Thursday, July 2, 2026
The LORD says, "I will restore what you lost
Miller's Year Book—a Year's Daily Readings
J. R. Miller, 1895
The LORD says, "I will restore what you lost to the stripping locusts, the cutting locusts, the swarming locusts, and the hopping locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you!" Joel 2:25
It is God who says, "I will restore." Only the divine hand can do it. Christ is the restorer, for he has made atonement for us.
Wherever there is a Christian who is hurt by sin or sorrow—the face of the Christ on the cross, beams on it with healing in its beams. "By his stripes—we are healed." By his wounding—our wounds are cured. His visage was marred—that the marring of sin in our faces might be changed to beauty. By his sorrows—our sorrows are comforted.
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
The purpose of the Bible
Treasures from J.R. Miller
1840 — 1912
(choice excerpts)
The purpose of the Bible
"All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness — so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Paul has no uncertain word about the inspiration of the Scriptures. The Bible alone is the Word of God. Holy men wrote it as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. There are other good books in the world — but none like the Word of God.
We ought to read the Bible reverently — since God speaks to us in its pages.
We ought to believe it — for His Word must be absolutely true.
We should obey it — since what God commands must be right.
We may yield our whole life to its influence — to be guided and fashioned by it.
Scripture is profitable for teaching — that is, for instruction in all matters that concern life.
It is profitable for rebuking — it shows us our sins, our follies, our mistakes.
It is profitable for correcting — to bring us back from wrong ways to right ways.
It is profitable for training in righteousness — it gives us instruction for all true and beautiful living.
"So that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." The purpose of the Bible is to make complete men of us. If