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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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| He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land. (Deut. 6:23) |
| Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. (Col. 3:24) |
| Oh by Thy Holy Spirit Reveal in us Thy love, The joy we shall inherit With Thee, our Head above; May all this consolation Our trembling hearts sustain — Sure — though through tribulation — The promised rest to gain. |
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| By faith Abraham … obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. (Heb. 11:8) |
| I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. (Isa. 42:16) |
| Thou hidden life of faithful souls — Thou light Of that mysterious inner world of thought, Oh give us grace to follow Thee aright, From cross and toil and sorrow shrinking not; Content to be but little known; Content to wander on alone; Here — hidden inwardly in Thee; There — light in Thine own light to be. |
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| I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto Thy name. He is the tower of salvation. (2 Sam. 22:50‑51) |
| Too weak are man’s inventions, Too short to reach the goal, All vain for his salvation And useless to his soul. |
| Oh, changeless name of Jesus! This is the tower that stands, Its firm foundation resting Below time’s shifting sands. |
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| Why askest thou thus after My name, seeing it is secret? (Judg. 13:18) |
| Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given … and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (Isa. 9:6) |
| Sweet His name, that name transcending Every name on earth, in heaven; Praise through ages never-ending, To the Son of God be given! He alone the Savior is; Everlasting praise be His. |
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| O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember Thee. (Psa. 42:6) |
| Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember Thee in Thy ways. (Isa. 64:5) |
| When the darkened veil is lifted, Then, dear heart, you’ll understand Why it is you had to suffer, Why you could not feel His hand Giving strength when it was needed, Giving power and peace within, Giving joy through tears and trial, Giving victory over sin; So till then just keep on trusting; He will guide you to the end. |
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| The people resort unto Him again; and, as He was wont, He taught them again. (Mark 10:1) |
| All bare Him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. (Luke 4:22) |
| Wanderer, rest thy weary feet; Shapes and sounds forgotten now — Close thine eyes in stillness sweet; With thy God alone art thou; In the deeps of silence rest; Let Him work His high behest. |
| In the silence of that dawn God shall speak His words of grace; Light that round thy waking shone Is the radiance of His face; Yearning of His heart to thee, Fills the deep immensity. |
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| There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Prov. 16:25) |
| In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. (Prov. 12:28) |
| Be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. (Prov. 23:19) |
| Lord, speak these words to every heart, By Thine all-powerful voice; That we may now from sin depart, And make Thy love our choice. |
| If now we learn to seek Thy face By Christ, the living way, We’ll praise Thee for this hour of grace, Through an eternal day. |
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| A little while, and ye shall not see Me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see Me, because I go to the Father. (John 16:16) |
| If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself. (John 14:3) |
| Away with our sorrow and fear! We soon shall have entered our home, The heavenly city appear, The day of our glory have come! From earth we shall quickly remove, To dwell in our proper abode, In mansions of glory above — The house of our Father and God. |
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| My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me. (Dan. 6:22) |
| Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me … and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. (2 Tim. 4:17) |
| Thou servant of the living God, While lions round thee roar, Look up and trust and praise His name, And all His ways adore; For even now, in peril dire, He works to set thee free, And in a way known but to Him, Shall thy deliverance be. |
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| Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand. (Psa. 149:6) |
| These words … shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. (Deut. 6:6,8) |
| God’s grace is in His holy Word; We need it every day; In all our conflicts this the sword Our every foe to slay. |
| By this same Word we know our work, And how it should be done; How we should live, and how through grace Our victories are won. |
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| Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh. (1 Tim. 3:16) |
| God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son. (John 3:16) |
| Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. (1 John 3:16) |
| Such was Thy grace, that for our sake Thou didst from heaven come down; With us of flesh and blood partake, And make our guilt Thine own. |
| Our sins, our guilt, in love divine, Confessed and borne by Thee; The gall, the curse, the wrath were Thine, To set Thy ransomed free. |
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| My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Cor. 12:9‑10) |
| I could not do without Thee! For oh! the way is long, And I am often weary, And sigh replaces song; How dreary and how lonely This changeful life would be Without the sweet communion, The secret rest with Thee! |
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| Godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Tim. 6:6) |
| All the way my Savior leads me; What have I to ask beside? Can I doubt His tender mercy, Who through life has been my Guide? Heavenly peace, divinest comfort, Here by faith in Him to dwell! For I know, whate’er befall me, Jesus doeth all things well. |
| All the way my Savior leads me; Oh, the fullness of His love! Perfect rest to me is promised In my Father’s house above; When my spirit, clothed immortal, Wings its flight to realms of day; This my song through endless ages: Jesus led me all the way. |
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| I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him, until He plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness. (Mic. 7:9) |
| Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. (1 Peter 3:18) |
| The perfect righteousness of God Is witnessed in the Savior’s blood; ’Tis in the cross of Christ we trace His righteousness, yet wondrous grace. |
| The sinner who believes is free, Can say, “The Savior died for me”: Can point to the atoning blood And say, “This made my peace with God.” |
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| Not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? (Rom. 8:23‑24) |
| We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Gal. 5:5) |
| In hope we lift our wishful, longing eyes, Waiting to see the Morning Star arise; How bright, how gladsome will His advent be, Before the Sun shines forth in majesty. |
