August 7

Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus. — Heb 12:1-2

Think, as you sit here, of anything that you are doing that is wrong, of any habit of your life, of your self–indulgence, or of that great, pervasive habit of your life which makes you a creature of the present instead of the eternities, a creature of the material earth instead of the glorious skies. Ask yourself of any habit that belongs to your own personal life, and bring it face to face with Jesus Christ. — Phillips Brooks.