Quotes from H. E. Hayhoe

Quotes from Henry Edward Hayhoe (1881-1962)

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Introduction

We received much spiritual help, hearing brother Hayhoe minister God's Word with such spiritual strength, a happy countenance, and joy of heart. When the Lord Jesus took him Home, we missed him greatly. Over 60 years have passed, and it has come into our hearts to publish the things we heard from his lips, trusting the generations that have arisen may benefit spiritually, it was said of Samuel, "the Lord was with him and did let none of his words fall to the ground". We all humbly submit this effort to our readers, trusting the Spirit of God will bless these words to the heart and conscience of His dear people.

The Word of God: The Bible

The Word of God came not by the will of man but rather is addressed to all with authority from God. It is the only book in the world whose prophecies are unfailingly true, because man cannot tell the future. It is also the only book that the natural man cannot understand. It is not written so as to work on the emotions and does not record the physical characteristics of Christ or the Apostles but rather gives us their moral features. There is nothing in Scripture contrary to reason—yet it does contain what is beyond reason, and must necessarily do so, because it comes from God. It brings together the answer to the truth of Light and Love and nothing is needed outside the Word to receive life, or to walk in godliness.

Saturated With the Word of God

Read the Word of God, the Bible, until your mind is so saturated with it that you think and act in the light of Scripture.

Key Verses of the Bible

Psalm 94:12-13 is the key to the whole book of the Psalms. Isaiah 5:4 is the key to the whole of the Old Testament. John 11:52 is the key to the book of Acts. Ephesians 1:10 is the key to the whole Bible.

Meditation

Practice the habit of meditation when you read. You will find the precious ore is there in its richness, but you will have to do a little meditation to discover it.

Nourishment With Digestion

It is not what you eat that nourishes your body. It is what you digest, it is the same with spiritual things.

Life Springing Out of Death

Every time you eat, God is teaching you that life springs out of death because everything you eat dies except salt.

The Light of the Word of God

There is not a ray of light that can pierce the inky darkness that lies beyond the grave outside of the Word of God, the Bible.

Thoughts Formed by the Word of God

Every time you say "I think," you think wrongly—on every moral or spiritual subject—unless your thoughts are formed by the Word of God.

The Truth of the Word of God

Anything that is not the truth [of the Word of God], is nonsense, and illogical.

Context (10)

A text without a context is a pretext. Words get their meaning from the context in which they are found.

Stating the Truth

Avoid an ultra one-sided way of stating the truth.

Thoughts From the Word of God

Never take your thoughts to the Word of God—take your thoughts from the Word of God.

Conscience and God's Character

Conscience speaks from within—never can it tell of God's character—revelation gives this.

Faith and Reason

Faith doesn't reason, and reason isn't faith, though faith is never unreasonable.

The Church's Blessings Being Heavenly

It is the hardest thing to get even Christians to see that the church's blessings are heavenly [and] not earthly.

Thoughts Directed Toward Heaven

Every school book, every magazine, every newspaper that you read will make the horizon of all your thoughts the world in which you live. The Word of God is the only book that tells you to lay up your treasures in heaven.

The Wisdom of God

The wisdom of God is not an extension of man's wisdom, it is not an improvement of man's wisdom, but in every case, it is the opposite of man's wisdom.

Heavenly Wisdom for an Earthly Pathway

The book of Proverbs gives us heavenly wisdom for an earthly pathway.

True Knowledge

All true knowledge, all moral knowledge, begins by putting God in His place: nothing is right or true without that.

Learning the Manifold Grace and Wisdom of God (20)

What are we in this world for, to get rich? No—we are here to learn the manifold grace and wisdom of God.

Instructions for Mothers

Are you a mother? Do not be satisfied to tell your children the way of salvation. Tell them about the beauties of Christ; give the wisdom of the Word and seek to guide their footprints through this world into that faith and faithfulness that should characterize the family of God. 2 Tim. 1:5?

Truth Resisted

Truth that requires faith to walk by, is resisted by the natural heart.

Thoughts of God Entering the Heart of Man

Not one right thought of God ever entered the heart of man through his intellect, but through the conscience.

Conscience

Conscience is the guide to true knowledge. It never turns infidel.

