Monday, December 21, 2015

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Dear Young Christian:

“And he prayed…And he prayed again” (James 5:17,28).

There is a hymn we used to sing when I was a young person, and the first two lines went like this:

“Ere you left your room this morning,
Did you think to pray?”

The words were written by a lady named Mary A. Kidder, and the music by William O. Perkins. It was first published in 1876.

Although written so long ago it begins with a timeless question that is relevant for today, and every day. Let’s stop and ask ourselves, “Did we think to pray today?” “Did we start the day and the week by asking for the Lord’s help and blessing?” If not, now is the time to do it. We cannot expect power and blessing in our day-to-day life without taking a few minutes in prayer. Prayer is our powerhouse and source of strength, don’t forget or neglect to draw on it.

Your Christian Friend,

Jim Hyland

We would love to hear from you. Send your comments or questions to jhyland@primus.ca

             
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

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God’s Son

“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him” (Matthew 17:5).
“Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth” (1 Peter 2:22).

God’s beloved Son, the Author of life, entered a scene of disease and death but remained untainted, unspotted, flawless and faultless. He took on Himself human flesh, partook of our humanity and unresistingly went to Gethsemane and on to Calvary. He, “took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:7-8). There He made reconciliation between a righteous God and the fallen man He had created in His image! “Forwhen we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son” (Romans 5:10).

What will you give to Him today in return for all that He has done for you? “By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name” (Hebrews 13:15).

 

             
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Saturday, December 19, 2015

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Made Whole

“Wilt thou be made whole?” (John 5:6)

Was there any other answer to this question than YES? Yet, there are those who are offered greater healing than just to be cured from an infirmity of 38 years, and they say, “No.”

This poor sinner, waiting hopelessly and helplessly by the Pool of Bethesda, was asked this question by the Lord Jesus Christ. The healing that followed illustrates a deeper spiritual need that only the gospel of salvation can meet. As sinners we are spiritually dead and lost, and “without strength” (Romans 5:6). Only saving grace can remedy this disease of sin. This type of “wholeness” is a divine work in the soul. It is based solely on the merits of the atoning death, blood, and glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is the only Saviour of sinners.

“Jesus…said…They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick” (Luke 5:31). He says to you, “I am the Lord that healeth Thee” (Exodus 15:26). Say yes to Him now; He will indeed make you whole!

 

             
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Friday, December 18, 2015

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Precious

Peter, in His two Epistles uses the word “precious” seven times. They are a nice meditation and I would encourage you to examine and meditate on the following references and also to look up their context in First and Second Peter.

1. “The trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth” (1 Peter 1:7).

2. “The precious blood of Christ (1 Peter 1:19).

3. A living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious” (1 Peter 2:4).

4. “Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a Chief Corner Stone, elect, precious” (1 Peter 2:6).

5. “Unto you therefore which believe He is precious” (1 Peter 2:7).

6. Like precious faith (2 Peter 1:1).

7. “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises(2 Peter 1:4).

 

             
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

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Minor ProphetsMalachi

This last of the Minor Prophets closes the Lord’s testimony to the Jews until the coming of John the Baptist. Malachi prophesied after the rebuilding of the temple and perhaps at the time of Nehemiah’s second visit to Jerusalem (compare Malachi 3:10 with Nehemiah 13:5-12).

Malachi describes days of indifference and lukewarmness very parallel to what is described by Paul as “the last days” (2 Timothy 3:1). In Malachi we learn the faithfulness and love of God for His people in spite of their indifference and coldness towards Him and His Word. While not excusing their sin, He promises blessing on the grounds of His grace when His Man comes to intercede on behalf of the faithful remnant in a yet future day of blessing for the Jews. “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings” (Malachi 4:2). In the meantime there are warnings and encouragements for the faithful, just as there are today for those who desire to go on for the Lord in these last moments just before the Lord’s coming to call His own safe home to the Father’s house. “And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels” (Malachi 3:17).

