THE FRESH HEART TOUCH
Psalms 63:1-11
When a man has a heart-to-heart talk alone with God daily, he’s pretty apt to talk, with both life and lip, in the crowd for God. Keep the inner heart touch with God fresh, and the outer touches are sure to be true and winsome. The outer hinges on the inner. Your prayer-contacts control your contact with your fellows, and with commonplace things. The knees decide the language of the lips.
Luke 9:57-62
A RULE WITH NO EXCEPTIONS
The “Follow Me” road has some rough places. Sin made the road rough for Jesus’ feet, and makes it rough for all who follow. Though it is never so rough now since his pierced feet have trodden it. Still, quite rough enough. The rule of the road is simple but radical and never to be changed: “Put Jesus first” Then the touch of his presence will make you forget the roughness of the road, even while your feet feel it.