Sorrow and Joy

He puts sorrow and joy together on our road home; tribulation and joy together, deep poverty and joy together.

Showers of Blessing

The thickest cloud brings the heaviest showers of blessing.

Drawn From Earth to Heaven

Little by little with the skill of a master hand and the gentleness of a Father's heart He woos with His love and weans us through circumstances from earth to heaven.

Divine Nature

The divine nature is shown by having God as its object.

The Heart Honoring Christ

No ceremonial is worth a straw if the heart does not honor Christ.

Religious Forms (30)

By religious forms, man is made religious without possessing holiness. Anything that exalts man is not of God.

Knowledge From Faith

Not one thing that you know is the result of your reason; it is either testimony or experience. What do you know?—Did reason tell you or faith?

Faith and Salvation; Obedience and Happiness

Faith and salvation go together. Obedience and happiness go together.

Christian Obedience

His presence gives moral courage for Christian obedience.

The Government of God

We get away with nothing! Beware of the government of God. There is a government of God. Every act in your life and mine has both present and eternal consequences.

God's Correction

There is something in every one of us, speaker included, that only God can correct.

God's Purposes of Love

God will never, never send trial into our life without a needs be (1 Peter 1:6) on our part, and a purpose of love on His part.

Faith Tested

He may test your faith but he will never disappoint your faith.

Right Motives

If you did everything right, nothing would be right, except the motive was right; it is the motive that gives value to the act.

Man's Moral Condition Before God

The motive that governs the heart is the true estimate of man's moral condition before God.

Happiness a State of Soul (40)

Happiness is a state of soul, not a question of circumstances. Circumstances do not produce your state of soul, they only manifest it.

Submission to the Will of God

It is not by change of circumstances that we can be made happy, but by submission to the will of God.

The Result of Persecution

Never fear persecution; it will make your face shine like an angel's.

Circumstances and Difficulties

Take your circumstances from the Lord, and your difficulties to the Lord.

Persecution

Do not look at the people that persecute you, but the reason why you are persecuted.

God With Us in Difficulties

God never takes us out of the difficulties into which our folly has plunged us, but He will be with us in them.

New Creation

The Christian is not a changed man, he is a new creation.

The Moral Principles of God

The moral principles of God do not change with dispensations.

Delighting in God's Glory

If we delight in God's glory, we shall delight to honor those whom God honors.

Christ Your Object

Love your brethren, serve them faithfully, overlook all the faults you can but make none of them the object of your Christian life—let it be Christ.

The Presence of the Holy Spirit (50)

If I were asked what characterizes this present dispensation I would say the presence of the Holy Spirit as a divine Person here on earth.

God Winning Our Hearts

Every blessing of God is an apex, a mountain peak, beyond which even God cannot go. If He has not won your heart and mine, what more could He do to win it?

The Lord's Coming

The Lord's coming—the moment when Christ takes His bride—is the moment for which all other moments were made for the Christian.

A Happy Christian Life

Do you want a happy Christian life? Knowledge won't give it to you. What will give it to you? The enjoyment of Christ in your life.

True Religion

True religion is the manifestation of the nature of God in His children.

Groaning, Not Grumbling

It is alright to groan but not to grumble.

Thirst, Hunger and Weariness

Thirst, hunger and weariness are natural to the flesh, not infirmities of the flesh.

Perfect God and Perfect Man

The Lord Jesus was perfect God and perfect man as He walked here on earth.

A Pure Object for the Heart's Affection

Christianity is the only religion in the world that gives man a pure object for his hearts affection. All other religious founders lay in the grave.

Communing With the Lord as a Friend

The secret of a happy Christian life is learning to commune with the Lord as you would with a near and a dear friend.

Sin Manifesting the State of Soul (60)

The sin that we commit does not produce our state of soul but manifests it. Why do I sin? because I want to.

The Enjoyment of Christ

It is not what you know that controls your life, but it is the enjoyment of Christ in the heart that truly separates us from the world and brings a peace, contentment and happiness of which the world knows nothing.

Walking in the Ways of God

In the things of God you have to taste and walk in them to know the blessedness of them. There is no enjoyment of the truth apart from walking in it. The only failure of an Old Testament saint recorded in the New Testament is that of Elijah making intercession to God against Israel (Rom. 11:2-3).

