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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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| Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is His name: He shall thoroughly plead their cause, that He may give rest. (Jer. 50:34) |
| In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and His children shall have a place of refuge. (Prov. 14:26) |
| Strong in the Lord of hosts, And in His mighty power; Who in the strength of Jesus trusts, Is more than conqueror. |
| That, having all things done, And all your conflicts past, Ye may o’ercome, through Christ alone, And stand entire at last. |
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| In her tongue is the law of KINDNESS. (Prov. 31:26) |
| Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his KINDNESS to the living and to the dead. (Ruth 2:20) |
| To godliness, brotherly KINDNESS; and to brotherly KINDNESS, charity [love]. For if ye do these things, ye shall never fall. (2 Peter 1:7,10) |
| ’Tis the little KINDNESSES you do That show God’s heart of love, And send the friend away from you With happy songs above. |
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| Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. (Jonah 1:3) |
| Whither shall I flee from Thy presence? (Psa. 139:7) |
| The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10) |
| Hail, sovereign love, which first began That scheme to rescue fallen man! Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace, Which gave my soul a hiding place. |
| And thus the eternal counsels ran, “Almighty love, arrest that man!” I felt the arrows of distress, And found I had no hiding place. |
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| Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25) |
| When the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. (1 Peter 5:4) |
| Thus far by grace preserved, Each moment speeds us on; The crown and kingdom are reserved Where Christ is gone; When cloudless morning shines, We shall His glory share; In pleasant places are the lines; The home how fair! |
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| The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. (Rom. 11:29) |
| 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) |
| And though this world, with evil filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God has willed His truth to triumph through us. |
| That word above all earthly powers Forever stands — abideth; The Spirit and the gifts are ours Through Him who with us sideth. |
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| Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice. (Psa. 32:11) |
| Delight thyself also in the Lord. (Psa. 37:4) |
| My soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in His salvation. (Psa. 35:9) |
| Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. (Psa. 33:1) |
| In the Lord will I praise His word. (Psa. 56:10) |
| Oh, then, add your note, rejoicing, To the praise, Thanks to God for all things voicing, Through the days; Hark and sing your sweet refrain Through your joy and through your pain, Praising, ever, for His love, God above! |
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| The whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. (Ex. 12:6) |
| The governor said, Why, what evil hath He done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let Him be crucified. (Matt. 27:23) |
| Our souls, as guilty and condemned, In hopeless fetters lay; Our souls with countless sins defiled, Of death and hell the prey. |
| Jesus, to purge away our guilt, A willing victim fell, And on His cross triumphant broke The bands of death and hell. |
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| As Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from his birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. (John 9:1‑3) |
| That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God. (Psa. 78:7) |
| God takes our lives and the sum of them, His will and the will of man, Evil and good and dream and deed, His purpose and our plan, The thwarted lives and the crippled lives And the things that give them worth, The joy of life and the pain of life — Showing His works in the earth. |
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| Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not. (Jer. 45:5) |
| Provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Luke 12:33‑34) |
| Forever and forever, Lord, with Thee! Ah then, how trite all life’s pursuits will seem! One breath of air celestial, pure and free, And all the past will vanish as a dream. |
| So help me live, dear Saviour, day by day, As one who waits the coming of the dawn; Whole glory now does shed a blessed ray Upon my path, and helps me to go on. |
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| I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (Luke 12:19‑20) |
| But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Luke 12:31) |
| What will it profit when life here is o’er, Though great worldly wisdom I gain, If, seeking knowledge, I utterly fail The wisdom of God to obtain? |
| What will it profit, when life here is o’er, Though gathering riches and fame, If, gaining the world, I lost my own soul, And in heaven unknown is my name? |
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| If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be. (John 12:26) |
| Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am. (John 17:24) |
| That where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3) |
| “A little while” — He’ll come again; Let us the precious hours redeem; Our only grief to give Him pain, Our joy to serve and follow Him; Watching and ready may we be, As those that wait their Lord to see. |
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| Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. And He took them up in His arms. (Mark 10:14,16) |
| I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. (Deut. 29:5) |
| Even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. (Isa. 46:4) |
| God His own does tend and nourish; In His holy courts they flourish; Like a father kind He spares them; In His loving arms He bears them. |
| Neither life nor death can ever From the Lord His children sever; We may trust His purpose wholly — ’Tis His children’s welfare solely. |
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| In every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak anything. (1 Thess. 1:8) |
| Now then we are ambassadors for Christ. (2 Cor. 5:20) |
| Thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every place. (2 Cor. 2:14) |
| ’Tis a wonderful story, that gospel of love, As it shines in the Christ-life divine, And oh, that its truth might be told again In the story of your life and mine! |
| Unselfish mirrors in every scene, Love blossoms on every sod, The heart overflowing — its need to tell — The wonderful goodness of God. |
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| Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of Thy waterspouts: all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over Me. (Psa. 42:7) |
| I will remember the works of the Lord. (Psa. 77:11) |
| Our sins were laid on His sacred head; The curse by our Lord was borne; For us a victim our Saviour bled, And endured that death of scorn; Himself He gave our poor hearts to win — (Was ever love, Lord, like Thine!) From the paths of folly and shame and sin, And fill them with joys divine. |
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| Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. (Isa. 26:4) |
| Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2) |
| Happy they who trust in Jesus; Sweet their portion is and sure; When the foe on others seizes, He will keep His own secure. |
| Lo! our Saviour never slumbers; Ever watchful is His care; Though we cannot boast of numbers, In His strength secure we are. |
