Yearly archives: 2026

Heaven Standing Open

May 30, 2026 testadmin

 

 

I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse,
whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges
and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head
are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows
but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his
name is the Word of God.

The armies of heaven were following him,
riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the
nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the
winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe
and on his thigh he has this name written:

 

King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

 

Revelation 19:11-16

 

 

 

Supremacy

May 29, 2026 testadmin

 

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;
all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him
all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in
everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have
all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself
all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace
through his blood, shed on the cross.

Colossians 1:15-20

Sin

May 28, 2026 testadmin

John Owen (1616-1683)

A Militant Soul

May 27, 2026 testadmin

There is something contagious about the individual who preserves
a militant soul and goes forth to slay the dragons

as bravely and with as much knightly buoyancy and song as the days of earlier
conflict.

Traveling Toward Sunrise copr 1944,1972 by Mrs. Charles Cowman (1870-1960) P. 153
Daybreak Books / Zondervan Publishing House

Vision of God

May 18, 2026 testadmin

 

Patience is not indifference; patience conveys the idea of an
immensely strong rock withstanding all onslaughts. The vision
of God is the source of patience, because it imparts a moral
inspiration. Moses endured, not because he had an ideal of
right and duty, but because he had a vision of God. He “endured,
as seeing Him Who is invisible.” A man with the vision of God is
not devoted to a cause or to any particular issue; he is devoted
to God Himself.

My Utmost For His Highest (May 2nd) by Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)

Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
Habakkuk 2:3b

The Disciplines of Life

April 29, 2026 testadmin

When God wants to drill a man,
And thrill a man.
And skill a man To play the noblest part;
When He yearns with all His heart
To create so great and bold a man
That all the world shall be amazed,
Watch His methods, watch His ways!
How He ruthlessly perfects
Whom He royally elects!
How He hammers him and hurts him,
And with mighty blows converts him
Into trial shapes of clay which
Only God understands;
While his tortured heart is crying
And he lifts beseeching hands!
How He bends but never breaks
When his good He undertakes;
How He uses whom He chooses,
And with every purpose fuses him;
By every act induces him
To try His splendor out-
God knows what He’s about.

untitled and unattributed poem found in “The Disciplines of Life”

by V. Raymond Edman (1900-1967)

Shallows and Deeps

April 28, 2026 testadmin

In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps;
shallows where the lamb may wade,

and deeps where the elephant may swim.

John Owen (1616-1683)

Spiritual Secret

April 6, 2026 testadmin

“Men return again and again to the few who have mastered
the spiritual secret, whose life has been hid with Christ
in God. These are of the old time religion, hung to the
nails of the Cross.”

Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843)

The Resurrection

April 5, 2026 testadmin

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid,
for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was
crucified. He is not here; He has risen, just as
he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

Matthew 28:5-6

Holy Week

April 2, 2026 testadmin

 

“But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.”

Isaiah 53:5