Loving the Saints

You and I should love saints no matter how unlovely they appear outwardly. They are dear to Him; if we walk with God we love them without effort.

Our Object Forming Our Pattern of Life

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, our minds make up our moral history in this world. We are what we love and think about as an object, and this forms the whole pattern of our life down here.

Like Christ

At His coming we are going to be like Christ—morally and physically.

Communion Kept by Watchfulness

Communion with Christ can only be kept up by constant watchfulness. The consciousness that God is with you gives power. There is no substitute for communion.

Walking in the Wisdom of God

The minute I see a brother or a sister trying to get folks on their side on any question, I know that they are not walking in the wisdom of God.

The Rightness of Walking With God

Walk with God and the Spirit of God will always testify as to the rightness of your ways.

Oddity to the World

If the world can understand your life, you are not walking with God. The nearer we walk with God, the more we become an oddity to the world.

Humble and Happy (70)

We should be humble and happy. Humble because we are so little like Him and happy because He loves us so.

No Favorites in God's Family

The Father has no favorites in His family, all His children are equally blest in Christ.

God's Love

God loves you, not because of what you are, but because of what He is, and the will and heart of God is the source of every blessing the heart can know.

Christ's Love Surpassing the Cost

There will never be a look, cross His face, that will remind us how much we cost Him.

Christ Grieved and Pleased by Us

Though Christ can be grieved at a thousand things in us that no eye but His can see, yet none is so easily pleased by our little endeavors of love as He.

The Motive of Service

The Spirit of God would ever search our hearts that the motive spring of all our service should be love.

Joy From Above

Every joy the Lord had came from above. It was not the weather that made the Lord Jesus a happy joyful servant; it was communion with the Father.

Suffering Passed Through by the Lord Jesus

The Lord Jesus passed through every form and kind of suffering that it was possible for a righteous man to pass through, apart from sin.

The Sufferings of Christ

Many of the sufferings of Christ were not to put our sins away, but that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest, and to tell out the depth of the divine bosom that we might know in richer measure how much He loves us.

Thinking of His Love

Never try to love the Lord more than you do—just sit down and think of how much He loves you. It will increase your love for Him.

How Much We Want of Christ (80)

We can have as much of Christ as we want, and our lives show how much we want of Him.

The Work, Person, and Love of Christ

God has given the work of Christ for our consciences, the Person of Christ for our meditation; and the love of Christ to warm our hearts.

What We Possess

Every exhortation of scripture is founded upon what we possess, it is not a matter of attainment, and God uses exhortation to show us what we possess.

Breathing by Faith

God intends that we should breathe by faith, the atmosphere of heaven before we get there.

The Blood, Death, and Cross of Christ

The blood of Christ puts my sins away—the death of Christ puts me away—the cross of Christ separates me from the world.

Walking With God

You never met a man who walked with God, who at the end of his life said, "I wish I hadn't done it!" and you never will.

Man's Responsibility

The sovereignty of God does not lessen man's responsibility. Scripture treats man as a sinner, to be restored to God or judged. Rationalists, as a race to be educated.

The Fear of God

Conversion is the turning of the heart and will to God through grace. The fear of God is the setting aside of will.

Objects for God to Love

God is sufficient unto Himself in everything but love. He must have objects to love.

Man's Treatment of Christ

Man measures sin by man's treatment of man. God measures sin by man's treatment of Christ.

Sin Measured by What God Is (90)

In God's presence sin is not measured by transgression, but by what God is.

Unhappiness and Failure From Unbelief

All our unhappiness and failure, whether as saint or sinner, springs from unbelief of the goodness that is in the heart of God for us.

Joy in the Lord

Anything that robs your soul of joy in the Lord, robs you of the richest treasure you know in life's pathway.

The Divine Guest

All our intelligence and all our happiness depends upon how we treat the Divine guest that dwells within.

Watching Against Affections Grown Cold

If there is one thing more than another that we need to guard against, it is to watch lest the heart's affections grow cold.

Affections Grown Cold

The moment my affections grow cold, my feet are going to wander and the world is going to get into my heart.

