Monthly Archives: November 2025

“Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and desires of little children; to remember the weaknesses and loneliness of people who are growing old; to stop asking how much your friends love you, and to ask yourself whether you love them enough; to bear in mind the … Continue reading →

“A thanksgiving day has a double precedence of a fast day. On a fast day we eye God’s anger; on a thanksgiving day we look to God’s favor. In the former we specially mind our own corruptions; in the latter, God’s compassions—therefore, a fast day calls for sorrow, a thanksgiving … Continue reading →

“It has seemed to me fit and proper that [the gifts of God] should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged with one heart and one voice by the whole American people. I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens… to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as … Continue reading →

As a young girl, Lorena Garlington accepted Christ, but she never followed him in believer’s baptism. Never, that is, until a couple of months before her 100th birthday. She always knew she was supposed to be baptized, but never got around to it. “I’ve struggled with this so long,” Garlington … Continue reading →

“A friend of mine was quite irked because I just can’t get all excited and steamed up about earthly things. I can’t possibly do it. I can’t possibly stand off and strike an attitude of awe at a Buick or a Cadillac or something else. I can’t. The houses they’re … Continue reading →

THANKSGIVING… comes from above. It is the gift that we cannot fabricate for ourselves. It is to be received. It is freely offered and asks to be freely received. That is where the choice is! We can choose to let the stranger [Christ] continue his journey and so remain a … Continue reading →

“A person may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.” John Dyer (1699-1757) John 14:5-6 “Thomas said: ‘We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ Jesus told him, ‘I … Continue reading →

“I never made a sacrifice. We ought not to talk of sacrifice when we remember the great sacrifice that he made who left his Father’s throne on high to give himself for us.” David Livingstone (1813-1873) Philippians 2:6-8  6  Though he was God, he did not think of equality with … Continue reading →

“The resurrection of Jesus Christ is our hope today. It is our assurance that we have a living Savior to help us live as we should now, and that when, in the end, we set forth on that last great journey, we shall not travel an uncharted course, but rather … Continue reading →

A. W. Tozer once wrote:  “Do you find your own heart sensitive to the Lord’s presence, or are you among those who are ‘samplers’ and ‘nibblers’? God help you if you are, for the child of the King isn’t a sampler and a nibbler—he’s a sheep who loves his Shepherd, … Continue reading →