 

             
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

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Pray for Them

One Sunday morning, Dwight L. Moody entered a house in Chicago to escort some children to Sunday school. While in the home three men backed him into a corner and threatened to kill him. “Look here,” Moody said, “Give a fellow a chance to say his prayers, won’t you?” Amazingly enough the men actually allowed him to call upon the Lord, and he prayed for them so earnestly that they left the room.

I am not sure what I would have done in a similar situation. I probably would have been looking for a way of escape through a window or door, or trying to distract the men so I could run. But Mr. Moody followed the instructions given by the Lord Jesus when He was here on earth, and said, “Do good to them which hate you…Pray for them which despitefully use you” (Luke 6:27-28).

Praying for those that treat us badly is one way of doing good to those who hate us. Someone has said, “Returning good for good is human; returning good for evil is divine.”

Is there someone you can specially pray for today? Someone who has done you wrong, but needs the Lord?

 

             
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

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Pure

“Thy word is very pure” (Psalm 119:140).
“Every word of God is pure” (Proverbs 30:5).

As we noted yesterday, we like things that are, as far as we can tell, pure. But even with strict government controls, enforcement agencies, and stringent labeling there is never any real solid guarantee that what we are getting is altogether pure. In fact we are rather gullible if we believe everything that package labels state.

However, both David and Solomon affirm the absolute purity of the Word of God. It is not just pure, but it is “very”pure! Not only is some of it pure, but “every word” is pure. Yes, the water of the Word is forever uncontaminated and we are told, “O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved” (Song of Solomon 5:1).

Take a good long drink of the Word of God today. It will refresh and quench your spiritual thirst, and satisfy you like nothing else. The Lord says, “I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely” (Revelation 21:6).

 

             
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Monday, December 14, 2015

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Dear Young Christian:

We all seem to be concerned about purity these days. We want to make sure our drinking water is pure, so we buy it in bottles; we want to breathe purer air, so there are emission controls; we want our food to be pure, so we look for the sign that says, “organic.”

But what about personal, moral purity? In First Timothy we have the word “pure” four times:

“A pure heart” (1 Timothy 1:5).

“A pure conscience” (1 Timothy 3:9).

“Be thou an example of the believers…in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12).

“Keep thyself pure” (1 Timothy 5:22).

How much is it true in your life? The Lord doesn’t want a mixture of good and bad; righteousness and unrighteousness; uprightness and deceit. No, He wants “pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father” (James 1:27).

Your Christian Friend,

Jim Hyland

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Sunday, December 13, 2015

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Unspeakable Gift

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning”
(James 1:17).

The other day I was on a plane from Barbados to Saint Vincent, when I noticed a lady a couple of rows in front of me and across the aisle, opening a piece of mail. As she pulled the card from its envelope I couldn’t help but notice the text on the front.

“Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift”
(2 Corinthians 9:15).

I didn’t have opportunity to speak with her, but I thought, What a wonderful greeting card to receive from a friend or relative.

How thankful are we today for God’s wonderful gift of His Son the Lord Jesus Christ? This is the greatest gift that God has ever given to man, and every other gift is a result of the giving of His Son and the work of Calvary.

 

             
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Saturday, December 12, 2015

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What About You?

“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,
should shine unto them”
(2 Corinthians 4:4).

We have had some brief accounts of the sacrifice and suffering of Adoniram Judson in his quest to take the gospel to those who had never heard it before. We shake our heads at the treatment he received, the darkness of heathendom, and deplorable life of those who live in such conditions. But what about you? What have you done with the gospel? Most of my readers live in lands where the light of Christianity has shone brightly for many years. It is not so much a question of whether others are receiving the message of salvation, but a question of whether you have received it. You are far more responsible than those who have never heard. The cities where the Lord performed His greatest miracles were the most responsible, and He said of them, “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes” (Matthew 11:21).

 

             
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