Planting Christ in the Affections

The one longing desire of my heart in ministry is to so plant Christ in the affections of Christians that they will desire to live in Him.

The Goodness in the Heart of God

It is unbelief of the goodness that is in the heart of God that is the root of all coldness, carelessness and lack of earnestness in the things of God.

Spiritual Negligence

One of the evil fruits of long continued spiritual negligence, is the soul's ignorance of its own state.

The World Put in the Heart

From the time you open your eyes in the morning till you close them at night, everything you see and hear tends to put the world into your heart.

The Heart Set on Christ (100)

If you set your heart upon an automobile it may burn up or you may have an accident and it will be destroyed, but if you set your heart on Christ you will never lose your object.

The Prince of This World

The higher we get in this world—the closer we get to the god and prince of it.

Trained in the School of Adversity

God does not train His servants in the colleges of brick and stone—He trains them in the school of adversity.

Taking Counsel of God

One special mark of "a sound mind" is readiness to take counsel of God.

Joy in Suffering

Suffering can be pleasure if it is for someone you love. If you are following or serving the Lord, suffering can be a special joy.

Self-Denial

The more we have of Christ in our hearts, the less room there is for self. Self-denial is discipline for life—the work of every hour.

Delivered From Self

Every person you meet is either living for self or for the Lord Jesus Christ. I am delivered from self by occupation with Christ.

Joy Proportionate to Prayer and Thanksgiving

Joy will ever rise in proportion to prayer and thanksgiving.

Power and Purity

To have power in prayer there must be purity in one's life.

Victory Gained on Our Knees

The greatest victory you will ever gain in your Christian life will be gained on your knees.

Extenuating Circumstances (110)

God takes into account all the extenuating circumstances of our lives.

The Grace of God in Overcoming Faults

There is no fault in the human character but that the grace of God can help us to overcome.

God's Purposes Never Frustrated

God is never frustrated [thwarted] in His purposes.

God's Guidance as to the Path of Faith

If God doesn't give guidance as to the path of faith no one else can, and if God does no one else need.

Judged Thoughts

Don't go to bed at night with an unkind and unjudged thought toward anyone in the world.

Speaking of Failure

If it gives you pleasure to speak about the failures of your brethren, you are not walking with God.

Self-Judgment

Much self judgment makes a man slow to judge others; and the very gentleness of such an one gives a keen edge to his rebukes.

Bearing and Forbearing

How long should we bear and forbear in the path of devotedness and faithfulness to Christ? Until we get home to glory.

Looking to Heaven

When heaven was opened upon Jesus, it looked down with delight—we look up and are changed.

The Present Time

If you could have chosen a period of time in which to have lived you couldn't have chosen a more blessed time than the present—especially with the Lord's coming so imminent.

God's Best for Our Lives (120)

When we get home to glory and have a backward look over our history, we will find that He was doing the very best He could for us each day of our lives according to our state of soul.

God as Man in Christ

The grandest truth that I have discovered in all the word of God is this—that God became a man in Christ, walked throughout this world as a man, died on the cross as a man, then arose from among the dead, to remain a man forever—why?—that He might enjoy our companionship for all eternity. 1 Cor. 15:28

Gems from June 20- 30, 2025

Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.  But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.  John 20:10-12. 

Tears are the prisms into which the light of heaven often shines and becomes broken up that we may see its beauty.  Mary Magdalene saw more through her tears than either of the apostles Peter and John.  They went to the sepulchre, but went home again with no angelic vision. "But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping. . ." This is what Mary saw--angels in white.  Before her was the dark tomb, emptied of all she loved best;  but it was just there the "angels in white" appeared.  And they are always to be seen, if only we have eyes to see them.  "Angels in white," where all seems dead and desolate. 

Have you a grave beside which you weep, the burial place of some loved one; or where some fond ambition or desire lies entombed?  Try to see the "angels in white." leading you nearer to the risen Lord.  But you must be seeking Jesus; and if you see the "angels in white," your Lord will not be far off.  The moment Mary had answered their question, "she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing," and one word from Him changed her sorrow into joy. 

