For Monday, July 13, 2026.

Week Twenty-eight,

Monday.

Morning.

Having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

    Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded.

     That they do good, that they be rich in good works. 

1 Tim. vi. 8, 9, 10, 17, 18. 

Evening. 

      I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. 

     Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

     I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see. 

Rev. iii. 15, 17, 18.

July 13.

"When the fruit is brought forth (marg. is ripe), immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come."

—Mark iv. 29.

Here we have a ray of heavenly light cast upon many dealings of God, which men are ready to call very dark. We see useful lives suddenly brought to a close; we see the Christian pastor taken away in the midst of a most important work; the Christian statesman removed from his place of high hope and promise for good; the Christian soldier falling before the fight was done, and perhaps, most mysterious of all to our natural sight, the faithful, tender, holy, Christian mother taken away from a large family of little ones whom she was leading straight to Jesus! and these things seem utter darkness to us till we consider not our loss, but their gain. They were taken away not when we needed them least, or could best spare them, but "when the fruit was brought forth." The Lord watches the progress of the seed He sowed, the blade, the ear, the full corn in the ear; in some, the full corn presents so rich a harvest of beauty, that we dread the day of reaping! but He watches it, and even because of its ripeness, "when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle," and gathers it home, safely, surely, speedily home!

July Thirteenth.

"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

-- Romans 8:37-39.

     ALMIGHTY GOD, our Heavenly Father, in Whom we live and move and have our being, we render Thee our humble praises for Thy preservation of us from the beginning of our lives to this day; for Thy many mercies we bless and magnify Thy glorious Name. And since it is of Thy mercy, O gracious Father, that another day is added to our lives, we here dedicate both our souls and our bodies to Thee and Thy service.

     We would remember before Thy Throne of Grace all those who are near and dear to us, and all for whom we are bound to pray.

     Be merciful to all who are in any trouble, and be graciously pleased to take us and all things belonging to us under Thy Fatherly care and protection this day, and forevermore.

     We ask it for Christ's sake. Amen.