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October 2015

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Saturday, October 31, 2015

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The ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee on the water. (Matt. 14:24,27‑28)
The Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet. (Nah. 1:3)
Fear not that the whirlwind shall carry you hence,
Nor wait for its onslaught in breathless suspense,
Nor shrink from the whips of the terrible hail,
But pass through the edge to the heart of the gale,
For there is a shelter, sunlighted and warm,
And faith sees her God through the eye of the storm.

Friday, October 30, 2015

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What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? (1 Cor. 6:19)
Ye belong to Christ. (Mark 9:41)
Ye are bought with a price. (1 Cor. 7:23)
“Not your own!” but His by right,
   His peculiar treasure now,
Fair and precious in His sight,
   Purchased jewels for His brow;
He will keep what thus He sought,
   Safely guard the dearly bought,
Cherish that which He did choose,
   Always love and never lose.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

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Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners for to hear Him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. (Luke 15:1‑2)
When Jesus heard it, He saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Mark 2:17)
Jesus, Lord, I come to Thee; Thou hast said I may;
Tell me what my life should be; take my sins away;
Jesus, Lord, I learn of Thee, in Thy Word divine;
Every promise there I see, may I call it mine!

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jer. 23:5‑6)
He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called THE WORD OF GOD. (Rev. 19:13)
Thou art the everlasting Word,
   The Father’s only Son;
God manifest, God seen and heard,
   The heaven’s beloved One.
How great the grace of God to bless,
   O Lord, our righteousness!
By Thee, to us all things are sure,
   Through life and evermore.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord … that He may bestow upon you a blessing this day. (Ex. 32:29)
A faithful man shall abound with blessings. (Prov. 28:20)
One the channel, deep and broad,
From the fountain of the throne,
Christ the Saviour, Son of God,
Blessings flow through Him alone;
He, the faithful and the true,
Brings us mercies ever new:
Till we reach His home on high,
God shall all your need supply.

Monday, October 26, 2015

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If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Cor. 5:17)
In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. (Gal. 6:15)
Sing unto the Lord a new song; for He hath done marvelous things. (Psa. 98:1)
Complete in Him, our glorious Head,
With Jesus raised from the dead,
And by His mighty Spirit led!
O blessed Lord, this is for me —
Then let my whole life henceforth be
One Alleluia song to Thee.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

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O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. (Song of Sol. 2:14)
So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty: for He is thy Lord; and worship thou Him. (Psa. 45:11)
O Lord, how precious is Thy thought,
How wondrous Thy desire,
To win our hearts, once worse than naught,
Who now by grace aspire
To seek Thy glory, bear Thy shame,
To keep Thy word, and love Thy name.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

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Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way? (Prov. 20:24)
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. (Prov. 16:33)
Above the tempest wild I hear Him say:
“Beyond this darkness lies the perfect day;
In every path of yours I lead the way”;
So whether on the hilltops high and fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valleys where
The shadows lie, what matter? He is there;
And more than this; where’er the pathway lead,
He gives to me no helpless, broken reed,
But His own hand, sufficient for my need.

Friday, October 23, 2015

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The lips of the righteous feed many. (Prov. 10:21)
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable. (Prov. 10:32)
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. (Prov. 16:13)
Make Thy members every hour
For Thy blessed service meet;
Earnest tongues, and arms of power,
Skillful hands, and hastening feet,
Ever ready to fulfill
All Thy word and all Thy will.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

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Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. (Gen. 7:7)
All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)
Oh, haste! a shelter you may gain,
A covert from the wind and rain,
A hiding place, a rest, a home,
A refuge from the wrath to come:
   Haste, traveler, haste!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

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Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all. (1 Chron. 29:11)
The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isa. 2:11)
Head of the church, Thy body,
   O Christ, the great salvation!
      Sweet to the saints
      It is to think
   Of all Thine exaltation!
All power’s to Thee committed;
   All power on earth, in heaven;
      To Thee a name
      Of widest fame
   Above all glory’s given.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

