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06/13/2026

06/12/2026

“TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.”— Daniel 5:27 It is well frequently to weigh ourselves in the scale of God’s Word. You will find it a holy exercise to read some psalm of David, and, as you meditate upon each verse, to ask yourself, “Can I say this? Have I C...

06/11/2026

A Cluster of Camphire, By, Mrs. C.H. Spurgeon

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His mercy.” (Psa. 147:11)

A Wide-Open Gate

“This text is a wide-open gate into the fair fields of peace and joy, where you may find rest unto your souls. You need not stay to wonder whether you can ever get through; the way is plain and smooth, all the stones are gathered out, and if you will, you may come and welcome. Did you not, just lately, see one quite as timorous as yourself go up to ‘the Man at the Gate,” and ask for entrance? And do you not know what the ready reply was?

“‘I am willing with all My heart,’ saith He.”

And if you will venture, you will receive the same loving answer.”

Where is your fear placed?
Where are you looking for your peace and joy today?

Because of Grace,
Miyoshi

06/11/2026

“We love him, because he first loved us.”— 1 John 4:19 There is no light in the planet but that which proceedeth from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which cometh from the Lord Jesus himself. From this overflowing fountain of the infinite love of God, Continue...

06/10/2026

A Cluster of Camphire, By, Mrs. C.H. Spurgeon

A Wide-Open Gate

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His mercy (Psa. 147:11).

“It seems to me that very many of the Lord’s people are like timid sheep that stand trembling outside the fold, lingering by the fences, hungry and thirsty for the green pastures and still waters within the enclosure, but not daring to venture in. They are in the King’s meadow, He has given His life for them, and called them by name; but something hinders their full enjoyment of His love, and of the danties which that love has provided for them. They “cannot enter in because of unbelief,” they are afraid to draw any nearer because they do not possess the “full assurance of faith.” Poor, distressed, faint-hearted ones! This is not the will of God concerning you, nor is it the mind of your loving Shepherd, for He says, “My sheep hear My voice, and they follow Me,” and following Christ always means getting closer to God and learning to delight in Him.”

Where is your hope today?
Does the Lord take pleasure in you today?

Because of Grace,
Miyoshi

06/10/2026

“For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.”— Romans 14:8 If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. It was not absolutely necessary for our preparati...

06/09/2026

A Cluster of Camphire, By, Mrs. C.H. Spurgeon

Soul Comfort

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul (Ps. 94:19).

“Lastly (though there are many, many more), one of the multitude of thoughts that stand out prominently from the rest, as a comfort that delights the soul, is that He loves me. This truth has been running through the fields of previous thought, as a silver streamlet flows through the meadows; - here, it should deepen and expand to a broad and fathomless ocean, had I the power to speak of its height, and depth, and length and breadth, and to tell of the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.

But my pen utterly fails here. I feel as John Berridge must have felt when he wrote, “We must die to speak of Christ.” You who love Him and know that He loves you, must each one say to himself what that “comfort of love” is to your own heart. This will be a better comment than any I can offer, and, if some poor distressed soul is mourning the loss of the sweet consolation which Chris’s love alone can give, let him call to remembrance a tenderly precious promise which the Lord put into the lips of the prophet Isaiah, “I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him.””

How has the Lord comforted you?
Which of His precious promises has He used to comfort you?

Because of Grace,
Miyoshi

06/09/2026

“The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.”— Psalm 126:3 Some Christians are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to dwell more upon what they have gone through than upon what God has done for them. Ask for their impression of the Christian life, and they ...

06/08/2026

“For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.”— 1 Chronicles 5:22 Warrior, fighting under the banner of the Lord Jesus, observe this verse with holy joy, for as it was in the days of old so is it now, if the war Continue Readin...

06/07/2026

“Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.”— Psalm 97:10 Thou hast good reason to “hate evil,” for only consider what harm it has already wrought thee. Oh, what a world of mischief sin has brought into thy hea...