DECEMBER 10 So we will always be with the Lord.(1 Thessalonians 4:17) Even the sweetest glimpses of Christ are short—how transitory they are! One moment, our eyes see Him, and we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, but then the moment passes, and we do not see Him, for our beloved withdraws Himself…
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JULY 20 The guarantee of our inheritance. (Ephesians 1:14) Oh, what enlightenment, what joys, what consolation, what delight of heart is experienced by that man who has learned to feed on Jesus, and on Jesus alone. Yet the realization that we have of Christ’s preciousness is, in this life, imperfect at best. As an old…
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JUNE 2 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh.(Galatians 5:17) In every believer’s heart there is a constant struggle between the old nature and the new. The old nature is very active and loses no opportunity of employing all the weapons in…
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MAY 13 Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. (Psalm 30:5) Christian, if you are in a night of trial, think of tomorrow; cheer up your heart with the thought of the coming of your Lord. Be patient, for “Lo! He comes with clouds descending.” Be patient! The farmer waits…
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MAY 3 In the world you will have tribulation. (John 16:33) Are you asking why this should be, believer? Look upward to your heavenly Father, and behold Him pure and holy. Do you know that you are one day to be like Him? Will you easily be conformed to His image? Will you not require…
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APRIL 23 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:37) We go to Christ for forgiveness, and then too often look to the law for power to fight our sins. Paul issues this rebuke: “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? . . . Let me…
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So they took Jesus, and he went out. (John 19:16-17) He had spent the night in agony, and in the early morning He was hurried from the hall of Caiaphas to Pilate, from Pilate to Herod, and from Herod back again to Pilate. Consequently his strength was almost gone, but He was granted neither food…
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How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!Psalm 139:17 Divine omniscience provides no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking about us, never turns His mind from us, always has us before His eyes; and this is precisely how we would want…
Read More Share“How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God.” Psalm 139:17 Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside His mind from us, has us always before His eyes; and this is precisely as…
Read More Share“And all the children of Israel murmured.” Numbers 14:2 There are murmurers amongst Christians now, as there were in the camp of Israel of old. There are those who, when the rod falls, cry out against the afflictive dispensation. They ask, “Why am I thus afflicted? What have I done to be chastened in this…
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