Author: Gospel Folio Press

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 36; Psalm 89:1-18; Acts 21:17-40

They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. Lam. 3:23

Many are the wanderings of our hearts! But what else can we
expect of our hearts? To His redeemed people, the Lord abides faithful,
despite the ebb and flow of our feelings and natural inclinations.
We are kept by His faithfulness, not by the efforts of our fickle, wayward
hearts. God’s faithfulness is great indeed. —M. Fenn

If we now believe aright, faithfulness is God’s alone,
We are feeble, fickle, slight, to changes ever prone;
But we build upon a base, which nothing can remove,
When we trust eternal grace, and everlasting love.
—Joseph Hart

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 35; Psalms 87-88; Acts 21:1-16

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any
man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15

During a lunar eclipse the earth lines up between the sun and
moon, thus covering the moon with earth’s dark shadow. The moon
is a type of the believer in Christ who should reflect the glory of the
Son of God. When this sinful world comes between the believer and
his Lord, the glory of the Lord Jesus is not reflected from him as it
should be. Let us heed these words and not allow things of this world
to shadow the glory of the Lord Jesus in our lives. —Arnot McIntee

Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me,
All its wonderful passion and purity,
Oh, thou Spirit divine, all my nature refine.
‘Til the beauty of Jesus, be seen in me.—T. M. J. & R. H.

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 34:4-35; Psalms 85-86; Acts 20:17-38

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there
are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there
are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh
all in all. 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

In these verses we see one God acting in three persons—Spirit,
Lord, and God. Unity and diversity, hand in hand. This is true for
believers as part of the body of Christ. One body. Many distinct members.
As we learn to reflect this in our assemblies, we are learning to
reflect the very nature of God. —Jason Bechtel

Our eyes cannot hear, our ears cannot see,
The hand cannot tell the foot how to function,
Yet if all those members work together in unity,
We like a human body, can learn to function. —Irene McGough

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 33 to 34:3; Psalms 83-84; Acts 20:1-16

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love. Ephesians 3:17

Napoleon was a general who generated tremendous love and loyalty
among his troops. The story is told of a soldier badly wounded
in battle. The surgeon was cutting deep to remove the bullet. Between
groans and cries the soldier muttered, “Probe deeper and you will
find the Emperor.” So what is deep in our hearts? What has priority
in our lives ? Is it money? Is it pleasure? Is it family? Paul’s prayer for
believers was that Christ might be enshrined in our hearts as our
Lord and Saviour. Probe your own heart today. —Donald L. Norbie

With longing all my heart is filled, that like Him I may be,
As on the wondrous thought I dwell, that Christ liveth in me.
—Daniel W. Whittle

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 32; Psalms 81-82; Acts 19:21-41

And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come
over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned
unto his own place. 2 Samuel 19:39

Barzillai’s days were coming to an end. He had faithfully served
David his king, providing much-needed resources at a crucial time in
Israel’s history. Now it was time for the next generation to act.
Knowing his limitations, Barzillai requested that Chimham take his
place, which was agreed to by David, who blessed his loving, loyal
servant with a kiss. Beloved, faithful service rendered to the King at
the time it was needed will never be forgotten, and will be gratefully
acknowledged with a kiss from the King. —Mark Kolchin

Servant of God, well done! Thy glorious warfare’s past;
The battle’s fought, the race is won, and thou art crowned at last.—J. Wesley

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 31; Psalms 79-80; Acts 18:24 to 19:20

To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna.
Revelation 2:17

The first mention of bread in our Bible is linked with the failure of
the first man and the subsequent curse and sorrow. Later, when God
rained down the manna, this bread from heaven was a foreshadowing
of the second Man, the Bread of God. For thirty years He was hidden
in Nazareth and for twenty centuries He has now been hidden in
the heavens. The promise to the faithful is that one day they shall eat
of that hidden manna which has satisfied the heart of God. In glory
we shall feast on Him. —Jim Flanigan

There on the hidden Bread, Of Christ once humbled here,
God’s treasured store, for ever fed His love my soul to cheer. —J. N. Darby

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 30:11-38; Psalm 78:32-72; Acts 18:1-23

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty,
there was no water in it. And they sat down to eat bread.
Genesis 37:24-25a

After throwing Joseph into a pit to die, his brothers sat down to
enjoy a good meal! Little did they realize that years later Joseph
would become their ruler and they would have to bow at his feet.
Having nailed the Saviour to the cross, the soldiers sat down and
watched Him, callously ignorant of the fact that He was dying for
their sin. Is it possible you are doing the same? Why not acknowledge
Him as Saviour today and put your faith in Him. Waiting until you
bow before Him as your judge will be too late. —David Croudace

Years I spent in vanity and pride, caring not my Lord was crucified,
Knowing not it was for me He died, on Calvary. —W. R. Newell

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 29:38 to 30:10; Psalm 78:1-31; Acts 17:16-34

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of
Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked
with God: and he was not; for God took him. Genesis 5:22, 24

Twice we are told that “Enoch walked with God”. His was a walk
of complete separation from the world and all else that is opposed to
God. Enoch’s name means “consecration”. And for 300 years in a
dark, difficult day he lived up to its meaning. C. H. Mackintosh said,
“It is very evident that Enoch knew nothing whatever about the
mode of ‘making the best of both worlds’. To him there was but one
world. Thus it should be with us.” —W. Ross Rainey

O Master, let me walk with Thee, in lowly paths of service free;
Tell me Thy secret; help me bear, the strain of toil, the fret of care. —W. G.

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 29:1-37; Psalms 76-77; Acts 17:1-15

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who
both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will
make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man
have praise of God. 1 Corinthians 4:5

Many Scriptures refer to humans praising God and this is understandable.
But, amazingly it is clear that God will find reason to
praise men at Christ’s Judgment Seat. Through the power of God we
are being conformed to the image of His Son. As a result, every man
will be able to present something that will be praised by God. If a
Holy God can find something praiseworthy in each of us, how much
more should we see reasons to find good in one another.—Ken Gross

What was it, blessed God, led Thee to give Thy Son,
To yield Thy well-beloved for us by sin undone? —Ann Gilbert

DAILY READINGS: Exodus 28:15-43; Psalms 74-75; Acts 16:16-40

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had
gleaned. Ruth 2:17

Ruth was a diligent woman. During the day she gathered from the
field, but when evening came she threshed the wheat, to get to the
kernel that would sustain her. This is an important lesson for us in
our day. There is much that we gather as we read God’s word, attend
meetings and conferences, but if we are to get the full benefit, we
must beat out what we have gathered. The apostle writing to young
Timothy exhorts him, “Meditate on these things, give thyself wholly
to them” (1 Tim. 4:15). May we engage in the holy art of meditation,
and thus receive the blessing from God’s Word. —W. H. Burnett

We taste of Thee, Thou living bread, and long to feast upon Thee still,
We drink of Thee the fountain head, and thirst our souls from Thee to fill.—B. of C.