Author: Gospel Folio Press

DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 22 to 23:9; Psalms 64-65; Acts 12

But who is able to build Him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Him…  2 Chronicles 2:6 
…upon this rock I will build my church. Matthew 16:18
I knew a man in Christ…caught up to the third heaven. 2 Cor. 12:2

The exceedingly magnificent temple which Solomon built was still not a suitable habitation for the Lord of heaven and earth (1 Chron. 22:5). The Lord Jesus, on the other hand, is building a spiritual house upon Himself. The full revelation of Him at His coming will bring us to the heaven of heavens (the third heaven). There we will see the throne of God Himself, on that day when we are caught up together to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thess. 4:17). —Tom Steere

A little while! Our Lord shall come, and we shall wander here no more;
He’ll take us to our Father’s home, where He for us has gone before.
—Deck

DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 21; Psalms 62-63; Acts 11:19-30

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.  Genesis 11:4

God wants us to trust Him. But society is obsessed with self. It began in the garden with a temptation to be independent of God. It was not long after the flood that men and women attempted to build this tower, “whose top may reach unto heaven”. God stopped their attempt. Human effort will not bring us to God. We must depend solely on Him for salvation. The Lord Jesus is the only ladder that reaches to Heaven (John 1:51). Let us die to self today and trust wholly that the work of reaching God is finished in Jesus Christ. —Jared Fraser

His precious blood is sprinkled there, before and on the throne; 
And his own wounds in heaven declare, His work on earth is done.
—Deck

DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 20:1-26; Psalms 60-61; Acts 11:1-18

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.  Exodus 34:8

How much we need a return to this kind of worship. Moses had been on the mount with God and God had proclaimed Himself to him. Note carefully Moses’ response. He made haste. The idea is that he melted down in the presence of Majesty. He bowed down. The original text indicates he shriveled up and became very small and worshipped. No words from Moses are mentioned. The bigger God becomes the smaller we get. Worship is not always with words, but when the spirit of man humbly bows in the presence of the Lord, there ascends to Him a sweet-smelling savour. —Harold G. Smith

O worship the King all glorious above, 
O gratefully sing His power and His love.
—R. Grant

DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 19; Psalms 58-59; Acts 10:24-48

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?  John 6:9

Great crowds had gathered! The Saviour looked upon them and “was moved with compassion toward them” (Mark 6:34). The disciples said to the Lord, “Send them away” (Luke 9:12). But that was not His way. He challenged them to meet the need. Eventually Andrew brought forward the lunch of a lad—five barley loaves and two small fishes. The resources were so limited, it was almost comical. But He took them and fed the multitudes with 12 baskets left over! God can take our limited resources and multiply them to minister to others in ways beyond our comprehension. Never limit God. —Jim Comte

Little is much when God is in it! Labour not for wealth or fame.
There’s a crown and you can win it, if you go in Jesus’ name.
—K. Suffield

DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 18; Psalms 56-57; Acts 10:1-23

…when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.  2 Timothy 4:13

A teacher at Sakeji School in the 1960s used to tell us that if she were taken to prison she would take with her a French Bible and the complete works of Shakespeare. We tried in vain to imagine what crime she might be capable of committing. In retrospect most of her pupils would also concur with the value both she and Paul placed on the Word of God. We watch as men and women receive their first ever copy of God’s Word, embracing it with tears of joy. Truly this is not just a living Book; it is life-giving. —Marilyn MacMullen

Blessèd Bible, pure and true, guide me all my journey through;
Heav’nly light within me shine, help me make Thy precepts mine!
—Fanny Crosby

DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 17; Psalm 55; Acts 9:32-43

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. Hebrews 2:9

Aeschylus reputedly said: “And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despite, against our will, comes wisdom to us.” The heartaches of life do indeed bring a certain wisdom of their own. Yet by God’s wondrous grace in Christ there is a deeper wisdom to be grasped. The believer may rest entirely in the glorious Substitute’s death which, to its full and final extent, He willingly suffered at the Cross. —Mark Fenn

How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One, bring many sons to glory.
—S. Townend

DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 16; Psalm 52-54; Acts 9:1-31

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy.  Phil. 1:3-4

Christian fellowship is truly one of the great joys of the Christian pathway. Because our relationships are based on our common bonds in the Lord Jesus, each one is special indeed! It is a blessing when God brings a particular one to remembrance. I trust today you will take the opportunity to uphold some dear believers before the throne of grace! Pray for strength and encouragement for them in their times of service and need. You will be blessed as an intercessor! —Jim Paul

There is a spot where spirits blend,
Where friend holds fellowship with friend;
Though sundered far, by faith we meet,
Around one common mercy seat.
—Hugh Stowell

DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 15; Psalm 51; Acts 8:5-40

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.  1 Thessalonians 1:10

The pre-tribulation rapture is the blessed hope of every living believer. The last “from” (the wrath) in this verse is the Greek word apo and means “away from”. It is not “out of” or “through” or “in”. The Man that was on the cross is the Man in heaven, God’s Son. It is He who is coming again to rescue us away from the wrath soon to be revealed from heaven. “God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess 5:9). —Dan Coulson

How it thrills our hearts with rapture, as we feel the hour is nigh,
When the voice of the archangel, shall resound throughout the sky.
—A. A. P