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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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| Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. (1 Sam. 17:32,37) |
| Tale of weakness, sin and folly, Tale of wandering feet — Tale of strength and grace and wisdom, Victory complete; Sin and death and Satan trodden Neath those feet at length, In the glory of His triumph, Greatness of His strength. |
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| Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all … my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. (Josh. 1:7) |
| I could not do without Thee! I cannot stand alone; I have no strength or goodness, No wisdom of my own; But Thou, beloved Savior, Are all in all to me; And weakness will be power, If leaning hard on Thee. |
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| Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. (Rom. 4:8) |
| None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him. (Ezek. 33:16) |
| Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. (Heb. 9:28) |
| I have a glorious Savior, Who died upon the tree; My sins He bare, and suffered there The wrath of God for me! And my salvation now is sure Since Christ the work has done, For God declares, in righteousness, He owes it to His Son. |
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| Our days upon earth are a shadow. (Job 8:9) |
| The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psa. 90:10) |
| To be with Christ; which is far better. (Phil. 1:23) |
| ’Tis good, at His word, to be here, Yet better e’en now to be gone, And there in His presence appear, And rest where He rests on the throne; Yet, ah! what the joy ’twill afford, When Him we shall see in the air: And enter the joy of the Lord, Forever to be with Him there. |
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| Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. (Eph. 6:18) |
| The members should have the same care one for another. (1 Cor. 12:25) |
| There is a place where souls unite, And saint meets saint in heavenly light; Though sundered far, by faith they meet Before the common mercy seat. |
| Ah! whither could we flee for aid When tempted, desolate, dismayed? Or how the hosts of hell defeat, Had suffering saints no mercy seat? |
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| As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him: rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. (Col. 2:6‑7) |
| Jesus, Savior! I am Thine; Keep me faithful, keep me near; Let Thy presence in me shine All my homeward way to cheer; Jesus! at Thy feet I fall; Oh, be Thou my All-in-all. |
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| Ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; and killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead. (Acts 3:14‑15) |
| He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead. (Acts 17:31) |
| And now we see Thee risen, Who once for us hast died, Seated above the highest heaven: The Father’s glorified. |
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| Let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. (1 Peter 4:19) |
| The Lord will not forsake His people. (1 Sam. 12:22) |
| O child of God, are you being crushed Neath trial, pain or woe? No eye to pity, no ear to hear, No voice to whisper low? |
| Alone in your own garden of tears, Christ watches with you there; He will not suffer one ounce of weight More than your strength can bear. |
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| It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. (Lam. 3:27) |
| Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of Thy law; that Thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity. (Psa. 94:12‑13) |
| For rapture of love is linked With the pain or fear of loss, And the hand that takes the crown Must ache with many a cross; Yet he who has never a conflict Has never a victor’s palm, And only the toilers know The sweetness of rest and calm. |
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| Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? (Gen. 3:11) |
| Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. (Gen. 3:21) |
| God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom. 5:8) |
| On Calvary’s cross, behold the One Who is God’s Fellow and His Son; Accursed there upon the tree, He died to set the guilty free. |
| He “knew no sin,” yet He must there God’s righteous, holy judgment bear, Must suffer in our guilty stead, And numbered be among the dead. |
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| The world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:6‑7) |
| Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end. (Psa. 102:27) |
| While created things are wasting, Still our God abides the same; All His words are everlasting; All His works His love proclaim; Sing we praises to His name. |
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| Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out! (Rom. 11:33) |
| The unsearchable riches of Christ. (Eph. 3:8) |
| Father, we worship Thee, our God! What rich, unfathomable grace, On us, in Christ, hast Thou bestowed! Children of wrath (our nature’s place), Now ransomed and with Him made one, Glories around unbounded shine; The fullness of our God alone The limit is of grace divine! |
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| Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms. (Psa. 95:2) |
| I will praise Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify Thy name forevermore. (Psa. 86:12) |
| Worship, and thanks, and blessing, And strength ascribe to Jesus! The Lord alone defends His own, When earth or hell oppresses; Omnipotent Redeemer! Our ransomed souls adore Thee; Our Savior Thou, we own it now, And give to Thee the glory. |
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| Praise the Lord, call upon His name, declare His doings among the people, make mention that His name is exalted. (Isa. 12:4) |
| Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever. (Rev. 5:13) |
| To Him that saved us from the world, And washed us in His blood, Called us to share His glorious throne, As kings and priests to God: To Him let every tongue be praise, And every heart be love! All grateful honors paid on earth, And nobler songs above. |
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| I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. (Isa. 51:2) |
| The Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. (Isa. 58:11) |
| Glorious river of God’s pleasures, Well of God’s eternal bliss, Thirsting now no more forever, Treading we this wilderness. |
| All the weariness, the sorrow Of the way that we have gone, Passed away in His bright presence, As the night before the sun. |
