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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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| When the hour was come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. And He said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: for I say unto you, I will not anymore eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. (Luke 22:14‑16) |
| O Lord, how precious is Thy thought, How wondrous Thy desire, To win our hearts, once worse than naught, Who now by grace aspire To seek Thy glory, bear Thy shame, To keep Thy Word, and love Thy name. |
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| The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. (Num. 6:24‑26) |
| Thou the light that fills all the endless heavens, Shining on my face, As the tender flowers joyfully unfold In their silent grace; Thou who fills all things, in Thee, living, moving, Evermore are we; Shoreless sea unsounded, full of mystery, Sinks my soul in Thee. |
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| These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. (John 16:1) |
| Great peace have they which love Thy law: and nothing shall offend them. (Psa. 119:165) |
| I could not walk this thorny way With stone beneath and cloud above, Or meet the struggle of each day Without His precious love. |
| I could not stand the hours at night Or painful tests from my day’s length — And overlook what others say Without His grace and strength. |
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| Ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. (Num. 9:14) |
| Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference. (Rom. 3:22) |
| Oh, blessed gospel sound! It tells to all around — The guilty may draw near; Though vile, they need not fear; With joy they now may hear — “Yet there is room!” |
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| He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. (Rev. 22:20‑21) |
| There still our thoughts are dwelling; ’Tis there we long to be! Come, Lord, and call Thy people To blessedness with Thee! Come, bid our toils be ended; Let all our wanderings cease; Call from the wayside lodging, To the sweet home of peace! |
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| Caught up into paradise, and heard UNSPEAKABLE words. (2 Cor. 12:4) |
| Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy UNSPEAKABLE and full of glory. (1 Peter 1:8) |
| Thanks be unto God for His UNSPEAKABLE gift. (2 Cor. 9:15) |
| Lord! who can pay the mighty debt Of love so rich as Thine? Love, which surpasses finding out, UNSPEAKABLE, divine! |
| Oh rather give us, daily, more — More every hour — to see That such a bounteous Giver Thou, We must Thy debtors be. |
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| Let all those that put their trust in Thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because Thou defendest them: let them also that love Thy name be joyful in Thee. (Psa. 5:11) |
| They blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done. (1 Kings 8:66) |
| Join the singing that He leadeth; Loud to God our voices raise; Every step that we have trodden Is a triumph of His grace; Whether joy or whether trial, All can only work for good, For He healeth all — who loves us, And has bought us with His blood. |
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| When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him. (Matt. 2:1‑2) |
| When they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! (Matt. 27:29) |
| Thy holy head, once bound with thorns, The crown of glory now adorns; Thy seat, the Father’s throne; O Lord! e’en now we sing Thy praise, Ours the eternal song to raise — Worthy the Lord alone! |
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| Preserve me, O God: for in Thee do I put my trust. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. (Psa. 16:1,7) |
| That love is the love that bears me O’er starless deeps; That never through long night watches Slumbers nor sleeps — That filleth the lonely chambers With psalm and song, And along my journey guards me, All, all along. |
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| If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. (James 2:15‑17) |
| In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works. (Titus 2:7) |
| Let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. (Titus 3:14) |
| ’Tis ever thus when duty calls; If we spring quickly to obey, Love comes, and whatso’er befalls, We’re glad to help another day; The second mile we walk with joy; Heaven’s peace goes with us on the road; So let us all God’s power employ To help our brother bear life’s load. |
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| Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. (Eccl. 11:9) |
| The God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. (Dan. 5:23) |
| What though I might live without the Savior, When I come to die, how would it be? Oh to face the valley’s gloom without Him! And without Him for eternity! |
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| This I say, brethren, the time is short. (1 Cor. 7:29) |
| Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. (Col. 4:5) |
| One last word of solemn warning To the world below — One loud shout, that all may hear us Hail Him ere we go! Once more let that name be sounded With a trumpet tone — Here, amid the thickening darkness; Then, before the throne. |
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| Thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid. (Ruth 2:13) |
| My sheep hear My voice. (John 10:27) |
| How good it is, when weaned from all beside, With God alone the soul is satisfied — I hear His voice amid the still- ness blest, And care and fear are past — I lay me down within His arms to rest From all my works at last. |
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| Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. (Psa. 4:1) |
| Be ye also enlarged. (2 Cor. 6:13) |
| A rock that stands forever Is Christ my righteousness, And there I stand unfearing In everlasting bliss; No earthly song is needful To this my life from heaven, And nought of love is worthy, Save that which Christ has given. |
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| The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. (Acts 5:30‑31) |
| The person of the Christ, Enfolding every grace, Once slain, but now alive again, In heaven demands our praise. |
| The heavens are opened now! Sound it through earth abroad; And we, by faith, in heaven behold Jesus the Christ, our Lord. |
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| That led them through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble. (Isa. 63:13) |
| Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. (Prov. 3:23) |
| How wonderful to lay my hand In Thine, dear Lord, today, And with complete assurance walk With Thee life’s unknown way! Content though but one step I see, To follow without fear, Since ’tis Thy love that leadeth me, And Thy sweet voice I hear. |
