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January 2017

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

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Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. (Rom. 15:4)
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. (Col. 3:16)
Oh, wonderful, wonderful Word of the
   Lord!
Our only salvation is there;
It carries conviction down deep in the
   heart,
And shows us ourselves as we are.
Each line has a treasure, each promise a
   pearl,
That all if they will may secure;
And we know that when time and the
   world pass away,
God’s Word shall forever endure.

Monday, January 30, 2017

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Thou hast given Him His heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of His lips. Selah. (Psa. 21:2)
Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. (1 Cor. 6:20)
Jesus, Savior, whose I am,
Purchased Thine alone to be,
By Thy blood, O spotless Lamb,
Shed so willingly for me;
Let my heart be all Thine own;
Let me live to Thee alone.

Sunday, January 29, 2017

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Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. (Psa. 97:12)
We will be glad and rejoice in Thee, we will remember Thy love. (Song of Sol. 1:4)
How deep the sorrow, who can tell,
   Which was for us endured?
Oh love divine, which broke the
      spell
   Which had our hearts allured;
With heart and conscience now set
      free,
It is our joy to think of Thee.

Saturday, January 28, 2017

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Jesus went with them. (Luke 7:6)
Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself … comfort your hearts. (2 Thess. 2:16‑17)
The road is dreary and rough and
   long
And our eyes with tears are dim;
But One has come and walks beside
   us,
And we have new hope in Him.
Sweet words of comfort and hope
   and cheer
He whispers along the way,
And our very hearts within us burn
Neath their blessed, healing ray.

Friday, January 27, 2017

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Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it. (Deut. 1:21)
Ye murmured in your tents, and said … Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart. (Deut. 1:27‑28)
The Lord your God which goeth before you, He shall fight for you. (Deut. 1:30)
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God. (Deut. 1:32)
Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him. (Deut. 1:38)
Savior, through the desert lead us;
   Without Thee we cannot go;
Thou from cruel chains hast freed us,
   And hast laid the tyrant low:
      Let Thy presence
   Cheer us all our journey through.

Thursday, January 26, 2017

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Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts. (Heb. 3:7‑8)
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. (2 Cor. 6:2)
Hark! the voice of Jesus calling —
   “Come, ye laden, come to Me;
I have rest and peace to offer,
   Rest, thou laboring one, for thee:
      Take salvation —
   Take it now and happy be.”
Soon that voice will cease its calling;
   Now it speaks, and speaks to thee:
Sinner, heed the gracious message;
   To the blood for refuge flee:
      “Take salvation —
   Take it now and happy be.”

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

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Thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God; remove the diadem, and take off the crown. … I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until He come whose right it is; and I will give it Him. (Ezek. 21:25‑27)
Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. (Rev. 1:5)
   Lord Jesus, come,
And take Thy rightful place
As Son of Man, of all the theme!
Come, Lord, to reign o’er all supreme,
   Lord Jesus, come!
   Lord Jesus, come!
Crowned with Thy many crowns —
The crucified, the Lamb once slain,
To wash away sin’s crimson stain,
   Lord Jesus, come!

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

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Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished. (2 Chron. 5:1)
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Eph. 2:21‑22)
In Him, it is ordained to raise
A temple to Jehovah’s praise,
Composed of all the saints, who own
No Savior but the “Living Stone.”
Like Thee, O Lord — how wondrous
   fair,
Lord Jesus, all Thy members are;
A life divine to them is given —
The bright inheritance of heaven.

Monday, January 23, 2017

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God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. (Luke 3:8)
If these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. (Luke 19:40)
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5)
How pleasant is the sound of praise!
It well becomes the saints of God:
Should we refuse our songs to raise,
The stones might tell our shame abroad.
Lord, we adore the wondrous love
Which brought Thee here to bleed and die;
Soon will we meet in heaven above,
To sing Thy praises in the sky.

Sunday, January 22, 2017

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All the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. (2 Chron. 29:28)
O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise. (Psa. 51:15)
Our souls look back to see
   The burden Thou didst bear
When hanging on the accursed tree,
   For all our guilt was there.
Believing we rejoice
   To see the curse remove;
And bless the Lamb with cheerful
      voice,
   And sing redeeming love.

Saturday, January 21, 2017

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For this shall every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. (Psa. 32:6)
The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them. (Psa. 34:7)
Sometimes I walk in the valley,
   Sometimes on the mountain crest,
But whether on low or high land,
   The Lord is manifest.
Sometimes I walk in the desert,
   Sometimes in waters cold,
But whether by sands or streamlets
   The Lord does me enfold.

Friday, January 20, 2017

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Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. (Deut. 8:5)
Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth. (Heb. 12:6)
Oh to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love:
Yet Thou, Lord, hast deigned to
   seal it
With Thy Spirit from above.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

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They should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us. (Acts 17:27)
Those that seek Me early shall find Me. (Prov. 8:17)
And if I now would seek Him —
   In love He sought for me,
When far from Him I wandered
   In sin and misery;
He oped my ears and gave me
   To listen to His call;
He sought me and He found me,
   Yes, Christ has done it all!

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

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The Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body. (Phil. 3:20‑21)
We shall see Him as He is —
Face to face shall we behold Him,
When the visions and the dreams
And the clouds no more enfold
   Him —
And our Savior, looking down
On the silver of His fining,
Shall behold reflected there
His own image clear and
   shining.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

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They thirsted not when He led them through the deserts. (Isa. 48:21)
Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. (Song of Sol. 5:1)
My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:14)
Still in a land of drought and dearth,
   Our longing spirits cry
To Thee, the Lord of heaven and earth,
   Our thirst to satisfy.
We would not take from falsehood’s
      fire,
   Though glittering be the spark;
Thou only art our heart’s desire,
   Art light where all is dark.

