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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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| Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon His kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. (Isa. 9:7) |
| Kings shall fall down before Him, And gold and incense bring; All nations shall adore Him; His praise all people sing; Outstretched His wide dominion O’er river, sea and shore, Far as the eagle’s pinion Or dove’s light wing can soar. |
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| He said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto Him, If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. (Ex. 33:14‑15) |
| Without Me ye can do nothing. (John 15:5) |
| There is a place of safe retreat When the shadows of life hang low; Where rest and peace and comfort meet — ’Tis ours to learn, ’tis ours to know The everlasting arms! |
| There is a mount above the plains Of earthly care and worldly strife; No more the wounds, no more the pains — Eternal joy, eternal life In His everlasting arms! |
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| Mine EYES are ever toward the Lord; for He shall pluck my feet out of the net. (Psa. 25:15) |
| Thy loving-kindness is before mine EYES: and I have walked in Thy truth. (Psa. 26:3) |
| Open Thou mine EYES, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law. (Psa. 119:18) |
| The EYES of all wait upon Thee; and Thou givest them their meat in due season. (Psa. 145:15) |
| O Lord! how cheering is Thy way! How blest, how gracious in our eyes! Care, anguish, sorrow pass away, And fear before Thy presence flies; Lord Jesus! nothing would we see, Nothing desire, apart from Thee! |
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| When the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him. (Mark 16:1) |
| Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits. (1 Cor. 15:20) |
| Go, and search the tomb of Jesus, Where the Lord of glory lay; Jesus is not there, but risen, And has borne our sins away; It is finished! Captive led captivity. |
| Could not all our sins retain Him, Prisoned in the guarded cave? These He blotted out in dying; By His cross He spoiled the grave: Lo! He’s risen! Yes, the Lord is risen indeed. |
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| He giveth His beloved sleep. (Psa. 127:2) |
| I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. (Psa. 4:8) |
| Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. (Psa. 121:4) |
| Rest, anxious heart; Take no thought for the morrow; Thou needest not wake, For God His watch does keep: Oh, rest in Him who giveth His beloved, After the day is over, blessed sleep. |
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| A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are His work. (Prov. 16:11) |
| Be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. (Phil. 3:9) |
| Thou wouldst like wretched man be made In everything but sin, That we as like Thee might become As we unlike had been. |
| Like Thee in faith, in meekness, love, In every beauteous grace; From glory into glory changed, Till we behold Thy face. |
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| Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto Him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. (Mark 10:51‑52) |
| Decide for Christ today; Thyself thou canst not save; Helpless and guilty, dead and blind, No longer judgment brave. |
| Decide for Christ today, And God’s salvation see; Yield soul and body, heart and will To Him, who died for thee! |
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| The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long. (Deut. 33:12) |
| I will abide in Thy tabernacle forever: I will trust in the covert of Thy wings. Selah. (Psa. 61:4) |
| That tabernacle stately waits us ever, That sacred pure retreat — That rest in arms of tenderest enfoldings, That welcome sweet. |
| Illumined with the everlasting glory Of God’s eternal now, Thou, God, my rest, my refuge and my tower — My home art Thou. |
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| For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. (John 17:19) |
| That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. (Eph. 5:26) |
| Thy Word, Thyself reflecting, Does sanctify by truth, Still leading on Thy children With gentle heavenly growth; Thus still the work proceedeth, The work begun by grace, For each is meet, and training, Father, to see Thy face. |
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| What nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon Him for? (Deut. 4:7) |
| Return to thine own house, and show how great things God hath done unto thee. (Luke 8:39) |
| Our tongues shall spread the Savior’s fame, Whose grace we daily prove, For since our souls have known His name, His banner has been — love. |
| And when He calls us home at length, To feast with Him above, Through all eternity we’ll sing His never-changing love. |
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| Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. (Heb. 13:12) |
| The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7) |
| Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, All our sins were on Thee laid; By almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made; All Thy people are forgiven Through the virtue of Thy blood; Opened is the gate of heaven; Peace is made for us with God. |
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| Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me. (Psa. 6:2) |
| I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord. (Jer. 30:17) |
| Yes, tell Thee all — each weary care and grief Into Thy bosom pour — till there I find relief; Oh let me walk with Thee, Thou mighty One; Lean on Thine arm and trust Thy love alone. |
| My every wound I take to Thee to heal, For Thou art touched with every pang I feel; O Friend of friends — the faithful, true and tried — In Thee, and Thee alone, I now confide. |
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| That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. (Prov. 5:2) |
| He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. (1 Peter 3:10) |
| I want to know the language Jesus spoke, Pure words, uncritical and ever kind; I’d rather, by my words, the lost awoke, Than win the applause and fame of all mankind. |
| Oh, Savior, let me daily with Thee walk; The secret of Thy words to me confide; Then let the world be conscious when I talk That I received instruction at Thy side. |
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| Unto you, O men, I call; and My voice is to the sons of man. (Prov. 8:4) |
| When Jesus heard it, He saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Mark 2:17) |
| There is a love that longs with deep affection To gather all the sin-sick sons of men Beneath its wings of shelter and protection, And cleanse them from their sin. |
