MAY 20 Wondrously show your steadfast love. (Psalm 17:7) When we give our hearts with our offerings, we do well, but we must often admit to failure in this respect. Not so our Master and our Lord. His favors are always performed with the love of His heart. He does not send us the cold…
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MAY 17 Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.. (1 John 2:6) Why should Christians imitate Christ? They should do it for their own sakes. If they desire to be spiritually healthy—if they want to escape the sickness of sin and enjoy the vigor of growing…
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MAY 16 God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. (1 Timothy 6:17) Our Lord Jesus is always giving and does not for a single moment withdraw His hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be withheld. He is an ever-shining…
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MAY 15 Everyone who believes is freed from everything [justified, kjv]. (Acts 13:39) The believer in Christ receives a present justification. Faith does not produce this fruit later on, but now. So far as justification is the result of faith, it is given to the soul in the moment when it closes with Christ and…
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MAY 14 He will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom. (Isaiah 40:11) Who is He of whom such gracious words are spoken? He is the Good Shepherd. Why does He carry the lambs in His bosom? Because He has a tender heart, and any weakness at once melts His heart….
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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 8 The man who had been healed did not know who it was. (John 5:13) Years pass quickly for the happy and the healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have seemed like forever in the life of the poor impotent man. When Jesus, therefore, healed him by a word while he lay at…
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MAY 7 Many followed him, and he healed them all. (Matthew 12:15) What a variety of sickness must have been presented to the gaze of Jesus! Yet we do not read that He was disgusted but patiently waited on every case. What a combination of evils must have met at His feet! What sickening ulcers…
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“We dwell in him.“(1 John 4:13) Do you want a house for your soul? Do you ask, “What is the purchase?” It is something less than proud human nature will like to give. It is without money and without price. Ah! You would like to pay a respectable rent! Would you love to do something…
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“I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”2 Corinthians 6:16 What a sweet title: “My people!” What a cheering revelation: “Their God!” How much meaning is couched in those two words, “My people!” Here is speciality. The whole world is God’s; the heaven, even the heaven of heavens, is the Lord’s, and…
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