Day 6 - Friday | Daily Devotions | Morning and Evening: Daily Reading | Connect the Testaments | My Utmost for His Highest | Thoughts for the Hour |
Morning, November 1 : Go To Evening Reading “The church in thy house.” —Philemon 2 Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members of it? Or are some still unconverted? Let us pause here and let the question go around— Am I a member of the Church in this house ? How would father’s heart leap for joy and mother’s eyes fill with holy tears if all were saved from the eldest to the youngest! Let us pray for this great mercy until the Lord shall grant it to us. It was probably the dearest object of Philemon’s desire to have all his household saved, but it was not at first given to him in its fullness. He had a wicked servant, Onesimus, who, having wronged him, ran away from his service. His master’s prayers followed him, and at last, as God would have it, Onesimus was led to hear Paul preach; his heart was touched, and he returned to Philemon, not only to be a faithful servant but a beloved brother, adding another member to the Church in Phi...