Day 5 - Thursday | Daily Devotions | Morning and Night: Daily Reading | Connect the Testaments | My Utmost ffor His Highest | Thoughts for the Quiet Hour |
Morning, October 3 Go To Evening Reading "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" —Hebrews 1:14 Angels are the unseen attendants of the saints of God; they bear us up in their hands, lest we dash our foot against a stone. Loyalty to their Lord leads them to take a deep interest in the children of his love; they rejoice over the prodigal's return to his father's house below, and they welcome the advent of the believer to the King's palace above. In olden times, the sons of God were favored with their visible appearance, and to this day, although unseen by us, heaven is still opened, and the angels of God ascend and descend upon the Son of man, that they may visit the heirs of salvation. Seraphim still flies with live coals from off the altar to touch the lips of men greatly beloved. If our eyes could be opened, we should see horses of fire and chariots of fire about the servants of the Lord, f...