Choice Gleanings: Good News Edition

DAILY READINGS: 1 Chronicles 29:1-30; Ezekiel 26:1-21; John 9:18-41

Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love…and offer him there as a burnt offering. Genesis 22:2

Are we tempted sometimes to think that the sacrifices God asks us to make are not fully appreciated by Him? Not so. God could have told Abraham to take “Isaac.” Instead He says, “your son“—his heir; “your only son“—if he were gone there would be no other; “Isaac“—whose name reminded Abraham of his supernatural birth; and finally, “whom thou love“—evoking all the yearning of a father’s loving heart. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. —D. Logan

Faith hearkens to God, and believes what He says; His gifts it receives,
His commands it obeys; With the promise its stay, and the precept its
guide, It is faith to obey and the Lord’s to provide. —W. Blane

DAILY READINGS: 1 Chronicles 28:1-21; Ezekiel 24:1-25:17; John 9:1-17

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13, NKJV

“Do you want medicine, or a doctor?” asked a missionary in Thailand of a man who came to his home. “Neither,” was his emotional response. “I’m looking for God.” Heart trouble caused by sin can be cured only by God. Will you come to Him by faith for the everlasting cure? Jesus said, “The one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out” (John 6:37, NKJV). —Arnot P. McIntee

Jesus is calling the weary to rest,
Calling to-day, calling to-day.
Bring Him thy burden and thou shalt be blest,
He will not turn thee away.
—Fanny J. Crosby

DAILY READINGS: 1 Chronicles 26:1-27:34; Ezekiel 23:1-49; John 8:31-59

We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart. Jeremiah 18:12

Judah had rejected God’s way! But, as always, God had the last word and in Jeremiah 19 He foretold the catastrophic calamities which would later fall upon their capital city and their country. Have you rejected God’s way and substituted your own ideas about life? Today, stand up against the “peer pressure” of this evil world, and in repentance come to Christ and trust Him as your Saviour. There is no other way to escape the judgment which is about to come upon all who reject Him. —David Croudace

Faith clings to Jesus’ cross alone, and rests in Him unceasing;
And by its fruits true faith is known, with love and hope increasing.
—Paul Speratus

DAILY READINGS: 1 Chronicles 24:1-25:31; Ezekiel 22:1-31; John 8:12-30

…They shall never perish. John 10:28, KJV

Wonderful words, and they mean exactly what they say! “Never” is a long time! Yes, there are some people who will never perish, who are safe forever in the hands of the Lord. They have eternal life, because the Lord Himself has given it to them. Are you one of those people? The Lord tells how to recognize them; they hear His voice and follow Him. They don’t just know things about Him, they belong to Him personally, and He keeps them forever. If you have never heard His voice and decided to follow Him, let today be the day! —Carl Knott

Jesus , my Lord, will love me forever, from Him no power of evil can
sever; He gave His life to ransom my soul—now I belong to Him!
—Norman J. Clayton