| It is the love of Jesus, sweet with longing His full salvation to the world to give, Crying to all the dead, earth’s highways thronging, “Come unto Me; come unto Me, and live.” |
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| Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:16) |
| Well done, thou good and faithful servant. … Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (Matt. 25:21) |
| Then shall I know Thy guidance Through life’s bewildering maze; Then shall I know Thy purpose Of dark and suffering days; And then shall I adore Thee, With all the saints above, And praise Thee, blessed Jesus, Thou God of changeless love. |
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| Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. (Isa. 51:7) |
| Be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. (1 Chron. 22:13) |
| The night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul. (Acts 23:11) |
| No, let the world cast out our name, And vile account us if it will; If to confess our Lord be shame, Oh, then would we be viler still; For Thee, O Lord, we all resign, Content that Thou dost call us Thine. |
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| A Man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (Isa. 32:2) |
| Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in Thy word. (Psa. 119:114) |
| Rock of my heart and my fortress tower, Dear are Thy thoughts to me; Like the unfolding of some fair flower, Opening silently; And on the edge of these Thy ways, Standing in awe as heretofore, Thee do I worship; Thee do I praise And adore. |
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| Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it. (Eph. 5:25) |
| Who, when He had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that He had, and bought it. (Matt. 13:46) |
| O Thou who didst Thy glory leave, Apostate sinners to retrieve From nature’s deadly fall! Thou, Thou hast bought us with a price; Our sins against us ne’er can rise, For Thou hast borne them all. |
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| He hath sent Me to heal the broken-hearted. (Luke 4:18) |
| There was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. … And … the Lord … had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And He came and touched the bier … and He said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And He delivered him to his mother. (Luke 7:12‑15) |
| Jesus, our all in all Thou art, Our rest in toil, our ease in pain, The medicine of a broken heart, Mid storms, our peace; in loss, our gain. |
| And God has fixed the happy day When the last tear shall dim our eyes; When he will wipe these tears away, And fill our hearts with glad surprise. |
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| This sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. (Eccl. 1:13) |
| No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. (Heb. 12:11) |
| A faith that will not voice complaint Beneath the chastening rod, But, in the hour of grief or pain, Will lean upon its God. |
| A faith that shines more bright and clear When tempests rage without; That when in danger knows no fear, In darkness feels no doubt. |
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| Now when Jesus heard these things, He said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. (Luke 18:22) |
| One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (John 9:25) |
| The blind … came to Him … and He healed them. (Matt. 21:14) |
| O Christ, in Thee my soul has found, And found in Thee alone, The peace, the joy I sought so long, The bliss till now unknown. |
| The pleasures lost I sadly mourned, But never wept for Thee, Till grace the sightless eyes received Thy loveliness to see. |
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| We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. (Heb. 6:18) |
| I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:14) |
| A star in the sky, a beacon bright to guide us, An anchor sure to hold when storms betide us, A refuge for the soul where in quiet we may hide us, Is the hope of the coming of the Lord! |
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| The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His mercy. For He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed Thy children within thee. (Psa. 147:11,13) |
| Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. (Isa. 54:2) |
| Take Thou my heart and consecrate it wholly; May it be true no matter what betide; Take Thou my life; it must be Thine forever, For I would turn away from all beside. |
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| Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget Thy law. (Psa. 119:153) |
| Let my supplication come before Thee: deliver me according to Thy word. (Psa. 119:170) |
| Many sorrows hard and bitter, Many comforts sweet and soft; Thus my cry as joyful singing Evermore shall mount aloft. |
| Thus my sorrow turns to music And my cry to sweetest song; Weeping to eternal gladness: Night is short — the day is long. |
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| God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Cor. 1:9) |
| That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:3) |
| And though here on earth rejected, ’Tis but fellowship with Thee; Should we not with joy expect it — Here like Thee, our Lord, to be? “Thou art worthy”; Thou from earth hast set us free. |
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| This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. (Isa. 28:12) |
| The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. (Psa. 9:9) |
| Rest, tired heart, within those arms eternal, Like cradled child upon its father’s breast; Oh, lean on Him who giveth to the weary, After the day is over, blessed rest. |
| Rest, troubled heart, oppressed by care and sorrow; Let every fear and vague foreboding cease; Oh, rest in Him who giveth to the burdened, After the day is over, blessed peace. |
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| Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars. (Prov. 9:1) |
| Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. (Psa. 48:13) |
| Lord Jesus! to tell of Thy love Our souls shall forever delight, And sing of Thy glories above, In praises by day and by night; Wherever we follow Thee, Lord, Admiring, adoring, we see That love which was stronger than death Flow out without limit and free. |
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| God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water. (Gen. 21:19) |
| Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. (John 4:14) |
| Ho! you that thirst, approach the spring Whence living waters flow; Free to that open fountain all Without a price may go. |
| How long to streams of false delight Will you in crowds repair? How long your strength and substance waste On trifles light as air? |