A gentleman was asked by an artist friend to come and see a painting just finished.  Much to his surprise, he was taken to a dark room.  Fifteen minutes later his friend took him up to the studio to see the picture, which was greatly admired.  The artist said, "You thought it strange to be left in that dark room so long?  I knew that if you came into my studio with the glare of the street in your eyes, you could not appreciate the fine colouring of the picture; so I left you in the dark room until the glare had worn out of your eyes."  And God leaves us in many a dark room here below, but it is only a preparation for what is coming.  One day we shall no longer see through a glass darkly, but face to face.  In the mean time let us wait and trust.   Angels in White - Russell Elliott

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June 20

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.  Proverbs 17:14. 

A leak in a dike that could be stopped with a pebble, if noticed at the beginning, will, if neglected, grow greater and greater until, at last, the inrushing waters will carry all before them.  So it is with strife.

How many a lifelong contention has begun with a few hasty words, which, if repented of and apologized for at once, would have been healed immediately, and years of sorrow averted.  The Spirit of God has said, "Be ye angry, and sin not:  let not the sun go down upon your wrath" (Ephesians 4:26).  If this simple rule were literally obeyed, what untold heartaches would be avoided!

Happy the man who lays his head upon his pillow nightly with the knowledge that there are no hasty actions or angry words un-repented of and unconfessed to any who have been offended, and who might have been alienated forever if the breach had not been made up at once in the fear of God.  When days and weeks of charges and countercharges are succeeded by months of crimination and recrimination, reconciliation is a hard and difficult matter to to bring about.

Far better is it to humble oneself and take wrong, if need be, at the beginning, than to grieve the Holy Spirit of God and lacerate the hearts of beloved saints by a long period of un-Christlike wrangling which will leave wounds that never can be healed; or, if healed,  scars that never can be effaced. 
Proverbs - H. A. Ironside

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June 21

Thou has ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse... 
Song of Solomon 4:9 
Christ also loved the church and gave Himself  for it.  Ephesians 5:25

A man may have a very handsome estate, and value it much, but he can never have the same feelings towards it that he has towards his wife and children.  They are a part of himself, not it.  What were all the pleasures of paradise to the first Adam compared with his delight in his loved and beautiful Eve?  She was part of himself, not creation.

He had been cast into a deep sleep, and from his opened side a helpmeet  was formed.  When he awoke out of sleep and saw standing by his side the fair one, whom the Lord God, in His goodness, had provided for him, he exclaimed, "This is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh"  (Genesis 2:23). The blank was now filled up.  He had seen nothing till now to suit his heart.  The fair creation--the beauties of Eden, had been, as it were, a blank to the first man, until he possessed and enjoyed the fruit of his typical sufferings and death. 

But what was merely typical in the first man, was real in the Second Man--the last Adam.  He was indeed cast into a deep sleep--the sleep of death; and as the fruit of His  opened side, a second Eve, as it were, has been formed, all fair and spotless in His sight, who shall, ere long, share with Him the joys and dominion of the new--the redeemed creation; and there, amidst its glories, reflect His love which was stronger than death, and bask in the beams of His cloudless favour for ever and ever.

Almighty power could create a world; divine love alone, through suffering and death, could redeem a lost sinner.  Who can understand this love--this love to a poor worthless sinner?  Amazing truth!  The heart of Christ ravished (taken away)!  And by what--by whom? By one who has been washed in His own precious blood, and adorned with His own peerless excellencies.  
  Song of Solomon - Andrew Miller

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June 22

If there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. . . and the God of Peace shall be with you.  Philippians 4:8,9  

It is not what one does, nor is it what one says, but it is what one thinks that makes the man.  What one thinks determines what he will say and do.  A person may try to make his words and actions to be much different than he actually thinks, but it will be all in vain.

For it is still the thoughts that manage to break through the actions and the words regardless how closely they are guarded.  Others can always see the soul when it is off guard.

Paul knew the human mind and character very well.  He suggests that we are to think on all things that are true, honourable, just, pure, lovely, and well esteemed, all virtue, all things praiseworthy; and as these are allowed to dwell in our thoughts, they cannot help but transform us into His likeness.

Do not weary of the training that that is in store for you.  To be the person you most desire will take a very large part of  your Christian life.  Do not tire of trying the good thoughts, putting aside the bad.  When you are about to give up in despair, the Holy Spirit is willing  to live those thoughts through you.  Give Him the opportunity to do the work which He was placed in your life to do. 

