Author-Octavius Winslow

Your Almighty Friend!

Posted by on March 15, 2021 at 11:47 pm

Your Almighty Friend! (Octavius Winslow, “Christ, the Mighty God”) “He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace!” Isaiah 9:6 Because Jesus is the almighty God, His people have an almighty burden-bearer. We are a burdened people. Every believer carries a burden peculiar to himself. What is your burden, O believer? […]

All is transparent and harmonious to His eye!

Posted by on March 15, 2021 at 11:45 pm

All is transparent and harmonious to His eye! (Octavius Winslow, “My Times in God’s Hand!”) We live in a world of mysteries! They . . .   meet our eye,   awaken our inquiry, and   baffle our investigation at every step. Nature is a vast arcade of mysteries. Science is a mystery. Truth is […]

It was His own love that fastened Him there!

Posted by on March 8, 2021 at 12:18 am

It was His own love that fastened Him there! (Octavius Winslow, “Morning Thoughts”) “Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him.”  John 18:4 His voluntariness was not founded on ignorance. He well knew what the covenant of redemption involved; what stern justice demanded. The entire scene of His humiliation was before Him, in […]

God’s conscious comforting presence!

Posted by on February 28, 2021 at 11:55 pm

God’s conscious comforting presence!Octavius Winslow, “Beginning the Year with Jesus”Then Moses said to him, “If Your Presencedoes not go with us, do not send us up fromhere…..” Exodus 33:15 What a needed and solemn petition! God’s presence, going with us! Such is theresponse of every true God fearing, Christloving heart. The believer has learned tounderstand […]

He stayed His soul upon God.

Posted by on September 6, 2020 at 10:51 am

“Who is among you that fears the Lord, that obeys the voice of his servant, that walks in darkness, and has no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.” Isaiah 50:10 Octavius Winslow HOW prone is the believer to attach an undue importance to the mere article […]

All true sanctification

Posted by on September 2, 2020 at 5:39 am

All true sanctification (Octavius Winslow) “Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Titus 2:14 There is no victory over the indwelling power of sin, and there is no pardon for the guilt of sin, but as the soul […]

As though it had never been!

Posted by on August 26, 2020 at 11:36 am

As though it had never been! (Octavius Winslow) Beloved, soon, O how soon! All that now loads the heart with care, and wrings it with sorrow — all that dims the eye with tears, and renders the day anxious and the night sleepless — will be as though it had never been! Emerging from the […]

What is Heaven?

Posted by on August 26, 2020 at 11:33 am

What is Heaven? (Octavius Winslow) Beloved, what is Heaven? What is the final glory of the saints? It is the best place, the richest inheritance provided by the Father for the people ransomed and redeemed by the precious blood of His dear Son! And when we enter there, we shall enter as children welcomed to […]

All, all is ours!

Posted by on August 26, 2020 at 11:31 am

All, all is ours! (Winslow, “Daily Need Divinely Supplied” 1870) “The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.” Lament. 3:24 It is our great privilege, beloved, that we live in a ‘portionless’ world. When God parceled out the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel, He made an […]

THE LORD FAITHFUL, AND HIS WORD TRUE TO THE LAST

Posted by on August 11, 2020 at 11:42 am

THE LORD FAITHFUL, AND HIS WORD TRUE TO THE LAST Octavius Winslow “Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one […]