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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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| Thou shalt smite the rock. (Ex. 17:6) |
| He putteth forth his hand upon the rock. (Job 28:9) |
| For the transgression of my people was He stricken. (Isa. 53:8) |
| As debtors to mercy alone, Of heavenly mercy we sing; Nor fear to draw near to the throne, Our person and offerings to bring: The wrath of a sin-hating God With us can have nothing to do; The Saviour’s obedience and blood Hide all our transgressions from view. |
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| Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee? (Psa. 85:6) |
| Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well. (Psa. 84:6) |
| They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. (Psa. 126:5) |
| We cannot always trace the way Where Thou, our gracious Lord, does lead, But we can always surely say, That God is love. |
| Yes, Thou art love — a truth like this Can every gloomy thought remove, And turn our tears and woes to bliss; Our God is love. |
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| Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. (Song of Sol. 2:15) |
| Ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. (Col. 3:8‑9) |
| There is an altar and a throne Within my ransomed heart; If Christ as Lord shall reign therein, Then self must have no part. |
| Accounted dead indeed to sin Through Christ who died for me, The life I live I owe to Him For all eternity. |
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| They have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters. (Jer. 2:13) |
| They that depart from Me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters. (Jer. 17:13) |
| There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth … but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. (Rev. 21:27) |
| None can, without the blood Of the Lamb, be forgiven; ’Tis resting on the blood alone That fits the soul for heaven. |
| ‘Twas grace that wrote each name In God’s eternal book; ‘Twas grace that gave us to the Lamb, Who all our burdens took. |
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| That on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. (Luke 8:15) |
| Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. (James 5:7‑8) |
| E’en now let my ways, Lord, Be bright with Thy praise, Lord, For brief are the days ere Thy coming again; I’m waiting for Thee, Lord, Thy beauty to see, Lord, No triumph for me like Thy coming again. |
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| Thou son of man, appoint thee two WAYS. (Ezek. 21:19) |
| They went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two WAYS met; and they loose him. (Mark 11:4) |
| In all thy WAYS acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. (Prov. 3:6) |
| Two pathways lay before me — The one was smooth and wide, The other very narrow But Christ was by my side. |
| Oh what has earth to offer, That ever could compare With fellowship so blessed As that with Christ I share! |
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| O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me. (Psa. 139:1) |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil. (Psa. 140:1) |
| Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me. (Psa. 140:4) |
| God granted him that which he requested. (1 Chron. 4:10) |
| And if some things I do not ask Thy will allots to me, Still be my spirit filled the more With grateful love to Thee — More careful of my walk below, To please Thee perfectly. |
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| I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me. (John 5:30) |
| He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. (Mark 14:35) |
| Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. (John 12:27) |
| The depth of all Thy suffering No heart could e’er conceive; The cup of wrath o’erflowing For us Thou didst receive; And, oh! of God forsaken, On the accursed tree; With grateful hearts, Lord Jesus, We now remember Thee. |
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| Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting. (Psa. 93:2) |
| A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. (Jer. 17:12) |
| He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary. (Psa. 102:17,19) |
| Jesus! before Thy face we fall, Our Lord, our life, our hope, our all; For we have nowhere else to flee; No sanctuary, Lord, but Thee. |
| Through time, with all its changing scenes, And all the grief that intervenes, Let this support each fainting heart, That Thou our sanctuary art. |
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| I lay down My life for the sheep. (John 10:15) |
| Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (1 John 3:16) |
| My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:18) |
| Oh give to me the shepherd heart That loveth unto death — Untiring shepherd’s love impart As long as I have breath. |
| Oh give to me Thy love that cared, Thy tender heart — I pray — That Thy dear sheep be shepherded; Lord, let Thy love have sway. |
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| I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead. (Jer. 2:9) |
| How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Matt. 23:37) |
| In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. (John 7:37) |
| There’s a voice that is calling to thee, And it pleads with its tenderest tone, While it bids thee from God’s wrath to flee, And whispers, “To Jesus now come!” |
| There’s a fountain that’s open for thee; Go and drink and thy thirst ever gone; Not a price, for it’s offered for free, And thy heart by the Lord shall be won. |
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| Go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead. (Matt. 28:7) |
| They departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy. (Matt. 28:8) |
| Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. (Rev. 3:11) |
| The Prince of Life, once slain for us, Is now gone up on high; Captivity was captive led, And Christ no more can die. |
| His word is faithfulness and truth — “Behold, I quickly come”; And faith, that counts the promise sure, Can pierce the midnight gloom. |
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| Take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. (Luke 12:11‑12) |
| I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me. (1 Tim. 1:12) |
| Morning by morning waken me, my Father; Let Thy voice be the first my soul to greet, Bidding my spirit rise from earthly slumber, And sit a learner at Thy sacred feet. |
| There, in the stillness, open Thy good treasure, The precious things of Christ unfolding still, And, as Thy Spirit brings them to remembrance, Let gratitude and love my spirit fill. |
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| None is good, save one, that is, God. (Luke 18:19) |
| Good and upright is the Lord. (Psa. 25:8) |
| Thy Spirit is good. (Psa. 143:10) |
| Let Thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let Thy saints rejoice in goodness. (2 Chron. 6:41) |
| Yet, sure, if in Thy presence My soul still constant were, Mine eye would, more familiar, Its brighter glories bear. |
| That all Thy gracious favor May to my soul be known; And, versed in this Thy goodness, My hopes Thyself shalt crown. |
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| The waters compassed Me about, even to the soul. (Jonah 2:5) |
| Remembering Mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in Me. (Lam. 3:19‑20) |
| ‘Twas on that night of deepest woe, When darkness round did thicken, When through deep waters Thou didst go, And for our sins wast stricken; Thou, Lord, didst seek that we should be With grateful hearts remembering Thee. |
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| David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. … And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great. … David recovered all. (1 Sam. 30:18‑19) |
