Drink of this Living Water … Today's Daily Devotional
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
Isaiah 59:1 King James Version
1 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
“We are never more fit for this holy table, than when we are most humbled, and most ashamed of ourselves, because of our unfitness for this solemn approach.”
― From Sacramental Meditations and Advices, 1815
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
Psalm 29:11 King James Version
11 The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
“He in whom the Eternal Word speaketh, is delivered from many opinions.”
― From The Imitation of Christ
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
Ephesians 1:18-19 King James Version
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
“I know not what it is, by what spirit we are led, nor what we pretend, we that seem to be called spiritual, that we take so much pains and are so full of anxiety about transitory and mean things, and so rarely think of our own inward concernments with full recollection or mind.”
― From The Imitation of Christ
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
Psalm 4:5 King James Version
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
“A man shall not come to the higher part of contemplative life, but if he cease for a time of the lower part.”
― From The Cloud Of Unknowing
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
Ephesians 5:8 King James Version
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
“Periods of dawning simultaneity and steadfast prayer may come and go, lapsing into alternation for long periods and returning in glorious power…God Himself works in our souls, in their deepest depths, taking increasing control as we are progressively willing to be prepared for His wonder…”
― From A Testament of Devotion by Thomas R Kelly
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
1 Corinthians 10:13 King James Version
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
Oh for the grace to be able to do that…
― From Six Marks of a Christian, Allan P Shatford
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
Psalm 116:1 King James Version
1 I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
“7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
― From Revelation 12:7-9 King James Version
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
Psalm 145:14 King James Version
14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
“Some men pride themselves in the thought that they are self-made men. There is no such thing in all God’s world as a self-made man, for there were contributions to his making.”
― From Six Marks of a Christian, Allan P Shatford
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
Psalm 145:17 King James Version
17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;”
― From Emerson, though some say it is misattributed…
Click on any title and you can log in with Disqus.
Proverbs 16:3 King James Version
3 Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims
Some things God cannot give to a man until the man has prepared and proved his spirit by persistent prayer. Such praying cleans the house, cleanses the windows, hangs the curtains, sets the table, opens the door, until God says, “Lo! The house is ready. Now may the guest come in.”
― From The Meaning of Prayer, Harry Emerson Fosdick 1920