Sermons & Devotionals by Daily Portions

"Godliness is profitable unto all things." 1 Timothy 4:8 What is "profitable?" I may define it in one short sentence--that which does the soul good. Now "godliness" is profitable unto all things, as doing the soul good in all circumstances. Here it stands apart and separate from everything of a worl... Read More

"What mighty praise, O God, belongs to you in Zion. We will fulfill our vows to you." Psalm 65:1 What a sweet thing it is to bless and praise God! There is no feeling upon earth equal to it. But how often are we in that state when we can neither pray nor praise, when sullenness, frowardness, and pee... Read More

"That they all may be one, as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us--that the world may believe that you have sent me." John 17:21 The Apostle declares, "He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit" (1 Cor. 6:17). If, then, we are joined to the Lord, in other words,... Read More

"Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 When we rest, we find relief for our weary limbs. So spiritually. When the soul comes to Jesus, he gives it rest and relief from its burdens; as well as deliverance from anxiety, and cessation from the la... Read More

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express." Romans 8:26 In all our prayers, in all our approaches to the throne of grace, our mercy and wisdom will be to seek to poss... Read More

"And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all those who obey him." Hebrews 5:9 By his sufferings in the garden and upon the cross the Lord Jesus was made perfect. But what perfection was this? It clearly does not mean that by these sufferings in the garden and upon the ... Read More

"Thus says the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glories glory in this--that he understands and knows me." Jeremiah 9:23, 24 So we are allowed to glory. But in what and in whom? No... Read More

"In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength." Isaiah 45:24 The same blessed Spirit who shines as with a ray of light and life into the conscience, to make it feel the guilt of sin, the curse of the law, and its own miserable state as a transgressor, leads it also into this secret, that it has ... Read More

"Ho, every one that thirsts, come to the waters; and he that has no money; come, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price." Isaiah 55:1 How many a poor sensible sinner has, upon the strength of these words, looked unto Jesus and been lightened (Psalm 34:5), come to ... Read More

"Beloved of God, called to be saints." Romans 1:7 The very word "saint" has become, through man's perverseness and wickedness, a word of reproach and contempt. But God will honor it, let men dishonor it as they please. God has put a crown of glory upon it, let men despise it as they may. There is no... Read More

"That I may be found in him." Philippians 3:9 The Apostle knew a time was coming when God would search Jerusalem as with candles. He knew a day was hastening on when the secrets of all hearts would be revealed. He knew an hour was approaching when the eyes of the Lord would test, and the eyelids of ... Read More

"That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." 1 Corinthians 2:15 It is true that real grace can suffer neither loss nor diminishing, but its manifestations and its actings may. Who that possesses faith is not conscious that it ebbs and flows, rises and sinks, is s... Read More

"Look unto the rock whence you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence you were dug." Isaiah 51:1 It is as though the Lord would here by the pen of his prophet turn our eyes to our native origin. And what is that? The same quarry out of which the other stones come. If you and I, by God's grace,... Read More

"There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the 'Valley of Achor' a 'door of hope'. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt." Hosea 2:15 Now the "valley of Achor" signifies the "valley of trouble." It was the valley in which Achan was ston... Read More

"Whom having not seen, you love." 1 Peter 1:8 How this speaks to our hearts; and cannot some, if not many of us say too, "Whom having not seen, we love?" Do we not love him, dear readers? Is not his name precious to us as the ointment poured forth? But we have not seen him. No, not by the eye of sen... Read More

"In whom, though now you see him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory." 1 Peter 1:8 Here we have linked together faith, love, joy, and glory. The word translated "rejoice" means a high degree of joy, and signifies literally, to leap with joy. Spiritual joy, holy joy... Read More

"And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God." Romans 8:27 God's will must ever stand--it is as unchanging and as unchangeable as God himself. Our wills are ever fluctuating; God's will fluctuates not... Read More

"It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes." Psalm 119:71 We may have everything naturally that the carnal heart desires, and only be hardened thereby into worldliness and ungodliness. But to be brought down in body and soul, to be weaned and separated from an un... Read More

"Great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in the flesh." 1 Timothy 3:16 A mystery indeed it is, a great, a deep, an unfathomable mystery; for who can rightly understand how the divine Word, the eternal Son of God, was made flesh, and dwelt among us? "Who shall declare his generation?" (Is... Read More

"The Lord your God in the midst of you is mighty." Zephaniah 3:17 What a mighty God we have to deal with! And what would suit our case, but a mighty God? Have we not mighty sins? Have we not mighty trials? Have we not mighty temptations? Have we not mighty foes and mighty fears? And who is to delive... Read More