Author: Gospel Folio Press

DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 14:1-32; Psalm 119:1-40; Mark 4:21-41

…The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem.
Amos 1:2

People like to talk about the still, small voice of God (1 Kgs. 19:12), but God often has to raise His voice before we will listen. The prophet Amos announced “The Lord will roar”, because He had spoken repeatedly over the centuries but few paid any attention. God can make Himself heard, but it can be frightening and painful. How much better to live attuned each day to His voice, “This is the way, walk ye in it” (Isa. 30:21). That comes not through feelings or majority opinion, but through His Word. Listen! —Carl Knott

When we hear the voice of God, speaking to our hearts,
Do we obey and follow Him, or are we slow to start?
—M. S. Lowndes

DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 13:24-59; Psalm 118; Mark 4:1-20

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Isaiah 64:6

Salvation is not of good works! The holy, sinless Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for the sins of the world. Only by accepting Him as Jehovah Tsidkenu (The Lord our Righteousness) will we be eternally saved. Receive God’s gift of mercy today! —Edith MacLelland

My terrors all vanished before the sweet Name;
My guilty fears banished, with boldness I came,
To drink at the fountain, life giving and free;
Jehovah Tsidkenu is all things to me.
—R. Murray McCheyne

DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 12 to 13:23; Psalms 116-117; Mark 3:13-35

Unto me…is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Ephesians 3:8

Have you opened your treasure today? In it are riches we should heed and enjoy daily. When we meditate on the Scriptures we enjoy “the exceeding riches of his grace” (Eph. 2:7) and “his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19). We learn of Him who is “rich in mercy” (Eph. 2:4) and we reflect on “the riches of his goodness” (Rom. 2:4). Thank You, Lord Jesus for all the riches contained in You!
—A. Baal

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always.
—Byrne and Hull

DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 11; Psalms 113-115; Mark 2:23 to 3:12

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25

If there is ever a day when believers need each other, it is now. When did you last encourage a believer? I can assure you that a word of support and encouragement can really lift a brother or a sister spiritually to heights you would never imagine. It is so easy to knock down, but so hard to build up. Encourage someone today.
—Brian Russell

We share our mutual woes, our mutual burdens bear,
And often for each other falls, a sympathising tear.
—J. Fawcett

DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 10; Psalms 111-112; Mark 2:1-22

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. Psalm 22:6

How poignant these prophetic words concerning the Lord Jesus. A worm is nothing, worthless. Stepped on. “He is despised and rejected of men” (Isa. 53:3). Our Saviour voluntarily became the lowest of the lowest. He identified with His own creation, their guilt and shame, at Calvary. There “the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isa. 53:6). And then through His grace, the value of what He completed there on the cross has come to us all. Let it move our hearts with gratitude and praise, today. —Vernon Markle

On Calv’ry’s brow my Saviour died, ‘Twas there my Lord was crucified; ‘Twas on the cross He bled for me, and purchased there my pardon free.
—William M. Darwood

DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 9; Psalms 109-110; Mark 1:21-45

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ… 2 Peter 3:18

Andrew Bonar (1810-1892), writer and minister in the Free Church of Scotland, once said that he could tell when a Christian was growing. In proportion to his growth in grace he would elevate his Master, talk less of what he himself was doing and become smaller in his own esteem, until, like the morning star, he faded away before the rising sun. In light of Bonar’s words, we do well to ask ourselves if we are truly growing in the grace and knowledge of Christ.
—W. Ross Rainey

Still on Thy holy Word, we’d live, and feed, and grow;
Go on to know the Lord, and practice what we know.
—Robert S. Hawker

DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 8; Psalm 108; Mark 1:1-20

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9

This verse reveals to us the painful truth about ourselves. We’re corrupt to the core (Prov. 23:7). But thankfully, God has much more grace than we have sin (Rom. 5:20). Why is it so hard to admit this? I find myself most naturally confessing it when reading it directly from the ancient pages of God’s Word (Rom. 10:17). Doubts come when I am foolish enough to focus on self rather than the only wise God and His Word. The foolish things seem to grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. —N. J. H.

Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured.
—J. H. Johnston

DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 7:11-38; Psalm 107; Acts 28:17-31

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Psalm 112:7

Jesus said, “In the world ye shall have tribulation” (John 16:33). We have all found this to be true. But amidst the calamities of this world we have a wonderful refuge “under the shadow of [His] wings” (Ps. 17:8), and an abiding assurance in God’s Word. So let us fix our heart, and determine to trust, sing, and give praise even during trials. —D. Pickup

When the road is rough and steep, fix your eyes upon Jesus,
He alone has pow’r to keep, fix your eyes upon Him;
Jesus is a gracious Friend, one on whom you can depend,
He is faithful to the end, fix your eyes upon Him.
—Norman J. Clayton