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Daily LightDaily Light on the Daily Path: morning and evening Scripture portions
Comfort of the ScripturesA daily Scripture verse, meditation and poem
Growing in GraceA daily Bible verse and devotional
Christians Daily CalendarScripture verses and a poem for every day of the year
Young Christians CalendarA daily meditation for young ChristiansScripture verses and a poem for every day of the year
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| Ye are My friends. … I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made known unto you. (John 15:14‑15) |
| This is my beloved, and this is my friend. (Song of Sol. 5:16) |
| I could not do without Thee, O Jesus, Saviour dear! E’en when my eyes are holden, I know that Thou art near; How dreary and how lonely This changeful life would be, Without the sweet communion, The secret rest with Thee! |
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| Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness … that He might be just and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Rom. 3:25‑26) |
| Verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass … till all be fulfilled. (Matt. 5:18) |
| In Thy sovereignty rejoicing, We Thy children bow and praise, For we know that kind and loving, Just and true, are all Thy ways, While Thy heart of sovereign mercy, And Thine arm of sovereign might, For our great and strong salvation, In Thy sovereign grace unite. |
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| Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created. (Rev. 4:11) |
| Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. (Rev. 5:12) |
| Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen. (Rev. 7:12) |
| To Him whom men despise and slight, To Him be glory given; The crown is His, and His by right — The highest place in heaven. |
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| I … will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. (Hab. 2:1) |
| The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63) |
| I will … speak comfortably unto her. (Hos. 2:14) |
| My every comfort at Thy hand receive; My every talent to Thy glory give; Thy counsel seek in every trying hour; In all my weakness trust Thy mighty power. |
| From the things of earth then set my heart free — And find its happiness, my Lord in Thee: Thy Holy Spirit for my guide and guest, Whate’er my lot, I must be safe and blest. |
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| In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Gen. 1:1) |
| Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? (Job 38:4‑5) |
| Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. (Heb. 11:3) |
| He called the world, and it arose; The heavens, and they appeared: His hand poured forth the mighty deep; His arm the mountains reared. |
| He sets His foot upon the hills, And earth beneath Him quakes; He walks upon the hurricane, And in the thunder speaks. |
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| To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious. (1 Peter 2:4) |
| Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on Him shall not be confounded. (1 Peter 2:6) |
| Here we have a firm foundation; Here’s the refuge of the lost; Christ’s the rock of our salvation — His the name of which we boast; Lamb of God! for sinners wounded — Sacrifice to cancel guilt; None shall ever be confounded Who on Thee their hope have built. |
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| If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him. (2 Tim. 2:12) |
| Why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? (2 Sam. 19:36) |
| The cross on which our Lord expired Has won the crown for us! In thankful fellowship with Him We bear our daily cross. |
| To all His ransomed ones He’ll give (To us amongst the rest), With Him to dwell, with Him to reign, With Him forever blest. |
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| Thou hast the dew of thy youth. (Psa. 110:3) |
| My glory was fresh in me. (Job 29:20) |
| Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Col. 1:27) |
| Has not each heart a passion and a dream? Each some companionship forever sweet? And each in saddest skies some silver gleam, And each some passing joy, too fair and fleet? And what have I? An endless heaven of love, A rapture, and a glory, and a calm; A life that is an everlasting psalm, All, O Beloved, in Thee. |
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| Who is a God like unto Thee? (Mic. 7:18) |
| God granted him that which he requested. (1 Chron. 4:10) |
| I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked. (1 Kings 3:13) |
| O Thou, whose mercies far exceed All we can do or say, As in Thy people Thou indeed Dost daily more display; Let, for our happiness, O God, On us while here below, By virtue of Christ’s death and blood, Thy richest blessings flow. |
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| There ariseth another priest, who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the POWER of an endless life. (Heb. 7:15‑16) |
| We have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the POWER and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. (2 Peter 1:16) |
| Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His POWER, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Heb. 1:3) |
| In Thee most perfectly expressed, The Father’s self does shine; Fullness of Godhead, too: the Blest, Eternally divine. |
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| The Lord had told Samuel in his ear. (1 Sam. 9:15) |
| What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. (Matt. 10:27) |
| He has spoken in the darkness, In the silence of thy grief, Sympathy so deep and tender, Mighty for thy heart’s relief; Speaking in thy night of sorrow Words of comfort and of calm, Gently on thy wounded spirit Pouring true and healing balm; What He tells thee in the darkness, Weary watcher for the day, Grateful lip and life should utter When the shadows flee away. |
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| Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. (Prov. 4:13) |
| Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. (Prov. 3:23) |
| Look away to Jesus; look away from all; Then we need not stumble; then we shall not fall; From each snare that lureth, foe or phantom grim, Safety this ensureth: look away to Him. |
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| With their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo, Thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear Thy words, but they do them not. (Ezek. 33:31‑32) |
| Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 7:21) |
| Such, with hearts of anguish burning, When they find the door is shut, Will, in terror, cry, “Lord, open”; He will say, “I know you not.” |
| Then be ready, oh, be ready; Heed the cry while yet you may; With lamps trimmed and burning brightly, Wait that coming, blessed day. |
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| Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2 Peter 3:3‑4) |
| Account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you. (2 Peter 3:15) |
| Where is the promise of His coming? It is hidden in the hearts of His redeemed; In the gloom of shadowed spaces ’Tis a light on lifted faces From the radiant heavenly places Whence it streamed. |
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| Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightiest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? (Prov. 22:20‑21) |
| Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures. (Luke 24:45) |
| O God! what cords of love are Thine, How gentle, yet how strong! Thy truth and grace their strength combine To draw our souls along. |
| Drawn by such cords we’ll onward move, Till round the throne we meet, And, captive in the chains of love, Embrace our Saviour’s feet. |
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| The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. (Ex. 34:6‑7) |
| His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth forever. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 117:2) |
| Glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, Who shall not fear Thee, and who shall not laud? Anthems of glory Thy universe raises, Holy and Infinite! Father and God! |
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| When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (Gal. 4:4‑5) |
| In Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power. (Col. 2:9‑10) |
| Soon as the reign of sin began, The light of mercy dawned on man, When God announced the blessed news, “The woman’s seed thy head shall bruise.” |
| Complete in power when He arose, And burst the bands of all His foes; Then captive led captivity, And took for us His seat on high. |
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| Thou holdest mine eyes waking. (Psa. 77:4) |
| God my maker, who giveth songs in the night. (Job 35:10) |
| He has spoken in the darkness, In the silence of the night, Spoken sweetly of the Father, Words of life and love and light; Floating through the somber stillness Came the loved and loving voice, Speaking peace and solemn gladness, That His children might rejoice; What He tells thee in the darkness, Songs He giveth in the night — Rise and speak it in the morning; Rise and sing them in the light! |
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| Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in His presence. But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. (1 Cor. 1:26‑31) |
| Where’er worlds are or soon shall be, Each thing shall sing God’s praise, For He by whom each dawn is made Shall rule o’er all our days. |
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| He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. Lo, all these things worketh God. (Job 33:27‑29) |
| O Lord, Thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. (Psa. 30:3) |
| Where shall our wandering souls begin? How shall we all to heaven aspire? As slaves redeemed from death and sin, As brands plucked from eternal fire, How shall we suited triumphs raise, Or sing our great Deliverer’s praise? |
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| We know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. (1 Cor. 13:9‑10) |
| I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and there was no more sea. (Rev. 21:1) |
| And though the little hills shall melt, The mighty mountains move, Though earth and heaven shall pass away, And suns unstable prove, Though faithless stars shall cease to shine, And there is no more sea, Still changeless as the changeless God The Word of God shall be. |
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| Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing. (Psa. 92:13‑14) |
| He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Psa. 1:3) |
| Before I leave the desert land For meadows of immortal flowers, Lead me where streams at Thy command Flow by the borders of the hours, That when the thirsty come, I may Show them the fountains in the way; Oh love of God, do this for me: Maintain a constant victory. |
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| He hath made everything beautiful in his time: also He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. (Eccl. 3:11) |
| O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out! (Rom. 11:33) |
| Take Thou our hearts, and let them be Forever closed to all but Thee; Thy willing servants, let us wear The seal of love forever there. |
| Ah, Lord! enlarge our scanty thought, To know the wonders Thou hast wrought; Unloose our stammering tongues to tell Thy love, immense, unsearchable. |
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| What is the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. (Eph. 1:19‑21) |
| All that blessed work is done; God’s well-pleased with His Son; He has raised Him from the dead, Set Him over all as Head. |
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| He saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them. (Mark 6:48) |
| God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof. For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; to make the weight for the winds; and He weigheth the waters by measure. (Job 28:23‑25) |
| Not yet thou knowest how I bid Each passing hour entwine Its grief or joy, its hope or fear, In one great love-design; Nor how I lead thee through the night By many a various way, Still upward to unclouded light, And onward to the day. |
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| The PROMISE of life which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Tim. 1:1) |
| In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, PROMISED before the world began. (Titus 1:2) |
| Having therefore these PROMISES, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (2 Cor. 7:1) |
| And I claim for myself the promise And just begin to praise, For He says I am saved by trusting, And I trust just as He says. |
| And He tells me there is cleansing From every secret sin, And a great and full salvation To keep the heart within. |
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| If the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. (Eccl. 11:3) |
| Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. (Luke 16:25‑26) |
| Why unbelieving? Trifle no more; Death may be near thee, e’en at thy door; Come with a broken heart; Come helpless as thou art; Come choose the better part: To Jesus come. |
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| Do all things without murmurings and disputing: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain. Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. (Phil. 2:14‑17) |
| In Jesus Himself (the Father’s delight), The saints, without blame, appear in God’s sight; And while He in Jesus our souls shall approve, So long shall the Father continue His love. |
| In Jesus, free grace all blessings secure; We know and rejoice that all things are ours; And God from His purpose will never remove, But love us, and bless us, and “rest in His love.” |
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| Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth. (1 Cor. 13:4‑8) |
| Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. (Eph. 4:7) |
| Could we ever the marvels of that love discern? Could we fathom the depths of His grace? Through eternity more of its riches we’ll learn, Of the One who has died in our place. |
| Our Saviour beseeches us ever to show This, the greatest of all virtues given; For by love to each other shall other men know The heart of our Father in heaven. |
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| O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise. (Psa. 51:15) |
| My tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness. (Psa. 51:14) |
| Oh teach me, Lord, that I may teach The precious things Thou dost impart; And wing my words, that they may reach The hidden depths of many a heart; Oh fill me with Thy fullness, Lord, Until my very heart o’erflow In kindling thought and glowing word, Thy love to tell, Thy praise to show. |