| › Chapter 1 - A Heart Garden - A writer tells of an old woman who said: "My heart is a little garden--and God is planting flowers there." Every heart should be a little garden. We s ...read |
| › Chapter 2 - The Awakening of Life's Glory - Not one of us ever dreams of all the possibilities of his life. The plainest of us, carries concealed splendors within him. If we knew what noble qual ...read |
| › Chapter 3 - The Servant of the Lord - The Messiah is spoken of in the Old Testament many times--as the Servant of the Lord. This may seem a strange name to give to one of such high honor. ...read |
| › Chapter 4 - Christ's Call for the Best - Christ knows what is in man. When He looks upon us, He sees not only what we are--but also what we may become. The gardener in the early springtime, w ...read |
| › Chapter 5 - What Christ Expects of Us - Christ expects a great deal of His followers. He is not satisfied to have them just as good as other people--He wants them to be better. "What do you ...read |
| › Chapter 6 - The Lesson of Perfection - Many people stumble over the word perfect, as used in the Bible. It occurs frequently. Yet we know that the perfect men of the Bible were not sinless. ...read |
| › Chapter 7 - Following Our Visions - We call certain men visionary. They are always seeing visions and dreaming dreams--but their visions and dreams are never realized. Raphael was once a ...read |
| › Chapter 8 - The One Thing to Do - We have but one thing to do in any circumstances--to obey Christ. We have nothing to do with the question of our desires. Peter thought he knew all ab ...read |
| › Chapter 9 - As Living Stones - In architecture, the cornerstone occupies an important place in the building. It is the starting point in construction. The figure is used in the New ...read |
| › Chapter 10 - The Christian in the World - "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." John 17:15
One of the great problems in Christi ...read |
| › Chapter 11 - Witnesses for Christ - The followers of Christ are so identified with their Master, that everything they do affects His cause. He depends upon them for their help in all His ...read |
| › Chapter 12 - Guarded From Stumbling - "My help comes from the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth! He will not let you stumble and fall; the one who watches over you will not sleep. ...read |
| › Chapter 13 - The Bible in Life - "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly." Colossians 3:16
Just how to use the Bible so as to get from it the help it has to give, perplexes man ...read |
| › Chapter 14 - The Making of a Home - No work any man can do for Christ, is more important than what he can do and should do, in his own home. No measure of faithfulness in public Christia ...read |
| › Chapter 15 - Guarding Our Trust - We cannot change yesterday-that is clear,
Or begin on tomorrow until it is here;
So all that is left for you and for me--
Is to make today as sweet as ...read |
| › Chapter 16 - The Lesson of Rest - No words Jesus spoke have found welcome in more hearts, than His promises of rest to weary and heavy laden ones. No other word touches the deep need o ...read |
| › Chapter 17 - The Message of Comfort - God loves to be a comforter. His heart is ever tender and compassionate toward human pain and suffering. One of the great chapters of Isaiah opens wit ...read |
| › Chapter 18 - On Being a Peacemaker - No one of the Beatitudes has a greater promise, than that for the peacemakers. "They shall be called the children of God," said the Master. This must ...read |
| › Chapter 19 - The Other Man - "His neighbor," not himself, the teaching runs. "Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying." If the inspiration for ...read |
| › Chapter 20 - Making Our Report - "The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all that they had done and taught." Mark 6:30
It is well for a friend of Christ to maintain ...read |