Monday, January 16, 2017

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When He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion on them. (Matt. 9:36)
I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears. (Isa. 38:5)
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. (Psa. 111:4)
There the lonely heart His sweetness
   learneth,
Sheltered there beneath the shadowing
   wings —
In the depths of hidden rest encompassed
By the tender gleams of heavenly things;
Who amid the world’s sad mirth can
   tell,
What it is apart in God to dwell?

Sunday, January 15, 2017

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God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about Him. (Psa. 89:7)
Royal robes shall soon invest
   Thee,
Royal splendors crown Thy brow;
Christ of God, our souls confess
   Thee
King and Sovereign even now!
      Thee we reverence,
      Thee obey —
Own Thee Lord and Christ
   alway.

Saturday, January 14, 2017

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The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. (Ezek. 10:21)
My soul followeth hard after Thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me. (Psa. 63:8)
Haste thee on from grace to glory,
Armed by faith and winged by
   prayer;
Heaven’s eternal day’s before thee:
God’s right hand shall guide thee
   there;
Soon shall close thine earthly
   mission,
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days,
Hope shall change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

Friday, January 13, 2017

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Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against … spiritual wickedness in high places. (Eph. 6:11‑12)
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. (2 Cor. 10:4)
Stand, then, against your foes,
   In close and firm array:
Legions of wily fiends oppose
   Throughout the evil day;
Leave no unguarded place,
   No weakness of the soul;
Take every virtue, every grace,
   And fortify the whole;
Jesus has died for you;
   Attend with constant care,
Still walking in your Captain’s view,
   And watching unto prayer.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

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He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against Him, and hath prospered? (Job 9:4)
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Prov. 28:13)
God in mercy sent His Son
To a world by sin undone;
Jesus Christ was crucified —
’Twas for sinners Jesus died.
All who in His name believe,
Everlasting life receive;
Lord of all is Jesus now:
Every knee to Him must bow.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

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As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness. (Psa. 17:15)
I know this anchor-hope will hold
Till storms and clouds forever
   cease;
I know that He will come again
And take me to His home of
   peace;
I know that when I hear the shout
And earth and time for me are
   past,
When in His likeness I awake
I shall be satisfied at last.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

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He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was love. (Song of Sol. 2:4)
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. (Psa. 60:4)
He spread the banquet, made us eat,
   Bid all our fears remove;
Yea, o’er our guilty, rebel heads
   He placed His banner — love.
In every conflict we sustain,
   Our enemies shall prove,
Through Him the victory we obtain,
   Beneath His banner — love.

Monday, January 9, 2017

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In the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. (Mark 1:35)
He departed into a mountain to pray. (Mark 6:46)
Our Savior went at early morn
   Before the break of day;
Before the hours were spent or
      worn,
   He sought a place to pray.
We need the solitary place
   For study, thought and prayer:
We need the strength and added
      grace
   He gives while kneeling there.

Sunday, January 8, 2017

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The Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet. (Ex. 15:25)
The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. (1 Cor. 1:18)
The cross! The cross! Oh that’s our
   gain,
Because on that the Lamb was
   slain;
’Twas there the Lord was crucified;
’Twas there for us the Savior
   died.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

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I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed. (Ezek. 31:15)
What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him? (Mark 4:41)
They are God’s billows, whether we are
   toiling
Through tempest-driven waves that never
   cease,
While deep to deep with clamor loud is
   calling,
Or at His word they hush themselves in
   peace.
They are God’s billows — He brings us
   through them;
So has He promised, so His love will do;
Keeping and leading, guiding and upholding,
To His sure harbor, He will bring us through.

Friday, January 6, 2017

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This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. (Ex. 12:2)
Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. (Prov. 3:9‑10)
O Lord of heaven and earth and sea!
To Thee all praise and glory be;
How shall we show our love to Thee,
Who giveth all — who giveth all?
We have, as treasures without end,
Whatever, Lord, to Thee we lend,
So give us hearts for Thee to spend,
Who giveth all — who giveth all.

Thursday, January 5, 2017

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Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (Rom. 4:7)
What can wash away my sins?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
So that not one spot remains?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my pardon this I see,
For my cleansing this my
   plea —
Nothing can for sins atone,
Nothing good that I have done;
This is all my hope and peace;
Through it all my righteousness:
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

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I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (Rom. 8:18)
Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. (1 Peter 4:13)
Head of the church! Thou sittest there;
Thy members all Thy blessings share;
Our life Thou art — Thy grace sustains,
Thy strength in us each victory gains.
And soon, the day of glory come,
Thy bride shall reach her destined
   home —
How great our joy to see Thee shine,
To hear Thee own us, Lord, as Thine.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

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That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man. (Eph. 3:16)
Thou hast our souls from sin made
   clean;
Thy Spirit gives us strength within;
While Thou for us in all our need,
At God’s right hand dost ever plead.
This gives us ever to rejoice,
Turning to light our darkest days;
And lifts on high each feeble voice,
While we have breath to pray or
   praise.

Monday, January 2, 2017

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What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me? (Psa. 116:12)
Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. (Amos 4:5)
He loads us with His benefits
   Until no want we know,
And then He sends a little more
   That makes our cup o’erflow;
He opens wide His hand of love;
   He gives no stingy dole;
His tender mercies crown our
      days:
   Oh bless the Lord, my soul!

Sunday, January 1, 2017

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Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. (Gen. 50:20)
Hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (1 Cor. 2:7‑8)
The accursed tree was the reward
   Which this sad world did give
To Him who gave His precious life
   That this lost world might live.
Set free in grace — He vanquished him
   Who held us in his chains —
But more than this, He shares with us
   The fruit of all His pains.
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