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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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| Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. (Prov. 27:23) |
| Jesus saith unto him, Feed My sheep. (John 21:17) |
| As the faithful shepherd toileth, Through the briars, up the steep, Lest some evil prowler spoileth His poor, foolish, wandering sheep. |
| So, great Shepherd, would we, caring For each several precious one, Something of Thy travail sharing, Seek Thy sheep till set of sun. |
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| I will hope continually, and will yet praise Thee more and more. (Psa. 71:14) |
| Ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. (Isa. 55:12) |
| The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise Him. (Psa. 28:7) |
| Look to Him, and faith shall brighten, Hope shall soar, and love shall burn; Peace once more thy heart shall lighten, In His path that thou hast learned; Be not weary on thy way: Jesus is thy strength and stay. |
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| Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements. (Ex. 30:10) |
| Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Heb. 9:12) |
| Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29) |
| Not all the blood of beasts, On Jewish alters slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace Or wash away its stain. |
| But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, Took all our guilt away, A sacrifice of nobler name, And richer blood than they. |
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| Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and Himself hath done it. (Isa. 38:14‑15) |
| Then, still! Oh, still! for the Father knows What you know not, The need and the thorn and the shadow Linked with the fairest lot; Knows the wisest exemption From many an unseen snare, Knows what will keep you nearest, Knows what you could not bear. |
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| Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee? (Matt. 18:33) |
| Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. (Eph. 4:32) |
| Lord, help me be kind and forgiving — I who Thy forgiveness have known So oft for my many transgressions; Grant me, Lord, a love like Thine own. |
| Thou who didst once suffer for sinners Such bitter reproach and disdain, Fill me with that same gentle spirit, That reviled, still reviles not again. |
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| Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto Him: and when he was come near, He asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. (Luke 18:40‑41) |
| Just as I am — poor, wretched, blind, Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need in Thee to find: O Lamb of God, I come! |
| Just as I am — Thy love, I own, Has broken every barrier down: Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come! |
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| I saw a new heaven and a new earth. (Rev. 21:1) |
| The thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. (Gen. 41:32) |
| All, all in His new creation, The glory of God shall see; And the lamp for that light eternal The bride of the Lamb shall be. |
| A golden lamp in the heavens, That all may see and adore The Lamb who was slain and who liveth, Who liveth forevermore. |
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| Love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. (Rom. 13:8,10) |
| Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love: The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. |
| Before our Father’s throne We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. |
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| Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it. (John 14:13‑14) |
| He has said it! So we know Nothing less can we receive; Oh that thankful love may glow While we restfully believe; Ask not “how,” but trust Him still; Ask not “when,” but wait His will: Simply on His Word rely: God shall all your need supply. |
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| She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. (Gen. 3:6) |
| I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free. (Ex. 21:5) |
| He by the grace of God should taste death for every man. (Heb. 2:9) |
| Oh what blessings flow from grace, Treasured up in Christ the Head! He who perfected life’s race Bore sin’s burden in our stead. |
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| I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. (Psa. 73:3,16‑17) |
| Gently loosens He thy hold Of the treasured former things — Loves and joys that were of old, Shapes to which the spirit clings — And alone, alone He stands, Stretching forth beseeching hands. |
| In Thy strength my soul is still Clay within the potter’s hands, Molded by Thy tender will Mightier than all commands; Shaped and moved by Thee alone, Now, and evermore Thine own. |
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| Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. (Luke 9:50) |
| He that is not with Me is against Me; and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth abroad. (Matt. 12:30) |
| If He … gather together, then who can hinder Him? (Job 11:10) |
| And God is undisturbed by all this chaos; His purposes He’s working just the same; And in this day of ruin and declension, He’s gathering a people for His name. |
| As He looks down on all the vast profession, He knows each heart, that truly loves His name, And in His sight, they precious are, and spotless, Because their trust is placed in God’s own Son. |
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| Then were there brought unto Him little children, that He should put His hands on them. And He laid His hands on them. (Matt. 19:13,15) |
| Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 18:3) |
| Those who are young, O God, Make them Thine own; Now in their early days — Turn them to Thy blest ways. |
| Those who are older too, Make them Thine own; Now in salvation’s time — To Thee their hearts incline. |
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| He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things. Till we all come in the unity of the faith … unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. (Eph. 4:10,13) |
| In Thine own house there love divine Fills the bright courts with cloudless joy; But ’tis the love that made us Thine, Fills all that house without alloy. |
| God’s righteousness with glory bright, Which with its radiance fills that sphere, E’en Christ, of God the power and light, Our title is that light to share. |
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| Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him. (Acts 10:34‑35) |
| Thousands have fled to His spear-pierced side; Welcome they all have been; none are denied; Weary and laden, they all have been blest; Joyfully now in the Savior they rest. |
| When all the saints of every clime shall meet, And each with all shall all the ransomed greet, But oh! the height of bliss, my Lord, shall be To owe it all, and share it all with Thee. |
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| God my maker, who giveth songs in the night. (Job 35:10) |
| At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (Acts 16:25) |