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The king’s … favor is as DEW upon the grass. (Prov. 19:12)
My speech shall distill as the DEW, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. (Deut. 32:2)
Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the DEW, and for the deep. (Deut. 33:13)
My head is filled with DEW, and my locks with the drops of the night. (Song of Sol. 5:2)
I will be as the DEW unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily. (Hos. 14:5)
The seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their DEW; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. (Zech. 8:12)

Monday, October 19, 2015

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I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and GENTLENESS of Christ. (2 Cor. 10:1)
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, GENTLENESS, goodness, faith. (Gal. 5:22)
Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy GENTLENESS hath made me great. (2 Sam. 22:36)
The true and perfect gentleness
   We find in Thee alone;
Make us to know Thy loveliness;
   Through us Thy love be known;
Grant us sweet fellowship with Thee,
   And all who are Thine own.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

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Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. (Psa. 100:4)
Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift. (2 Cor. 9:15)
Of all the gifts Thy love bestows,
   Thou Giver of all good!
Not heaven itself a richer knows
   Than the Redeemer’s blood.
We praise Thee, and would praise Thee more;
   To Thee our all we owe;
The precious Saviour and the power
   That makes Him precious too.

Saturday, October 17, 2015

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The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore. (Psa. 121:5‑8)
In this world of sin and evil,
   How we need a mighty tower,
Where for help and for deliverance
   We may flee in danger’s hour!
How we need the strength and power
   He is waiting to bestow!
How we need His glorious presence,
   His protection fully know.

Friday, October 16, 2015

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If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee aught, put that on mine account. (Philem. 18)
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. (Rom. 12:13)
We have, as treasures without end,
Whatever, Lord, to Thee we lend,
So give us hearts for Thee to spend,
Who givest all — who givest all.
Whatever, Lord, we spend for Thee,
Repaid a thousandfold will be —
Help us to sacrifice for Thee,
Who givest all — who givest all.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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Changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. (2 Kings 25:29‑30)
These are they which … have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 7:14)
Safe in Christ, and clothed in garments
   Of salvation white and pure;
Sealed by the Holy Spirit,
   We rejoice in hope secure;
Now made righteous in our Saviour,
   Soon we shall, in that bright place,
Gather round Him in the glory,
   Praise Him for His sovereign grace.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

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The king also rejoiced with great joy. (1 Chron. 29:9)
He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen with gladness: and gave them the lands. (Psa. 105:43‑44)
I will … joy in My people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. (Isa. 65:19)
Oh the welcome I have found there,
God in all His love made known!
Oh the glory that surrounds there
Those accepted in His Son!
All His joy told out unhindered,
Nought but Christ His eye can see;
Christ into His joy has entered,
And in Christ He welcomes me.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

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There is no matter hid from the king. (2 Sam. 18:13)
She communed with him of all that was in her heart. And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. (2 Chron. 9:1‑2)
Christ: when He is come, He will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am He. (John 4:25‑26)
O Lord, Thou seest, Thou knowest,
   That to none my heart can tell
The joy and the love and the sorrow,
   The tale that my heart knows well;
But to Thee, O my God, I can tell it —
   To Thee, and to Thee, Lord, alone;
For Thy heart and my heart have a language,
   For Thou hearest my every groan.

Monday, October 12, 2015

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I will sing unto the Lord, because He hath dealt bountifully with me. (Psa. 13:6)
Deal bountifully with Thy servant, that I may live, and keep Thy word. (Psa. 119:17)
Thou shalt deal bountifully with me. (Psa. 142:7)
All my desire Thou grantest, whatsoe’er
I ask! Was ever mythic tale or dream
So bold as this reality — this stream
Of boundless blessings flowing full and free?
Yet more than I have thought or asked of Thee,
Out of Thy royal bounty still Thou givest me.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

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As many were astonished at Thee; His visage was so marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men. (Isa. 52:14)
How great is His goodness, and how great is His beauty! (Zech. 9:17)
Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty. (Isa. 33:17)
We praise, we worship, we adore,
   As round Thyself we meet;
Thy beauty, Lord, our souls transports,
   While bowing at Thy feet.
Our theme of praise art Thou alone,
   Thy cross, Thy work, Thy word:
Oh! who can fathom all Thy love,
   Thou living, blessed Lord?

