“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that...
Miller’s Monday Musings #82: The Secret of Spiritual Power
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J. R. Miller
Miller’s Monday Musings #81: Peace and Stability in Unsettling Times
As I publish this article at 5:00 AM Central Time this morning, the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is beginning in Westminster Abbey in...
Miller’s Monday Musings #80: Encouragement in Difficult Times
Encouragement in Difficult Times “In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai” (Haggai...
Miller’s Monday Musings #79: The Privilege of Prayer
Almost everyone prays. Many have been taught in childhood to kneel before God, and – with the first lispings of speech – to say, “Our Father.”...
Miller’s Monday Musings #78: A Lamp for My Feet
“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Psalm 119:105). God’s Word is represented as a lamp for our feet. It is a “lamp” –...
Miller’s Monday Musings #77: Look Forward!
It is a good thing to always look forward. Even nature itself shows that people’s eyes were designed to always look forward; for no one has...
Miller’s Monday Musings #76: Learning From a Child
Learning From a Child “He called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:2). When the disciples wanted to know who...
Miller’s Monday Musings #75: Helping Without Money
Helping Without Money There are many good people with benevolent hearts and kindly impulses, who think they cannot do much good in the world...
Miller’s Monday Musings #74: Beautiful Conversation in the Home
Few things are more important in a home than its conversation, yet there are few things to which less deliberate thought is given. We take...
Miller’s Monday Musings #73: Personal Friendship with Jesus
Personal Friendship with Jesus “Yes, He is altogether lovely! This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend!” (Song of Songs 5:16) On several...
Miller’s Monday Musings #72: Silent Times with Jesus
Silent Times with Jesus “Come with Me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest” (Mark 6:31). In a certain college in days of old, a...
Miller’s Monday Musings #71: A Spring of Living Water
“Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of...
Miller’s Monday Musings #70: Chains of Gold
Chains of Gold “More things are wrought by prayer, Than this world dreams of.” The power of prayer can never be understood on earth. What...
Miller’s Monday Musings #69: The Gentleness of Christ
Gentleness is not weakness. The true man is always strong. High up on the Alps, on some bald crag, on the edge of the eternal snows, tourists...
Miller’s Monday Musings #68: Things that are Lovely
Nothing that is not beautiful is suitable for a place in a Christ-like life. Strength is essential, but strength does not need to be rough and...
Miller’s Monday Musings #67: God’s Thoughts for His Children
God's Thoughts for His Children “Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward… I am...
Miller’s Monday Musings #66: Would Our Way Be Better?
We often think we could do better, if things were in our own hands. We think we could direct our affairs in life so as to get more happiness...
Miller’s Monday Musings #65: Sharing the Joy
Perhaps we do not think often enough of the responsibility of joy. When God makes us glad, the gladness is not to end with ourselves; we are to...
Miller’s Monday Musings #64: Finding Christ in the Common Ways
The way to find Christ is to look for Him in the common ways. This is the way to find our duty, too. Many people are always thinking of their...
Miller’s Monday Musings #63: The Glory of the Common Life
The Glory of the Common Life It was only a scrubby bush which Moses saw in the desert; and yet as it burned, it gleamed with splendor. No...