| We make our songs in the day of our gladness, When life is all laughter and joy and delight, When never a shadow has clouded our sunshine; But God giveth songs in the night! |
| God giveth songs in the night of affliction, When earth has no sun and the heavens no star; Like a comforting touch in the desolate darkness His voice stealeth in from afar. |
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| The priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. (2 Chron. 5:14) |
| There was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My beloved Son: hear Him. (Mark 9:7) |
| Gladly, Lord, we bow the knee, By the Father’s just decree, To His own anointed One; To His well-beloved Son. |
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| I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. (Isa. 43:19) |
| Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. (1 Sam. 7:12) |
| Amid the burning desert drought We learned His watchful love; Streams from the flinty rocks He brought, Sent bread from heaven above; Our God in weariness and need, His love was measured there By hunger which His hand would feed, Wants answered by His care. |
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| Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. (1 Tim. 4:12) |
| Ye were ensamples to all that believe. (1 Thess. 1:7) |
| O God, in whom we live and move, Without whom life were death — We bring Thee those in whom Thy love Has breathed the living breath. |
| Their weakness do Thou garrison; Cause all their fears to cease; Oh guard what Thou hast dearly won, In Thine eternal peace. |
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| Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. (Isa. 59:1) |
| Of Thy goodness of old when I read, To those who were sinners like me, Why may I not wrestle and plead, With them a partaker to be? Thine arm is not shortened since then, And those who believe in Thy name Ever find Thou art Yea and Amen, Through all generations the same. |
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| Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. (2 Cor. 4:17) |
| In the world to come eternal life. (Mark 10:30) |
| That sweet welcome mine — and mine forever That eternal home, Whereunto when all these wanderings over, I shall surely come — Loved with all the love that fills the heavens With eternal song — Weep not, weary heart — how short the sorrow, And the love how long! |
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| Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. (Eccl. 12:1) |
| I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy works; I muse on the work of Thy hands. (Psa. 143:5) |
| I remember Thee upon my bed, and meditate on Thee in the night watches. (Psa. 63:6) |
| With thee hold converse sweet where’er I go; Thy smile of love my highest bliss below! With Thee transact life’s business — doing all With single aim for Thee — as Thou dost call. |
| Oh, may this high companionship be mine, And all my life by its reflection shine, My great, my wise, my never-failing Friend, Whose love no change can know, nor turn, nor end! |
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| Pray without ceasing. (1 Thess. 5:17) |
| At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee because of Thy righteous judgments. (Psa. 119:62) |
| For all Thy blessings given There are many to thank Thee, Lord, But for the gifts withholden I fain would add my word. |
| The light withdrawn from my sight That hid the dangers of my way; For what Thou hast not given, I thank Thee, Lord, today. |
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| Neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. (2 Sam. 24:24) |
| She of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. (Mark 12:44) |
| Were the whole realm of nature ours, That were an offering far too small; Love that transcends our highest powers, Demands our soul, our life, our all. |
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| Let the weak say, I am strong. (Joel 3:10) |
| I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Phil. 4:13) |
| Until I felt my weakness, His strength I never knew; Nor dreamed till I was stricken That He would see me through. |
| The touch that heals the wounded heart Is never felt above; His angels know His blessedness; His wayworn saints, His love. |
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| Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. (Prov. 4:14‑15) |
| All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (1 John 2:16) |
| Our Father, deliver Thy children from sin, From evil without and from evil within — From this world, with all of its manifold wrong, From the wiles of our enemy, subtle and strong. |
| Our Father, our Father, who dwellest in light, We lean on Thy love, and we rest on Thy might; In weakness and weariness joy shall abound, For strength everlasting in Thee shall be found. |
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| There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell Me therefore, which of them will love him most? (Luke 7:41‑42) |
| Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. (Luke 7:47) |
| For this stupendous gift of heaven, What grateful honors shall we show! Where much transgression is forgiven, May love with fervent ardor glow. |
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| The MYSTERY which hath been hid from ages. (Col. 1:26) |
| Make known the MYSTERY of the gospel. (Eph. 6:19) |
| Holding the MYSTERY of the faith. (1 Tim. 3:9) |
| I show you a MYSTERY; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. (1 Cor. 15:51) |
| Unto you it is given to know the MYSTERY of the kingdom of God. (Mark 4:11) |
| The voice of the seventh angel … the MYSTERY of God should be finished. (Rev. 10:7) |
| God and the Lamb shall there The light and temple be, And radiant hosts forever share The unveiled MYSTERY. |
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| Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. (1 Tim. 6:11‑12) |
| Lord, since we sing as pilgrims, Oh give us pilgrims ways! Low thoughts of self, befitting Proclaimers of Thy praise; Oh make us each more holy; In spirit, pure and meek: More like to heavenly citizens, As more of heaven we speak. |
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| For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. (1 Thess. 2:13) |
| For feelings come and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving; My warrant is the Word of God; Naught else is worth believing — Though all my heart should feel condemned For want of some sweet token, There is One greater than my heart Whose Word cannot be broken; I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word Till soul and body sever; For, though all things shall pass away, His Word shall stand forever. |
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| The men that held Jesus mocked Him, and smote Him. And when they had blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face, and asked Him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote Thee? (Luke 22:63‑64) |
| They clothed Him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His head, and began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote Him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon Him. (Mark 15:17‑19) |
| They have rewarded Me evil for good, and hatred for My love. (Psa. 109:5) |
| Behold and see the bleeding Savior, Pierced and nailed to Calvary’s tree; Sacrifice of sweetest savor, Object of man’s enmity! |