">Jer. 31:3</a>).
</blockquote>God is the first and only Cause. He always makes the first move. "For God so loved. . . that He gave"; "Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you" (<a id="verse_1632879367437484" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/John/3/16">John 3:16</a>; <a id="verse_1632879367272311675" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/John/3/15">15</a>:16). Even the hunger of the heart necessary for our response to His love comes from Him. "But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus" (<a id="verse_1632879367292449" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Peter/5/10">I Pet. 5:10</a>). He brought us to His Son; He will make us like His Son."If you feel the drawing of God within, cherish it as you would cherish a great treasure. If you are aware of a deep hunger, if you are entering into a closer walk with Him, do not look upon it carelessly, nor treat it lightly. But if you do not feel the divine drawing and hunger for God, cry to Him that He will give it you; and ever remember that the desire for hunger is the beginning of hunger, and that you cannot feed upon the Lord Jesus Christ until you are spiritually hungry." -H. McI."Our Lord is generous in His provision, but He is neither casual nor wasteful. There must be a real hunger and felt need. It is a fixed principle with the Lord that He does not move until something like desperation makes it evident that it is His move." -T. A-S."No one is able to come to Me unless the Father who sent Me attracts and draws him and gives him the desire to come to Me" (<a id="verse_1632879367698345" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/John/6/44">John 6:44</a>, Amp.).

A 365 day devotional that will help you in your Christian growth and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.  This devotional is a collection of quotes from some of the best authors in the realm of Christian growth that has been organized by Miles J Stanford.  This devotional study is divided into 12 sections each containing 31 daily portions.

None but the Hungry Heart

 Love Draws And Conforms 

<blockquote>
Before I was afflicted l went astray: but now have I kept Thy word" (<a id="verse_1632879936966927" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Psalm/119/67">Ps. 119:67</a>)
</blockquote>The head-knowledge of Spirit-taught study becomes the heart-knowledge of Spirit-led life, via <a id="verse_1632879936891361" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/8/28">Romans 8:28</a> and 29. How good it is to have a sovereign Father controlling all!"You will find that no one learns truth easily. He who built on the rock was not secure merely because he built on the rock; but he also digged deep. What springs up quickly has no root. The more you understand the nature and scope of the Word, the more will you see the demand it makes on you and how unreserved must be your subjection to it; while as you are subject to it, you learn the blessedness and virtues of it."The true value of anything is known only when it is wanted. For this reason bright days must be succeeded by dark ones. In the dreary and desolate hour to nature, we begin to know the value of the truth communicated to us in the bright day. The learning is at one time, and the proving at another. In fact, we ought to be prepared for the dark hour; so that, though it be dark, there is something so blessed, so suited, pouring its comfort and sustenance on our souls, that, after all, the dark and dreary hour becomes a more really festive time to the heart, because of the virtues of the truth now made known, than the time of its reception, which was so happy and exhilarating." -J.B.S."But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while . . . stablish, strengthen, settle you" (<a id="verse_1632879936576180" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Peter/5/10">1 Pet. 5:10</a>).

 Light And Shadow 

<blockquote>
The God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect (mature), establish, strengthen, settle you" (<a id="verse_1632880419365612" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Peter/5/10">1 Pet. 5:10</a>).
</blockquote>At first, the old nature hides from us. Then, we try to hide from it. But when we begin to grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus, we are able to face up to the awful facts concerning the old man and his condemnation at the Cross. As the Holy Spirit reveals the old man (<a id="verse_1632880419109734" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Colossians/3/9">Col. 3:9</a>), we count upon death; as He reveals the new man (<a id="verse_1632880419461360" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Colossians/3/10">Col. 3:10</a>), we count upon life (<a id="verse_1632880419189851" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/11">Rom. 6:11</a>)."The believer, at the opening of his course, never knows his own heart; indeed, he could not bear the full knowledge of it; he would be overwhelmed thereby. The Lord leads us not by the way of the Philistines lest we should see war, and so be plunged into despair. But He graciously leads us by a circuitous route, in order that our apprehension of His grace may keep pace with our growing self-knowledge." -C.H.M."It was not for nothing that God let Satan loose upon His dear servant, Job. God loved Job with a perfect love; a love that could take account of everything, and, looking below the surface, could see the deep moral roots in the heart of His servant - roots which Job had never seen, and, therefore, never judged. What a mercy to have to do with such a God! to be in the hands of One who will spare no pains in order to subdue everything in us which is contrary to Himself, and to bring out in us His own blessed image!""Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you" (<a id="verse_1632880419449679" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Peter/5/6">1 Pet. 5:6</a>; <a id="verse_1632880419580930897" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Peter/5/7">7</a>).

 Grace Crown 

<blockquote>
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time" (<a id="verse_1632877273288678" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Peter/5/6">1 Pet. 5:6</a>).
</blockquote>The Blesser sends trials because the trials are blessings. Most covet the "blessing" of having the trial removed."I find the brightest summer is when the winter has been longest and most severe. The wheat, the best grain, passes a winter in the soil. The bud, the blossom, or fruit, most fragrant of Christ, is the one which nobody knows what it cost me but Himself; and where one had hardly noticed it; like the beautiful wild flowers in the hedgerow, contending with bushes and briars, to shed their fragrance on the unthankful or unthinking traveller going by.""I think we are sometimes ready to say to the Lord - Could you not have taught me without subjecting me to so much sorrow and humiliation? The answer I have had is, You could not be effectually taught any other way. The Lord knows the nature of the obstacle in me which He has to overcome: a less efficient hand might think that it could be dealt with in some other way."A weakness be it bodily or otherwise, is sometimes allowed to continue in order that there may be dependence, and when there is dependence, the weakness becomes a gain; the grit - the trying thing - is superseded by a pearl of great price." -J.B.S."The God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect [mature], establish, strengthen, settle you" (<a id="verse_1632877273174681" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Peter/5/10">1 Pet. 5:10</a>).

 Treasured Trials 

<blockquote>
The God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered awhile, make you mature, establish, strengthen, settle you" (<a id="verse_1632878207556248" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Peter/5/10">1 Pet. 5:10</a>).
</blockquote>The type of plow employed has much to do with the resultant harvest. The primitive stick-plow places quite a limitation upon what will be harvested - if anything. But if the Husbandman's plow is cutting deep into our lives, we can expect a rich harvest. As Samuel Rutherford said, "Why should I start at the plow of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? He purposeth a crop!""Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? Doth he continually open and harrow his ground?' (<a id="verse_1632878207949965" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Isaiah/28/24">Isa. 28:24</a>). No, of course not! It is a job that has got to be done - the breaking up, the turning over, the exposing to the elements, the harrowing. The Lord is speaking to His faithful people who are feeling that they are under the plow; furrows are being cut deep into their souls; they are being turned up and turned over, laid bare, exposed, broken, harrowed. The Father says, even to faithful people, This is necessary, we are looking ahead to a harvest, to real values; this is an essential aspect of the work. But. . . take comfort - this is not going on forever.'""No matter what we may encounter in this life, we who belong to the Lord Jesus have this definite knowledge - our Father will use it all in love as an instrument in the carrying out of the glorious purpose to which He has destined us. If that purpose is to be wrought by delivering us from a trial, He will do so. But if it is to be accomplished by means of the trial, He, in His perfect love, will not free us from it but strengthen us to go through it and be victorious over it." -A.M."Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time" (<a id="verse_1632878207629960" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Peter/5/6">1 Pet. 5:6</a>).

 Harvest Conditions 

10 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.

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1 Peter 5:10

 10 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.

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 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.

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.

 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.

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