Daily in His Presence: A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century

The extent of our love to the Lord is shown by the way we obey His commands. Love does all that it can to make the loved one happy.

We often do not yield ourselves to God in obedience to His commandment to love our fellow men with Christ’s love. What if that love should flow out to all around, even to those who hate us? This would require much grace and cost us time and trouble and serious prayer.

Unfaithful in prayer, weak in the working of the Spirit, its witness to Christ a mere formality, and unfaithful to its worldwide mission—such are the marks of a powerless church.

When Jude says, “Pray in the Spirit and keep in the love of God,” he expresses the same thought as Paul, namely that the Holy Spirit wants to cherish us in God’s love in the same manner that the sun warms us each day.

The end and design of all that is written in Scripture is to call us back from the spirit of Satan, the flesh, and the world, to full dependence on and obedience to the Spirit of God.

The relationship among the members of the church depends on united and unceasing prayer. This relationship is spiritual and can only be maintained by unceasing prayer.

Christians should yield themselves wholly to the glorious God who has redeemed them, to delight in serving Him in whose fellowship heaven has already begun. To

Perpetual inspiration from the Holy Spirit is as necessary to a life of goodness, holiness, and happiness as the perpetual respiration of air is necessary to animal life. It

We often speak about how we should remain in Christ, but we forget that this means we must remain in a crucified Christ.

Never forget as you enter your inner sanctuary that your whole relationship with God depends on what you think of sin and of yourself as a redeemed sinner.

Even when there are clouds, we still have the sun. So the light of God also shines upon His children even in difficult times. As surely as we know that the sun will rise, we can depend on the light of God. Ensure that you receive it in the morning—then you can count on it to remain with you all day long.

Unfortunately, the great majority of Christians know so little of their oneness with Christ Jesus and with the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of prayer that they do not even attempt to claim the wonderful promises Christ made to them.

Thank You, Jesus, that through the cross You gave me unconditional access to the throne of God.

We learn a great lesson when we come to understand that the deliberate quieting of our souls and minds before God is the secret of true adoration.

Some receive Christ in terms of the forgiveness of sin and the hope of heaven, yet know little of His fullness and the wealth that is to be found in Him.

Paul felt deeply for the unity of the body of Christ. He was convinced that unity could only be reached by the exercise of love and prayer.

Remember that Christ works in and through you, and provides all that God desires for you and all that you need.

The power of prayer does not lie in the number or earnestness of the words you use, but in a living faith that God Himself accepts both you and your prayer into His loving heart.

It is only the fully surrendered heart that can fully trust God for all that He has promised.

God has priority over your time, no matter what else must be neglected. Only then will you be able to submit yourself fully to the will of God. If, from day to day, you persevere with dedication, time will no longer be a question.