| No stain within; no foes or snares around; No jarring notes shall there discordant sound; All pure without, all pure within the breast; No thorns to wound, no toil to mar our rest. |
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| His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. (Song of Sol. 8:3) |
| Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe. (Psa. 119:117) |
| Father, ’twas Thy love that knew us Earth’s foundation long before; That same love to Jesus drew us By its sweet constraining power, And will keep us Safely now, and evermore. |
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| Praise ye Him, sun and moon: praise Him, all ye stars of light. Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for He commanded, and they were created. (Psa. 148:3‑5) |
| Maker of earth and heaven, Whose arm upholds creation, To Thee we raise the voice of praise, And bend in adoration; We praise the power that made us; We praise the love that blesses; While every day that rolls away Thy gracious care confesses. |
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| I will declare Thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto Thee. (Heb. 2:12) |
| My praise shall be of Thee in the great congregation. (Psa. 22:25) |
| Come, saints, your grateful voices raise, For grace’s boundless store; Dwell on the Lamb’s unchanging love, And praise Him evermore. |
| His mercy who our ransom paid, And all our sorrows bore, Sing with a note of loftiest joy, And praise Him evermore. |
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| I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. (Psa. 27:13‑14) |
| Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. (Heb. 6:19) |
| In the darkest hour of midnight, When my weary head hangs low, Then His presence shines to brighten, Strengthen, bless and make me know That He loves me, that He’s chosen To go with me in the night; That He never will forsake me — Thus His presence brings delight. |
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| Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man. (1 Cor. 10:12‑13) |
| By faith ye stand. (2 Cor. 1:24) |
| I know my firm foundation this, The rock amid the shifting sand; I know that Jesus is the Christ, And builded there my house shall stand; I know, though all my hand has wrought By fire and flood be swept away, This cornerstone of faith shall rest Throughout the everlasting day. |
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| Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life. (Deut. 28:66) |
| I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life. (Deut. 30:19) |
| This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. (1 John 5:11) |
| People, turn; why will ye die? God, the Spirit, asks you why; He, who all your lives has strove, Wooed you to embrace His love; Will ye not His grace receive? Will ye still refuse to live? Why, ye long-sought sinners, why Will ye grieve our God, and die? |
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| As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at His coming. (1 Cor. 15:22‑23) |
| Firstfruits of Thy new creation, Faithful, holy, may we be, Joyful in Thy full salvation, More and more conformed to Thee! Changed from glory into glory, Till in heaven we take our place, Then to worship and adore Thee, Lost in wonder, love and praise! |
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| He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. (2 Sam. 22:34,37) |
| Many were the chains that bound me, But the Lord has loosed them all: Arms of mercy now surround me, Favors these, nor few, nor small: Savior, keep me! Keep Thy servant, lest he fall. |
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| Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! (Job 22:12) |
| Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. (Deut. 10:14) |
| Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth. (2 Chron. 2:12) |
| By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. (Psa. 33:6,8) |
| O God, how wide Thy glory shines, How high Thy wonders rise! Known through the earth by thousand signs, By thousands through the skies. |
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| Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. (Luke 20:13) |
| They cried out all at once, saying, Away with this Man. Crucify Him, crucify Him. (Luke 23:18,21) |
| He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. (John 1:11) |
| We know the love that brought Thee down, Down from that bliss on high, To meet our ruined souls in need, On Calvary’s cross to die. |
| E’en now we praise the grace divine, The love that shines in Thee; The rich One Thou — for us made poor, By death to set us free. |
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| Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding. (Isa. 40:28) |
| I know that Thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholden from Thee. (Job 42:2) |
| His love has no limit; His grace has no measure; His power has no boundary known unto men; For out of His infinite riches in Jesus, He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again! |
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| Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (Isa. 1:17) |
| Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27) |
| Lord, let me do the little things, Which may fall to my lot, Those little inconspicuous ones, By others, oft forgot. |
| A staff, for others to lean upon, Strong hands to help the weak, A loving heart with open door, To all, who solace seek. |
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| I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. (Psa. 116:13) |
| It shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Acts 2:21) |
| Alas! from such a heart as mine, What can I bring Him forth? My best is stained and dyed with sin; My all is nothing worth. |
| Yet this acknowledgment I’ll make For all He has bestowed; Salvation’s sacred cup I’ll take And call upon my God. |
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| Gather My saints together unto Me. (Psa. 50:5) |
| In the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ. (Eph. 1:10) |
| Oh hour! for which in patience Thou waited through the night, While we Thy saints were gathered, And brought into the light; Then, then, the church completed, God makes no more delay; O Lord, with shouts of triumph, We pass into the day. |
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| The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail. (1 Kings 17:14) |
| Therefore take no thought … for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. (Matt. 6:31‑32) |
| But God had long provided new sources of supply, The morsel that should waste not, the cruse that should not dry. |
| When fails some brook of Cherith that long for us availed, Do we recall His promise and think that too has failed? |
| Nay, He has other rivers whose waters will not dry; His love is ever meeting new need with new supply. |
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| I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto Thee, O Lord, will I sing. (Psa. 101:1) |
| The Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations. (Psa. 100:5) |
| Oh what shall we do the Savior to praise, So faithful and true, so plenteous in grace, So strong to deliver, to save from all harm The weakest believer that leans on His arm! |
| How happy the man whose heart is set free, The people, O God, that are joyful in Thee! Their joy is to walk in the light of Thy face, Forever to talk of Thy mercy and grace. |