DAILY, WEEKEND, AND HOLIDAY INTERNET EVANGELIZE TO THE WORLD MINISTRY

  August 24 I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing Ezek. 36:26 What is thy season this morning? Is it the season of drought? Then, that is the season for showers. Is it a season of great heaviness and black clouds? Then, that is the season for showers. “As thy days so shall thy strength be.” “I will give thee showers of blessings.” The word is in the plural. All kinds of blessings God will send. All God’s blessings go together like links in a golden chain. If He gives converting grace, He will also give comforting grace. He will send “showers of blessings.” Look up today, O parched plant, and open thy leaves and flowers for a heavenly watering. Spurgeon  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 18 My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness 2 Cor. 12:9 God’s way of answering His people’s prayers is not by removing the pressure but by increasing their strength to bear it. The pressure is often the fence between the narrow way of life and the broad road to ruin, and if our Heavenly Father were to remove it, it might be at the sacrifice of Heaven. If God had removed that thorny fence in answer, often to earnest prayers, how many of us would now be castaways! How the song of many a saint now in glory would be hushed! How many a harp would be unstrung! How many places in the mansions of the redeemed would be unfilled? If God answered all our prayers to Heaven, we should need no other scourge. Blessed is that we have One who is too loving to grant what we too often so rashly ask. F. Whitfield  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 17 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind Acts 20:19 There is a legend of an artist who long sought a piece of sandalwood out of which to carve a Madonna. He was about to give up in despair, leaving the vision of his life unrealized, when in a dream he was bidden to carve his Madonna from a block of oak wood destined for the fire. He obeyed and produced a masterpiece from a log of common firewood. Many of us lose great opportunities in life by waiting to find sandalwood for our carvings when it really lies hidden in the common logs that we burn. Orison Swett Marden  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 16 Be ye, followers of me, even as I also am of Christ 1 Cor. 11:1 When in the Mexican war, the troops were wavering, a general rose in his stirrups and dashed into the enemy’s line, shouting, “Men, follow!” Seeing his courage and disposition, they dashed on after him and gained victory. What men want to rally them for God is an example to lead them. All your commands to others to advance amount to nothing so long as you stay behind. To effect them aright, you need to start for Heaven yourself, looking back only to give the stirring cry of “Men, follow!” T. Dewitt Talmage  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 15 Thou shall have no other gods before me Exod. 20:3 If you find yourself beginning to love any pleasure better than your prayers, any book better than your Bible, any house better than God’s, any table better than the Lord’s, any person better than your Saviour, anyone better than your soul, a present indulgence better than the hope of Heaven—take alarm! Guthrie  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 14 Leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps 1 Peter 2:21 (R.V.) I have long since ceased to pray, “Lord Jesus, have compassion on a lost world!” I remember the day and the hour when I heard the Lord rebuking me for making such a prayer. He said, “I have had compassion upon a lost world, and now it is for you to have compassion.” A. J. Gordon  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 13 Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.… And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening came, he was there alone Matt. 14:14, 23 Do we, like Him, combine the two significant elements of human character? Are our public duties, the cares, business, and engrossments of the world finely tempered and hallowed by a secret walk with God? If the world were to follow us from its busy thoroughfares, would it trace us to our family altars and closet devotions? Action and meditation are the two significant components of Christian life, and the perfection of the religious character is to find the two in unison and harmony. Macduff  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 12 As for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do Deut. 18:14 What a stepping-stone! We give thanks, often with a tearful, doubtful voice, for our spiritual mercies positive , but what an almost infinite field there is for mercies negative ! We cannot even imagine all that God has suffered us not to do, not to be. Frances Ridley Havergal  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 10 The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world 1 John 4:14 It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come forth without His Father’s permission, authority, consent, and assistance. He was sent by the Father that He might be the Saviour of men.… Didst thou ever consider the depth of love in the heart of Jehovah when God the Father equipped His Son for the great enterprise of mercy? If not, be this thy day’s meditation. The Father sent Him! Contemplate that subject. Think how Jesus works what the Father wills. In the wounds of the dying Saviour, see the love of the great I Am. Let every thought of Jesus be also connected with the eternal, ever-blessed God. Spurgeon  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 9 Ye call me Teacher, and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am John 13:13. (R. V. margin). How wonderful a Teacher we have! Sometimes, we seek Him in the house, but He is not there. We go forth seeking Him and find Him perhaps in the wilderness or on a mountain praying, or leading some poor blind man by the hand, or eating with publicans or sinners, or asleep in a storm, or conversing with a Samaritan woman, or surrounded by wrathful men, or bearing a cross. It is not merely His words that instruct. His place, His occupation, His companions, His environment, His garment, His silence, His submission—all teem with instruction. And they that learn of Him are made like unto Him. George Bowen  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 8 They took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus Acts 4:13 If I think of the world, I get the impress of the world; if I think of my trials and sorrows, I get the impress of my trials and sorrows; if I think of my failures, I get the impress of my failures; if I think of Christ, I get the impress of Christ. Selected  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 7 Let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus. Heb. 12:1, 2 As you sit here, think of anything that you are doing that is wrong, of any habit of your life, of your self-indulgence, or of that great, pervasive habit of your life that makes you a creature of the present instead of the eternities, a creature of the material earth instead of the glorious skies. Ask yourself of any habit that belongs to your own personal life and bring it face to face with Jesus Christ. Phillips Brooks  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 6 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.… Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. Col. 3:2; Eccles. 9:10 If we are to live separate from the world, how, since men only do well what they do with a will, are we, with affections fixed on things above, to perform aright the secular, ordinary duties of life? If our hearts are engrossed with heavenly things, how can we obey this other and equally divine commandment, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might?” The two are perfectly consistent. Man standing between the celestial and terrestrial worlds is related to both and resembling neither a flower, which, springing from the dust and returning to it, belongs altogether to the earth, nor a star which, shining far remote from its lower sphere, belongs entirely to the heavens, our hearts may be fitly likened to the rainbow that, rising into heaven but resting on earth, is connected both with the clods of the valley and...

