Ride out storms with the Lord
Title page of Gems of Thought
Today's Devotional
He has triumphed gloriously—Exodus 15:1 (ESV).
Faith may live in a storm, but it will not suffer a storm to live in it. As faith rises, so the blustering wind of discontented troublesome thoughts go down. In the same proportion that there is faith in the heart, there is peace also; they are joined together. (See Isaiah 30:15.)—Gems of Thought.
To let the storm beat over you, roar around you, and leave you undismayed—this is to be a man.—Henry Ward Beecher.
Beloved, God calls us to victory.... God means you should accept every difficult thing that comes in your life. He has started with you, knowing every difficulty. And if you dare to let him, he will carry you through not only to be conquerors, but “more than conquerors.” Are you looking for all the victory?—A.B. Simpson
About the author and the source
Gems of Thought is from the writings of “an eminent divine of the 17th century”—identifiable as William Gurnall (1616–1679), author of The Christian in Complete Armour (1655). Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) was a well-known Congregational clergyman, reformer, and advocate for the abolition of slavery, who was declared “not guilty” after a sensational trial for adultery. A. B. Simpson (1843–1919) was a pastor, revival leader, and the founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
[William Gurnall]. Gems of Thought for Every Day in the Year. Liverpool: Clement Evans, 1865.
Beecher, Henry Ward. The Beecher Book of Days, edited by Eleanor Kirk and Caroline B. LeRow. New York: Cassell & Company, 1886.
A. B. Simpson. Days of Heaven Upon Earth: A Year Book of Scripture Texts and Living Truths. Brooklyn, NY: Christian Alliance, 1897.