| I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten. (Joel 2:25) |
| Then I restored that which I took not away. (Psa. 69:4) |
| Yet not unsought, or unimplored, The plenteous grace shall I confer; No — your whole hearts shall seek the Lord; I’ll put a praying spirit there. |
| From the first breath of life divine Down to the last expiring hour, The gracious work shall all be Mine, Begun and ended in My power. |
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| Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Prov. 22:6) |
| I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth. (2 John 4) |
| The heart of a child is a scroll, A page that is lovely and white; And to it as fleeting years roll, Come hands with a story to write; Be ever so careful, O hand; Write thou with a sanctified pen; Thy story shall live in the land For years in the doings of men; It shall echo in circles of light, Or lead to the death of a soul; Give here but a message of right, For the heart of a child is a scroll. |
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| Enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. (Heb. 11:25) |
| The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 6:2) |
| What though I might live without the Saviour, And my empty heart be filled with strife — Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing With the gift of God, eternal life? |
| If I have but Jesus, only Jesus, Nothing else in all the world beside — Oh, then everything is mine in Jesus; For my needs and more He will provide. |
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| Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure. (1 John 3:2‑3) |
| Our God whom we have known, Well-known in Jesus’ love, Rests in the blessing of His own, Before Himself above. |
| Like Him! Oh grace supreme! Like Him before Thy face; Like Him to know that glory beam Unhindered face to face. |
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| I will trust in Thee. (Psa. 55:23) |
| Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. (Job 13:15) |
| The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. (Ruth 2:12) |
| Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him. (Psa. 2:12) |
| So will I walk with Christ, in faith believing, With childlike trust, whate’er betide; And from His hand His strength and love receiving, As in His presence I abide. |
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| When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. (Dan. 6:10) |
| Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice. (Psa. 55:17) |
| Continuing instant in prayer. (Rom. 12:12) |
| I love to steal awhile away From every cumbering care, And spend the hours of setting day In humble, grateful prayer. |
| I love in solitude to shed The penitential tear, And all His promises to plead, Where none but God can hear. |
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| Behold, He smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. (Psa. 78:20) |
| I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. (Psa. 22:14) |
| He hath poured out His soul unto death. (Isa. 53:12) |
| Jehovah lifted up His rod — O Christ, it fell on Thee! Thou wast forsaken of Thy God; No distance now for me; Thy blood beneath that rod has flowed: Thy bruising healeth me. |
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| They cried to God in the battle, and He was entreated of them; because they put their trust in Him. (1 Chron. 5:20) |
| Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee. (Isa. 26:3) |
| There is a life deep hid in God Where all is calm and still, Where, listening to His holy Word, One learns to trust, until All anxious care is put away And there is peace, profound, alway; This is Thy peace, O God! |
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| Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33) |
| I am a companion of all them that fear Thee, and of them that keep Thy precepts. (Psa. 119:63) |
| Shun evil companions; Bad language disdain; God’s name hold in reverence — Don’t take it in vain; Be thoughtful and earnest, Kindhearted and true; Look ever to Jesus; He will carry you through. |
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| Man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. (Job 14:12) |
| It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. (Heb. 9:27) |
| Whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:26) |
| For time will not linger When helpless you lie: Staring death in the face You will take time to die! Then, what of the judgment? Pause, think, I implore! For time will be lost On eternity’s shore. |
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| Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace. (2 Thess. 2:16) |
| To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. (1 Peter 1:4) |
| If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. (Rom. 8:25) |
| Our thirsty spirits faint To reach the home we love; The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above. |
| And though there intervene Rough seas and stormy skies, Though by no mortal vision seen Thy glory fills our eyes. |
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| Fear not … I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. (Gen. 15:1) |
| He is thy praise, and He is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. (Deut. 10:21) |
| With Israel’s God who can compare? Or who, like Israel, happy are? To people saved by the Lord, He is thy shield and great reward. |
| Upheld by everlasting arms, Thou art secured from foes and harms! In vain their plots, and false their boasts! Our refuge is the Lord of hosts. |
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| Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. (Psa. 146:1) |
| Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. (Psa. 147:1) |
| Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise Him in the heights. (Psa. 148:1) |
| Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His praise in the congregation of saints. (Psa. 149:1) |
| Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power. (Psa. 150:1) |
| “Praise ye the Lord,” again, again, The Spirit strikes the chord; Nor toucheth He our hearts in vain; We praise, we praise the Lord. |
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| Behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. (Matt. 27:51) |
| When the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. (Matt. 27:54) |
| Behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. (Matt. 28:2,6) |
| We’ve watched by the tomb where our Saviour lay When He entered the gloomy grave; And by death the power of death might slay And His lambs from the lion save; Oh! glorious time when the Victor rose! He liveth no more to die; He hath bruised the head of our mighty foes; For us was His victory! |
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| Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord. (Psa. 130:1) |
| By His knowledge the depths are broken up. (Prov. 3:20) |
| The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psa. 34:18) |
| The Lord will happiness divine On contrite hearts bestow: Then help me, gracious God, of mine Thy saving touch to know. |
| Oh make this heart rejoice or ache; Decide this need for me; And if it must be broken, break, And heal it, if it be. |
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| They began on the first day of the first month to sanctify. (2 Chron. 29:17) |
| Every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor. (1 Thess. 4:4) |
| Thus, though worn and tried and tempted, Glorious calling, saint, is thine; Can the Lord but find thee emptied, That is all He seeks to find; Vessels of the world’s despising, Vessels weak and poor and base, Bearing wealth God’s heart is prizing, Glory from Christ’s blessed face. |