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| In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. (Eccl. 1:18) |
| The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. (James 3:17) |
| God’s heavenly fruits will not grow In nature’s barren soil; All we can boast, till Christ we know, Is vanity and toil; But where the Lord has planted grace And made His glories known, These fruits of heavenly joy and peace Are found, and there alone. |
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| I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10) |
| According to His mercy He saved us … which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior. (Titus 3:5‑6) |
| Approach my soul to wisdom’s gates While it is called today; No one who watches there and waits Shall e’er be turned away. |
| He will not let me seek in vain, For all, who trust His Word, Shall everlasting life obtain — Abundance from the Lord. |
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| Ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry. (Heb. 10:36‑37) |
| We wait for Thee — Thou wilt arise While hope her watch is keeping; Forgotten then, in glad surprise, Shall be our years of weeping; Our hearts beat high; the dawn is nigh That ends our pilgrim story In Thine eternal glory! |
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| Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. (Deut. 31:23) |
| Take courage, wayworn pilgrim: Though mists and shadows hide The face of Him thou lovest, He’s ever at thy side; Reach out thy hand and find Him, And lo, the clouds have flown; He smiles on thee, who promised, Never to leave thee alone. |
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| God … hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son … who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power. (Heb. 1:1,3) |
| I will speak of the glorious honor of Thy majesty, and of Thy wondrous works. (Psa. 145:5) |
| Thy Almighty power and wisdom All creation’s works proclaim; Heaven and earth alike confess Thee, As the ever great I AM. |
| Son of God! Thy Father’s bosom Ever was Thy dwelling-place; His delight, in Him rejoicing, One with Him in power and grace. |
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| I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. (Isa. 6:8) |
| The Father Himself, which hath sent Me, hath borne witness of Me. (John 5:37) |
| Father, we, Thy children, bless Thee For Thy love on us bestowed; Source of blessing! we confess Thee Now, our Father and our God; Wondrous was Thy love in giving Jesus for our sins to die! Wondrous was His grace in leaving, For our sakes, the heavens on high! |
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| When He had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two days still in the same place where He was. (John 11:6) |
| Having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end. (John 13:1) |
| Loved when our sky is clouded o’er And days of sorrow press us sore: Still we will trust Him evermore, For we are loved. |
| Time, that affects all things below, Can never change the love He’ll show; The heart of Christ with love will flow, And we are loved. |
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| Judge not, that ye be not judged. (Matt. 7:1) |
| Let us not therefore judge one another anymore: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way. (Rom. 14:13) |
| To hold my tongue, when hot words rise, Speak kindly ones instead, Nor harshly judge my fellowmen, In what they’ve done or said. |
| To share another’s heavy load, By word or courage given, To help a fallen brother rise, And bring him nearer heaven. |
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| We have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. (1 John 4:14‑15) |
| Oh what can equal joy divine? And what can sweeter be Than knowing that this Christ is mine To all eternity? Safe in the Lord without a doubt, By virtue of the blood; For nothing can destroy the life That’s hid with Christ in God. |
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| God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. (Gen. 1:26) |
| The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7) |
| As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. (1 Cor. 15:49) |
| Meet companion then for Jesus, From Him, for Him, made — Glory of God’s grace forever There in me displayed. |
| He and I together entering Those fair courts above — He and I together sharing All the Father’s love. |
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| The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations. (2 Peter 2:9) |
| Account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation. (2 Peter 3:15) |
| I don’t look forward; God sees all the future, The road that, short or long, will lead me home, And He will face with me its every trial, And bear for me the burdens that may come. |
| But I look up — into the face of Jesus, For there my heart can rest, my fears are stilled; And there is joy, and love, and light for darkness, And perfect peace, and every hope fulfilled. |
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| 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) |
| Jesus, the Lord, our righteousness! Our beauty Thou, our glorious dress Before the throne, in this arrayed, With joy shall we lift up the head. |
| Blest Lamb of God! with grateful praise Our voices now to Thee we raise — O’er earth to reign, redeemed by blood, Kingdom and priests are we to God. |
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| Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. (Psa. 88:16‑17) |
| I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me forever: yet hast Thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God. (Jonah 2:6) |
| Lord, we joy, Thy toils are ended, Glad Thy suffering time is o’er, To Thy Father’s throne ascended, There Thou livest to die no more; Yes, my soul! He lives for thee, He who gave Himself for me. |
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| Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength. (Psa. 84:5‑7) |
| I have been through the valley of weeping, The valley of sorrow and pain; But the “God of all comfort” was with me, At hand to uphold and sustain. |
| As we travel through life’s shadowed valley, Fresh springs of His love ever rise; And we learn that our sorrows and losses Are blessings just sent in disguise. |
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| Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. (Rom. 14:19) |
| Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. (Matt. 5:9) |
| Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. (Prov. 3:13,17) |
| Sweet bonds, that unite All the children of peace! And thrice-blessed Savior, Whose love cannot cease! Though oft amid trials And dangers we roam, With Thine we’re united, And hasting towards home. |