Think much of God that you shall like Him be,
In words of faith and hope and charity;
Protect His image from all foul abuse,
And keep your temple holy for His use.
F. G. Burroughs 
Streams in the Desert 

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he."   Proverbs 23:7

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June 23

Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  Matthew 11:28,29.

These verses tell us of something to do-- "come"; of something to leave-- our "burden"; of something to take--"My yoke"; and of something to find--"rest". In order to understand the significance of the whole passage, notice that it speaks of two kinds of rest--one in verse 28, and one in 29.The first of these is a gift--"I will give you rest"; the second is a discovery-- "ye shall find rest". 

The one is the rest of salvation; the other is the rest of sanctification.  The former-- rest of conscience--is unconditional, being imparted by Christ to all who, in response, to His invitation, come to Him; the latter--rest of heart--is conditional upon our learning of Him, Who is meek and lowly of heart.  Meekness and lowliness: these represent the active and the passive sides of humility--a virtue which, because of its rarity, commands universal esteem.

When walking in lowliness we are not likely to wound other people, and when walking in meekness we shall not allow ourselves to be offended should they treat us in an unseemly manner.  Is it not just the absence of these graces that causes so much fevered restlessness in our lives?  We want to do the work of the man with ten talents when God has gifted us with only one; to occupy a prominent position in public when He intends us to fill a lowly place in private. 

When God intends a creature to fly He always provides it with wings. If He has fitted one for publicity and prominence, the gift with which He has endowed that one will inevitably make room for itself (Proverbs 18:16).  And the strong probability is that, did we but know the perils which surround those who occupy high positions and the fierce conflict which those have to wage who lead the van in Christian warfare, we would cease envying them and commence praying for them, and be thankful and content that we are filling, in lowly obscurity, the niche which God intends us to fill. Pearl of the Psalms - George Henderson

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June 24

If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain" 1 Corinthians  15:14. 

We are not saved by the teaching of Jesus, wonderful as that was: "Never man spake like this Man" (John 7:46).  His teaching could not atone for sin; His teaching could not cleanse guilty souls; it could not make men and women fit for heaven.   Neither are we saved by imitating the lovely life of Jesus. 

If our salvation depended upon our imitating that perfect life, we might everyone of us give up all hope and consider that we are just as good as eternally lost; because it is absolutely impossible for any sinful man to live a life such as Jesus, the holy Son of God, lived.

It is true that after we are converted, after we have received a new nature through faith in Him, we are called upon to follow in His steps; but even then as we seek to imitate Him we realize day by day how much we fail. 

It is not the teaching of Jesus that saves us; it is not not by imitation of His life that we are saved.  We are saved by His death and resurrection!  "He was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification" (Romans 4:25).

Scripture is clear and definite in regard to the great reality of His triumph over death.  One witness after another is brought before us to testify to the fact that Joseph's new  tomb was empty after the three days following the crucifixion.  Angels appeared to say He was risen; He Himself appeared on one occasion after another during forty days before He ascended into heaven in the sight of His apostles.

One has well said that the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the best attested fact of ancient history.  Luke - H. A. Ironside.

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June 25

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.  1 Timothy 1:15.

God had promised blessings to the righteous, and if anyone could have been found who was righteous, God would have blessed him on that ground.  But it is written, "There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one"  (Romans 3:10-12).

Therefore if God blesses man it must be as unrighteous, and as one who has no good in him, as an ungodly sinner.  And this is just what God does, for it is "to him that worketh not, but believeth on Hm that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness" (Romans 4:5). Man has no righteousness of his own; it must be given to him by God and it is only the righteousness that God gives that will satisfy Him; therefore God proves man to be unrighteous, also guilty, that "every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God" (Romans 3:19). 

"But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:21-23). 

God is perfectly JUST (Romans 3:26) in acting in this way, because He has first given up His own beloved Son to death, Who has accomplished redemption by His blood.  The Ways of God With Man - W. M Sibthorpe 

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June 26

My peace I give unto you.  John14:27

"Peace I leave with you" is much;  "My peace I give unto you" is more.  The added word tells the fathomless marvel of the gift--"My peace."  Not merely "peace with God;" Christ has made that by the blood of His cross, (Colossians 1:20) and being justified by faith we have it through Him (Romans 3:24).