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| We have sinned: do Thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto Thee; deliver us only, we pray Thee, this day. (Judg. 10:15) |
| Bow down Thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be Thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me. (Psa. 31:2) |
| Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, Calling for you and for me; Patiently Jesus is waiting and watching, Watching for you and for me. |
| Oh! for the wonderful love He has promised, Promised for you and for me; Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon, Pardon for you and for me. |
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| The creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. (Rom. 8:21‑22) |
| Round me is creation groaning, Death and sin and care; But there is a rest remaining, And my Lord is there; There I find a blessed stillness In His courts of love; All below but strife and darkness; Cloudless peace above. |
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| Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers. (3 John 5) |
| Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. (Judg. 6:11‑12) |
| Despise no soul; God scorneth none — His image is on every one; In shadows where no trumpet swells, This moment, many a great heart dwells. |
| Despise no task, however small — Christ honors each and uses all; What builds the story of the land? The patient toil of unknown hands. |
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| I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever: with my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations. For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? (Psa. 89:1,6) |
| The dust of earth He measures out; He numbers all the stars of space; His mighty scales the mountains weigh: But what can weigh His grace? |
| His fingers spread the heavens forth; He cups the seas within His hand; But who His mercies can compute, Unnumbered as the sand? |
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| Though they found no cause of death in Him, yet desired they Pilate that He should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of Him, they took Him down from the tree, and laid Him in a sepulchre. But God raised Him from the dead. (Acts 13:28‑30) |
| Jesus, the Lord, is risen Triumphant o’er the grave; For us He burst the prison, Almighty now to save: Captivity is captive led, Since Jesus liveth that was dead. |
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| Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him which is, and which was, and which is to come. (Rev. 1:4) |
| The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. (Deut. 33:27) |
| I prayed for strength, and then I lost awhile All sense of nearness, human and divine; The love I leaned on failed and pierced my heart; The hands I clung to loosed themselves from mine; But while I swayed, weak trembling, and alone, The everlasting arms upheld my own. |
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| They turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed. (Ezek. 10:11) |
| Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written … that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left. (Josh. 23:6) |
| Not giving heed to … commandments of men, that turn from the truth. (Titus 1:14) |
| Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy way. (Psa. 44:18) |
| Turn your eyes upon Jesus; Look full in His wonderful face; And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace. |
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| They that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life. (Rev. 17:8) |
| Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote on the ground. (John 8:6) |
| Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. (Luke 10:20) |
| But the book of life I see, And my name is written there! Now from guilt and danger free, Glad I’ll meet Him in the air: That’s the book that seals my case; ’Tis the gospel opened wide; Lord, I know I’ve run the race! I have sinned, but Thou hast died. |
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| We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2 Cor. 3:18) |
| What wonder, joy and glad surprise Shall fill our hearts as thus we rise To meet Him in the air; To see His face, to hear His voice, And in His perfect love rejoice, Whose glory then we’ll share. |
| No more deferred our hope shall be; No longer through a glass we’ll see, But clearly face to face; We’ll dwell with Jesus then above, Whom absent we have learned His love, Blest samples of His grace. |
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| At that time ye were without Christ … having no hope, and without God in the world. (Eph. 2:12) |
| God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope. (1 Tim. 1:1) |
| That He should leave His place on high And come for sinful man to die, You count it strange? So do not I, Since I have known my Savior. |
| Yea, living, dying, let me bring My strength, my solace, from this spring, That He who lives — oh let me sing — He died to be my Savior. |
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| I am God, even thy God. For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. The world is Mine, and the fullness thereof. Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High. (Psa. 50:7,10‑12,14) |
| Arm of the Lord, whose wondrous power The world and all things made, Thou art our Rock, our Shield, our Tower; Our ransom Thou hast paid. |
| Revealer of the Father’s love, His glory and His power; Upholding all things now above, Till the appointed hour. |
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| Seeking of Him a sign from heaven, tempting Him. (Mark 8:11) |
| There shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matt. 12:39‑40) |
| The third day He shall rise again. (Luke 18:33) |
| All that blessed work is done; God’s well-pleased with His Son; He has raised Him from the dead, Set Him over all as Head. |
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| These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty. (Rev. 2:8‑9) |
| In all things it behooved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest. (Heb. 2:17) |
| On His heart amid the glory, Bearing all our grief and care; Every burden, ere we feel it, Weighed and measured in His prayer; Fragrant thus with priestly incense Each distress, each sorrow tells Thoughts that fill the heart of Jesus In the glory where He dwells. |
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| Jesus … said unto him, One thing thou lackest. (Mark 10:21) |
| One thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (Luke 10:42) |
| My Beloved, from earth’s many voices Welcome me to Thy seclusion sweet — Let me, still and restful and adoring, Sit with Mary at Thy blessed feet — In Thy secret place, alone with Thee, None beside to hear, and none to see. |