Thirteenth Day – Royal Commandments – by Francis R. Havergal
Published May 25, 2013 | 
All-Sided Guidance
‘And guided them on every side.’—2 Chron. xxxii. 22.
SEE the completeness of Jehovah’s guidance! It is so different from human guidance. How seldom we feel that a human counsellor has seen our difficulty from every point of… Continue reading
Twelfth Day – Royal Commandments – by Francis R. Havergal
Published May 24, 2013 | The Strength-Giving Look
* And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might.’—Judges vi. 14.
FOR the might of a look of the Lord is enough
r for anything! Only, we must meet His look; our… Continue reading
Eleventh Day – Royal Commandments – by Francis R. Havergal
Published May 23, 2013 | Fear Not
‘Fear not.’—Luke xii. 32, etc.
THERE need be no difficulty in distinguishing between the holy and blessed ‘fear of the Lord,’1 which is our ‘ treasure,’ and which is only as the sacred shadow cast by the brightest… Continue reading
Tenth Day – Royal Commandments – by Francis R. Havergal
Published May 22, 2013 | Trusting in Darkness
‘Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of His servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay himself upon His… Continue reading
Ninth Day – Royal Commandments – by Francis R. Havergal
Published May 21, 2013 | The Privilege of Intercession
‘Pray one for another.’—Jas. v. 16.
HERE our divine Master takes up an impulse of natural affection,* raising it to the dignity of a ‘royal commandment,’6 and broadening it to the measure of His own perpetual… Continue reading
Eighth Day – Royal Commandments – by Francis R. Havergal
Published May 20, 2013 | The Conditions of Effectual Prayer
‘And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.’—Matt. xxi. 22.
HAVE we not sometimes been tempted to think that here, at least, is a case in which our Lord has… Continue reading
Seventh Day – Royal Commandments – by Francis R. Havergal
Published May 19, 2013 | The Recall
‘O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.’—Hos. xiv. I.
THANK God that He does not let His children go on comfortably when they wander and
fall !3
Have we not… Continue reading
Sixth Day – Royal Commandments – by Francis R. Havergal
Published May 18, 2013 | The Transferred Burden
‘If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live ?’—Ezrk. xxxiii. 10.
IF they are upon us, how can we live? For ‘mine iniquities are .… Continue reading
Amazing Faith of a Godly Mother by Zac Poonen
Published May 17, 2013 | We read in 2 Kings 4:8-37 of a woman – a prominent, rich, wealthy and influential woman – who was also blessed by Elisha’s ministry. God does not choose only the poor and the illiterate and the uneducated to bless.… Continue reading
Fifth Day – Royal Commandments – by Francis R. Havergal
Published May 17, 2013 | Mental Food
‘Eat ye that which is good.’—IsA. lv. 2.
‘QO foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee,’3 or this commandment would not have been needed. Good, wholesome, delicious food set plentifully before us, and… Continue reading