But after we are thus reconciled, the enmity and the separation being ended, Jesus has a gift for us from His own treasures; and this is its special and wonderful  value, that it is His very own.

How we value a gift which was the giver's own possession!  What a special token of intimate friendship we feel it to be!   To others we give what we have made or purchased; it is only to very near and dear ones that we give what has been our own personal enjoyment or use.

And so Jesus gives us not only peace made and peace purchased, but a share in His very own peace--divine, eternal, incomprehensible peace--which dwells in His own heart as God, and which shone in splendour of calmness through His life as man.  No wonder that it "passeth all understanding." (Philippians 4:7)

Thy reign is perfect peace;
Not mine, but Thine!--
A stream that cannot cease,
For its fountain is Thy heart. O depth unknown!
Thou givest of Thine own,
Pouring from Thine and filling mine.
The "noise of war" hath passed away;
God's peace is on the throne,
Ruling with undisputed sway.
Opened Treasures - Frances Ridley Havergal

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June 27

PAUL'S CALENDAR

I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.   2 Timothy 1:12 

Someone has said that Paul's calendar had only two days, "today" and "that day."  The man who is ready for that day is ready for any day. 

But we need to wear our spiritual bifocals and see both days.  Some of the saints are near-sighted.  Some are far-sighted. Paul may have had trouble wth his physical eyes, but he had no spiritual astigmatism.  He had good bifocals; he saw the near and the far.

Do not busy yourself today with "wood, hay, stubble," and fail to build with "gold, silver, precious stones" against that day.  For "the day shall declare it," and some works will go up in smoke!  (1 Corinthians 3:12,13)

On the other hand, do not so contemplate eternity that you waste today. "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."  (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

"Today if ye will hear His voice" (Hebrews 4:7)
Day by Day with Vance Havner

I know not when my Lord may come, at night or noon-day fair,
Nor if I'll walk the vale with Him, or "meet Him in the air."

But "I know Whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I've committed unto Him against that day."
D. W. Whittle

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June 28

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled." 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2.

Here this word tells us of that great gathering in the air, described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, and in 1 Corinthians 15:51-57, when all the true believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, whether living or sleeping, shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. 

What a gathering together that will be, and all unto Him! Not one saint, to the last one brought to the Saviour before He comes again, will be missing then: then all will be gathered together unto their Lord, and He will be the Centre, the only Centre and Object, of that vast throng.  

And, note, the One unto Whom we are gathered is not left to be understood, (as it is in some cases), but is plainly told us:--"Unto Him,"--unto the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

The archangel will be there, and will utter his voice: but he is not the Centre or Object, the One to whom that vast throng is gathered!  No!  It is unto the Lord Himself, the Lord alone, He is the Centre of all: "The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with  a shout." (1 Thessalonians 4:16)  The Lord Himself is our only Object and Centre then. 

Who would be wiling to miss that meeting in the air, with the Lord Himself in the midst?  Who then, at that moment, will want any other centre, any other object, than the Lord Jesus Christ Himself? 
Hid Treasures - G. C. Willis

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June 29

And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock.  Exodus 33:21 

For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of of His tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon a rock.  Psalm 27:5

What words of assurance and comfort for the weary, exhausted traveller, beaten by the storms of life.  How good to know that there is a place where life's tumult never can reach and the harassments of earth can never invade.

That place is by His side, in the eternal calm of His presence.  It is a place that He has prepared for us, into which we can safely retreat.  We feel the rock beneath our feet when all other places are but shifting sand.  W. H. Burnett

From every stormy wind that blows, from every swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sweet retreat; 'tis found before the mercy seat.

There is a place where mercy sheds the oil of gladness on our heads;
A place than all beside more sweet--it is the heavenly mercy-seat. 

There is a spot where souls unite, and saint meets saint in heavenly light;
Though sundered far, by faith they meet before the common mercy seat.

Ah! whither could we flee for aid when tempted, desolate, dismayed?
Or how the hosts of hell defeat, had suffering saints no mercy-seat?