  August 5 Go in this thy might … have not I sent thee Judges 6:14 God never leaves His child to fail when in the path of obedience. Theodore Cuyler  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  August 4 Created in Christ Jesus unto good works Eph. 2:10 Let us ask Him to work in us to will those good works, so that our will, without being impaired in its free operation, may be permeated and molded by His will, just as light suffuses the atmosphere without displacing it. And let us also expect that He will infuse into us sufficient strength that we may be able to do His will unto all pleasing. Thus, day by day, our life will be a manifestation of those holy volitions and lovely deeds which shall attest the indwelling and inworking of God. And men shall see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. F. B. Meyer  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  July 30 The mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it John 2:3, 4, 5 In asking for temporal blessings, true wisdom lies in putting the matter into the Lord’s hand, and leaving it there. He knows our sorrows, and, if He sees it is good for us that the water should be turned into wine, He will do it. It is not for us to dictate: He sees what is best for us. When we ask for prosperity, perhaps the thing which we should have is trial. When we want to be relieved of a “thorn in the flesh,” He knows what we should have is an apprehension of the fact that His grace is sufficient for us. So we are put into His school, and have to learn the lessons He has to teach us. W. Hay Aitken  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  July 24 Cleanse thou me from secret faults Ps. 19:12 The world wants men who are saved from secret faults. The world can put on an outside goodness and go very far in uprightness and morality, and it expects that a Christian shall go beyond it, and be free from secret faults. A little crack will spoil the ring of the coin.… The world expects, and rightly, that the Christian should be more gentle, and patient, and generous, than he who does not profess to be a disciple of the Lord Jesus. For the sake of those who take their notion of religion from our lives, we need to put up this prayer earnestly, “Cleanse thou me from secret faults.” Mark Guy Pearse  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  July 23 Blessed is the man … that keepeth the Sabbath Isa 56:2 The Sabbath is the savings-bank of human life, into which we deposit one day in seven to be repaid in the autumn of life with compound interest. Selected  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

  July 15 He [John] saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus John 1:36, 37 To be a Christian means to know the presence of a true personal Christ among us, and to follow. Phillips Brooks  Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).