Saturday, October 10, 2015

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Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you today. (Ex. 14:13)
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. (Ex. 14:14)
The Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s. (1 Sam. 17:47)
O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. (Psa. 140:7)
So, when you meet with trials
   And know not what to do,
Just cast the care on Jesus,
   And He will fight for you;
Gird on the heavenly armor
   Of faith and hope and love,
And when the conflict’s ended,
   You’ll reign with Him above.

Friday, October 9, 2015

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We have received … the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. (1 Cor. 2:12)
Freely ye have received, freely give. (Matt. 10:8)
The fire Thy love has kindled
Shall never be put out;
The Spirit keeps it burning
(Though dimmed by things without):
Oh make it burn more brightly!
By faith more freely shine,
That we may value rightly
The grace that made us Thine.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jer. 17:9)
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you. (Ezek. 36:26)
What saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach. (Rom. 10:8)
Show us our need, O Lord; how lost, how hopeless,
How poor, how sunk in sin our carnal hearts;
Show us how vain to change our sad condition,
Our best endeavor and our utmost arts.
Show us Thy grace, the great, the all-sufficient,
Infinite riches for our poverty,
Mercy of God for uttermost salvation,
Weapon that turns defeat to victory.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

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Wherefore wentest not thou with me? (2 Sam. 19:25)
Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. (Heb. 13:13‑14)
The Lord of hosts, in whom alone
   Our weakness shall be strong,
Shall lead us on to conquest
   With a mighty battle song;
And soon the warfare shall be past,
   The glorious triumph won,
The kingdoms of this world shall be
   The kingdoms of His Son.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

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To Him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear His voice: and He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. (John 10:3)
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:27)
There, where the Shepherd goes before,
   The sheep must follow on:
How green, how fresh the pastures fair
   Where Christ the Lord is gone!
His joy fulfilled in us who tread
   That land His love has given;
We followed where His footsteps led,
   And found ourselves in heaven.

Monday, October 5, 2015

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Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me. (Job 31:35)
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. (Psa. 27:7)
He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee. (Isa. 30:19)
Is God? Has God? Does God?
Man’s Why? And How?
In ceaseless iteration storm the sky;
I am; I will; I do; sure Word of God,
Yea and Amen, Christ answereth each cry;
To all our anguished questionings and doubts
Eternal affirmation and reply.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

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Let Thy name be magnified forever. (2 Sam. 7:26)
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving. (Psa. 69:30)
Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. (Acts 19:17)
Jesus! how much Thy name unfolds
   To every opened ear;
The pardoned sinner’s memory holds
   None other half so dear.
Jesus! Oh name divinely sweet!
   How soothing is the sound!
What joyful news, what heavenly power
   In that blest name is found.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

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The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and His word was in my tongue. (2 Sam. 23:2)
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary. (Isa. 50:4)
A word spoken in due season, how good is it! (Prov. 15:23)
A little word in kindness spoken,
   A motion or a tear,
Has often healed the heart that’s broken,
   And made a friend sincere.
Then deem it not an idle thing,
   A pleasant word to speak;
The face you wear, the thoughts you bring,
   A heart may heal or break.

Friday, October 2, 2015

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Thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto Me in the priest’s office. (Ex. 28:41)
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Tim. 3:17)
Take all Thy vessels, O glorious Finer;
Purge all the dross, that each chalice may be
Pure in Thy pattern, completer, diviner,
Filled with Thy glory and shining for Thee.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

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Incline your ear, and come unto Me: hear, and your soul shall live. (Isa. 55:3)
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)
Come at once, thy way forsaking;
Own thy sins with all their shame;
Claim God’s pardon, full, eternal,
Now believing in His name;
Then with joy thy Lord confessing,
Press thou on; the glory’s thine;
Wait His coming; live unto Him;
Let your light thus brightly shine.
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