Thither by faith we upward sore, and time and sense seem all no more,
For freely God our souls can greet where glory crowns the Mercy-seat.
H.Stowell

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June 30

Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.  And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. Exodus 17:10,11

While Joshua fought, Moses prayed.  As long as Moses held up his hands in prayer, Israel prevailed in battle, but when his hands drooped, Amalek prevailed. This battle was not won by Israel's fighting ability, since they were not experienced soldiers nor adept at warfare.

The battle was won by Moses through prayer.  What a reminder as to the value, power, and absolute necessity of prayer! Have you prayed today?  
W. Ross Rainey

Behold the throne of grace!
The promise calls us near!
To seek our God and Father's face,
Who loves to answer prayer.

Thy rich atoning blood,
Which sprinkled round we see,
Provides for those who come to God 
An all prevailing plea.

My soul, ask what thou wilt;
Thou canst not be too bold;
Since His own blood for thee He spilt,
What else can He withhold?

Beyond thy utmost wants 
His love and pow'r can bless;
To praying souls He always grants 
More than they can express.   John Newton

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July 1

For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.  2 Corinthians 5:21 

Let us consider Christ's work on the cross and what has been accomplished by it.  But who is able to speak worthily of this theme of all themes?  Who can fathom the solemn yet blessed fact, the death of the Son of God on the cross?  What tongue or pen can describe the sad, yet glorious truth, that the Just One died for the unjust, that Christ died for the ungodly!  And what human mind can estimate the wonderful results of His work on the cross!

There can be nothing deeper than the death of God's Son on the cross.  Depths are here which are unfathomable.  We must ever turn back to the cross.  Always we shall learn something new.  With unspeakable Glory upon us and greater glory before us in eternal ages to come, the cross of Christ and the Lamb of God which has taken away the sin of the world can never be forgotten.  But we shall never know what that death on the cross meant for Him and what it meant to God.

"Through the eternal He Spirit offered Himself without spot to God" (Hebrews 9:14).  The Holy Lamb of God, with no spot or blemish upon Him, shed His precious blood on the cross, to procure redemption.  But what it all meant for Him who was as truly Man as He is God!  Here was a Being perfectly holy, One who had always pleased God and did His will, yea, His meat and drink was to do the will of Him that sent Him.

Sin was the horrible defiling thing to Him.  He, too, like the Holy God hated and hates sin.  And yet such a One was made sin for us.  He had to stand in the place of guilty sinners and all the waves and billows of divine judgment and wrath had to pass over Him.   He drank the cup of wrath to the last drop. 
A. C. Gaebelein  (1861-1945) 

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July 2

Looking unto Jesus.  Hebrews 12:2
Only three words, but in those three words is the whole secret of life.

LOOKING UNTO JESUS in the Scriptures, 
to learn there what He is, what He has done, what He gives, what He desires; to find in His character our pattern, in His teachings our instruction, in His precepts our law, in His promises our support, in His person and in His work a full satisfaction provided for every need of our souls.

LOOKING UNTO JESUS Crucified,
to find in His shed blood our ransom, our pardon, our peace. 

LOOKING UNTO JESUS Risen,
to find in Him the righteousness which alone makes us righteous, and permits us, all unworthy as we are, to draw near with boldness, in His Name, to Him Who is His Father and our Father, His God and our God. 

LOOKING UNTO JESUS Glorified,
to find in Him our Heavenly Advocate completing by His intercession the work inspired by His loving-kindness for our salvation; (1 John 2:1) Who even now is appearing for us before the face of God (Hebrews 9:24), the kingly Priest, the spotless victim, bearing the iniquity of our holy things (Exodus 28:38).  

LOOKING UNTO JESUS Who gives repentance,
as well as forgiveness of sins (Acts 5:31) because He give us the grace to recognize, to deplore, to confess, and to forsake our transgressions.

LOOKING UNTO JESUS NOW, if we have never looked unto Him,--
UNTO JESUS AFRESH, if we have ceased doing so,--
UNTO JESUS ONLY, STILL, ALWAYS, thus awaiting the hour when He will call us to pass from earth to heaven, and from time to eternity,--when at last "We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." 1 John 3:2 Theodore Monod

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July 3