Assurance for the Saved Sinner

The message comes to a sinful man that he may have his continual abode in the Most Holy; that, the more real and near than with his nearest earthly friend, he may lie in unbroken fellowship with the Most High God. He is assured that the blood of Christ can cleanse his conscience in such power that he can draw nigh to God with a perfect conscience and with undoubting  confidence, and can ask and expect to live always in the unclouded light of God's face.

Taken from, Let us Draw Nigh by Andrew Murray page 46

A Poetic Sum

Could we with ink the ocean fill,

And were the skies of parchment made;

Where every blade of grass a quill,

And every man a clerk by trade.

To write the love of God abroad,

Would drain the ocean dry,

Nor could the world contain the whole,

Tho' stretched from sky to sky.

The Love of God

The love of God is greater far

1. Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
   It goes beyond the highest star,
   And reaches to the lowest hell;
   The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
   God gave His Son to win;
   His erring child He reconciled,
   And pardoned from his sin.
   • Refrain:
     Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
     How measureless and strong!
     It shall forevermore endure—
     The saints’ and angels’ song.
2. When hoary time shall pass away,
   And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
   When men who here refuse to pray,
   On rocks and hills and mountains call,
   God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
   All measureless and strong;
   Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
   The saints’ and angels’ song.
3. Could we with ink the ocean fill,
   And were the skies of parchment made,
   Were every stalk on earth a quill,
   And every man a scribe by trade;
   To write the love of God above
   Would drain the ocean dry;
   Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
   Though stretched from sky to sky.
4. Frederick M. Lehman, 1917

A New Commandment

Paul says, “Love is the fulfilling of the law.” Did you ever think what he meant by that? In those days men were working their passage to heaven by keeping the Ten Commandments and the hundred and one other commandments which they had manufactured out of them. Christ said, “I will show you a more simple way. If you do one thing, you will do these hundred and ten things, without even thinking about them. If you love, you will unconsciously fulfil the whole law.” And you can readily see for yourselves how that must be so. Take any of the commandments. “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.” If a man love God, you will not require to tell him that. Love is the fulfilling of that law. “Take not His name in vain.” Would He ever dream of taking His name in vain if he loved Him? Love would fulfil these laws. It is the rule for fulfilling all rules, the new commandment for keeping all the old commandments, Christ's one secret of the Christian life.

Henry Drummond

We should serve in newness of spirit, 

and not in the oldness of the letter.

taken from, A Daily Message from Many Minds

I Then Shall Live

I then shall live as one who's been forgiven.

I'll walk with joy to know my debts are paid.

I know my name is clear before my Father; 

I am His child and I am not afraid.

So, greatly pardoned, I'll forgive my brother;

The law of love I gladly will obey.

I then shall live as one who's learned compassion.

I've been so loved, that I'll risk loving too.

I know how fear builds walls instead of bridges;

I'll dare to see another's point of view.

And when relationships demand commitment,

Then I'll be there to care and follow through.

Your Kingdom come around and through and in me;

Your power and glory, let them shine through me.

Your Hallowed Name, O may I bear with honour,

And may Your living Kingdom come in me.

The Bread of Life, O may I share with honour,

And may You feed a hungry world through me.

Idle Words

A great many people speak before they know what they want to say. 

They often express the lack of an idea, rather than the idea. 

God did not give us words to use idly; they are to powerful, and contain too many possibilities. A word may be a dagger, a bullet, a balm, a poison, a serpent, a mine of wealth, a dynamite bomb. It can build or blast a reputation. 

Then what right have you to be playing with engines of power without understanding them? 

Unless you learn to weigh well your words, you are as dangerous as would be a child entrusted with a throttle-valve of a mountain locomotive.

Taken from A Daily Message from Many Minds

By Thy words thou shalt be justified,

and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Matthew 12:37

How Are You Growing?

How can you tell whether you are growing? Ask yourself these questions: are you getting taller? Are you able to overlook some things you were unable to overlook last year? To overlook the sneering glance, the harsh word, the selfish, the unkind, or malicious deed? Serenely to overlook failure when you have done your best? Bravely to overlook misfortune when it was unavoidable? Cheerily to overlook dark days and darker frowns? Are you getting tall enough for this?

Are you getting broader? Are you able to see more of the other sides of things than you could see last year? Can you look around behind disappointment, and see strengthened faith? Does your vision reach to the other side of men’s faults, and perceive their difficulties, temptations, and struggles? Are you learning to look on all sides of your plans and designs proposed to you by others? Are you really growing broader?

Amos R. Wells

Let me, then, be always growing,

Never, never standing still;

Listening, learning, better knowing

Thee and Thy most blessed will;

Till I reach Thy holy place,

Daily let me grow in grace.

Frances R. Havergal.

Taken from A Daily Message from Many Minds, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.