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| Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Eph. 4:3) |
| That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. (John 17:21) |
| No form of human framing, No bond of outward might, Can bind Thy church together, Lord, And all her flocks unite; But, Jesus, Thou hast told us How unity must be: Thou art with God the Father one, And we are one in Thee. |
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| I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me there is no saviour. (Isa. 43:11) |
| I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (Isa. 43:25) |
| I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him. (Isa. 48:15) |
| You may search the depths of the deepest sea: My sins are remembered no more; At the judgment throne of eternity, My sins are remembered no more. |
| They’re forgiven, forgotten, and buried and gone; My sins are remembered no more; They’re atoned for and covered by God’s dear Son; My sins are remembered no more. |
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| Whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as He that serveth. (Luke 22:27) |
| Ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. (Luke 12:36‑37) |
| When the Father’s house resoundeth With the music and the song; When the bride in glorious raiment Sees the One who loved so long; Then for new and blessed service Girt afresh will He appear, Stand and serve before His angels Those who waited for Him here. |
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| Show thy marvelous loving-kindness, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand them which put their trust in Thee. (Psa. 17:7) |
| Now know I that the Lord saveth His anointed; He will hear him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand. (Psa. 20:6) |
| Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, Though earth and hell our way oppose; He safely leads His saints along: His loving-kindness, oh how strong! |
| When trouble like a gloomy cloud, Has gathered thick, and thundered loud; He with His church has always stood: His loving-kindness, oh how good! |
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| It pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell. (Col. 1:19) |
| For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. (Eph. 3:14‑15) |
| Fairer than all the earth-born race, Perfect in comeliness Thou art; Replenished are Thy lips with grace, And full of love Thy tender heart; God ever blest! we bow the knee, And own all fullness dwells in Thee. |
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| Then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him: and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him. (Prov. 8:30) |
| Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world. (John 17:24) |
| Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. (1 Peter 1:20) |
| By Thee, O God, invited, We look unto the Son, In whom Thy soul delighted, Who all Thy will has done; And by the one chief treasure Thy bosom freely gave, Thine own pure love we measure, Thy willing mind to save. |
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| All my ways are before Thee. (Psa. 119:168) |
| Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me. (Psa. 139:3,9‑10) |
| The way is dark, My child, but leads to light: I would not always have you walk by sight; My dealings now you cannot understand; I meant it so, but I will take your hand. |
| The way is long, My child, but it shall be Not one step longer than is best for thee; And you shall know, at last, when you shall stand Safe at the goal, how I did take your hand. |
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| Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect WILL OF GOD. (Rom. 12:2) |
| Laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the WILL OF GOD. (Col. 4:12) |
| In everything give thanks: for this is the WILL OF GOD in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thess. 5:18) |
| The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the WILL OF GOD abideth forever. (1 John 2:17) |
| But he who does the WILL OF GOD, For aye will live, And drink the streams of heaven’s delights, Which Christ will give. |
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| There the righteous might dispute with Him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge. (Job 23:7) |
| Let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. (Isa. 43:26) |
| Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace. (Job 22:21) |
| Come sing, my soul, and praise the Lord, Who has redeemed thee by His blood; Delivered thee from chains that bound, And brought thee to redemption ground. |
| No works of merit now I plead, But Jesus take for all my need; No righteousness in me is found, Except upon redemption ground. |
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| It shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter. (1 Sam. 17:25) |
| Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready. (Rev. 19:7) |
| The Bridegroom from His chamber goeth forth, Resplendent as the sun; O Bride, arise, and put thy jewels on, The desert journey done. |
| The joy of God’s high city sounds afar, Through portals open wide; All heaven awaits the longed-for marriage, The Bridegroom and the Bride. |
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| Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt. (Heb. 11:26) |
| That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God … in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:2‑3) |
| Art thou weaned from Egypt’s pleasures? God in secret thee shall keep, There unfold His hidden treasures, There His love’s exhaustless deep. |
| In the desert God will teach thee What the God that thou hast found, Patient, gracious, powerful, holy, All His grace shall there abound. |
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| Whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me. (Psa. 50:23) |
| Therefore will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. (Psa. 27:6) |
| Though high yet He accepts the praise His people offer here; The faintest, feeblest cry they raise Will reach the Saviour’s ear. |
| This song be ours, and this alone, To celebrate the name Of Him that sits upon the throne, And to exalt the Lamb. |
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| Riches and honor are with Me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. (Prov. 8:18) |
| Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth forever. (Psa. 112:3) |
| That He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy. (Rom. 9:23) |
| And now exalted high — A Prince and Saviour He, That sinner’s might draw nigh And drink of mercy free, Of mercy now so richly shed, For Jesus liveth who was dead. |
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| There shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. (Isa. 4:6) |
| He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust. (Psa. 91:1‑2) |
| Of none but Him — for there is Christ alone, The radiance, and the river, and the psalm — The music and the gladness of His own; The everlasting calm. |
| The secret place, the refuge from the blast, The glorious temple, Lamb of God, art Thou; Our feet shall tread the golden courts at last, Our souls have entered now. |
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| All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. (2 Tim. 3:16) |
| Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity [love], it profiteth me nothing. (1 Cor. 13:3) |
| He that hath My word, let him speak My word faithfully. (Jer. 23:28) |
| The dear Lord’s best interpreters Are humble human souls; The gospel of a life like His Is more than books or scrolls. |
| From scheme and creed the light goes out, The saintly fact survives; The blessed Master none can doubt, Revealed in holy lives. |