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December 2018

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Monday, December 31, 2018

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FINALLY, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. (Eph. 6:10)
FINALLY, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. (Phil. 3:1)
FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified. (2 Thess. 3:1)
FINALLY, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. (2 Cor. 13:11)
Now in a song of grateful praise,
To our dear Lord the voice we’ll raise;
With all His saints we’ll join to tell,
“Our Jesus has done all things well.”

Sunday, December 30, 2018

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To build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people. (2 Sam. 24:21)
Jesus should die for that nation; and not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. (John 11:51‑52)
To God who gave His Son,
To save us from our sin;
To Christ Himself who died,
And made His people clean:
Eternal thanks and praise be given
By saints on earth, the heirs of
   heaven.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

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I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. (Col. 4:13)
We desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end. (Heb. 6:11)
Discouraged in the work of life,
   Disheartened by its load,
Shamed by its failures or its fears,
   I sink beside the road;
But let me only think of Thee,
And then new heart springs up
      in me.

Friday, December 28, 2018

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My brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so STAND FAST in the Lord, my dearly beloved. (Phil. 4:1)
Brethren, STAND FAST. (2 Thess. 2:15)
“Praise ye the Lord,” again, again,
   The Spirit strikes the chord;
Nor touches He our hearts in vain;
   We praise, we praise the Lord.
“Stand fast in Christ”; ah! yet
      again
   He teaches all the band;
If human efforts are in vain,
   In Christ it is we stand.

Thursday, December 27, 2018

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Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy loving-kindness: according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. (Psa. 51:1)
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee. (Isa. 44:22)
I have buried them there — where no mortal
   can see!
I have cast all your sins in the depths of the
   sea!
In the depths, in the depths, where the storm
   cannot come,
Where its faint echo falls like a musical
   drum,
Where no mortal can enter, your faults to
   deride —
For above them forever flows love’s mighty
   tide!

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

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Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow anymore at all. (Jer. 31:12)
The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. (Rev. 7:17)
In the tender grass by the waters still
   I have made your resting place;
Your rest shall be sweet in My holy
      will,
   And sure in My changeless grace.
There, overshadowed by mighty wings
   Of the Savior’s pleasant peace,
Beyond the sorrow of earthly things,
   The toil and the tears shall cease.

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

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She shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins. (Matt. 1:21)
Mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel. (Luke 2:30‑32)
Jesus, the One who left the
      throne
   To save a ruined race,
Thy love and lowliness still shine
   Upon that glorious face.

Monday, December 24, 2018

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Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written. (Ex. 32:31‑32)
Let us bear with one another,
   Quick at all times to forgive;
We will see ourselves more faulty,
   If in His presence we live.
Let us do for one another,
   All of this, in love, when He
Will reward it all by saying,
   “Ye have done it unto Me.”

Sunday, December 23, 2018

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Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. (John 20:24‑25)
Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God. (John 20:28)
Sing without ceasing, sing
   The Savior’s present grace,
How all things shine in light divine
   For those who’ve seen His face.
He’s gone within the veil;
   For us that place has won;
In Him we stand, a heavenly band
   Where He Himself is gone.

Saturday, December 22, 2018

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Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for Thou art my praise. (Jer. 17:14)
Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and ye shall go forth. (Mal. 4:2)
How wonderful, dear Lord, to lay
   The tangled threads of life —
The trials of my pilgrim way —
   The turmoil and the strife,
Each bitter ill, each stern demand,
   Each burden great and small
Within Thy precious, nail-scarred
      hand,
   And trust Thy grace for all!

Friday, December 21, 2018

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That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. (Eph. 3:17‑19)
But though I cannot tell or sing or
   know
The fullness of Thy love while here
   below,
My empty vessel I may freely
   bring —
O Thou, who art of love the living
   spring,
      My vessel fill.

Thursday, December 20, 2018

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The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. (Psa. 68:11)
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation. (Isa. 52:7)
If you cannot cross the ocean,
And the other lands explore,
You can find the needy nearer;
You can help them at your door;
If you cannot speak like angels,
If you cannot preach like Paul,
You can tell the love of Jesus;
You can say He died for all.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

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We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. (2 Cor. 5:10)
Only one life, yes only one,
Soon will its fleeting hours be
   done;
Then, in “that day” my Lord to
   meet,
And stand before His judgment
   seat;
Only one life, ’twill soon be past;
Only what’s done for Christ will
   last.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

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Speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. (Eph. 4:15‑16)
God’s love was made known in the gift of
   His Son,
When He laid down His life for our sake,
Who bought and redeemed us — with Him
   we are one —
Of His joys and His glories partake.
It is His desire to each other we’d show
This same spirit of heaven above;
That He may behold in His children below,
Every soul “knit together in love.”

Monday, December 17, 2018

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The remnant … are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven. (Neh. 1:3‑4)
Savior divine, whose love has sought and
   found me,
Thou dost not leave when the night is about
   me;
Cause me to be, held fast by love eternal,
Peacefully at rest with Thee.
What storm can shatter, gloom of darkness
   frighten
One whom the Lord does shelter, cherish,
   lighten?
Oh let me prove, Thy vast heart of love
   eternal —
At Thy feet alone with Thee.

Sunday, December 16, 2018

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Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord. (2 Kings 5:17)
God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)
Lord of glory, we adore Thee!
   Christ of God, ascended high!
Heart and soul we bow before Thee,
   Glorious now beyond the sky:
      Thee we worship,
      Thee we praise —
   Excellent in all Thy ways.

Saturday, December 15, 2018

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Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it … for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. (Luke 15:22‑24)
A great way off, and lo, the Father saw him,
For keen the eyes that grief has washed
   with tears;
The son knew not that cords of love would
   draw him
From out the tangled snare of wasted years.
His father ran: Love’s feet were never
   holden;
The kiss, the robe, the ring, the shoes
   declare
Eternal love, and wandering son embolden
To seek his father’s heart and find it there.

Friday, December 14, 2018

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Stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God. (1 Sam. 9:27)
That He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. (Deut. 8:3)
Once it was the blessing,
   Now it is the Lord;
Once it was the feeling,
   Now it is His Word;
Once His gifts I wanted,
   Now the Giver own;
Once I sought for healing,
   Now Himself alone.

Thursday, December 13, 2018

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I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest. I have not hid Thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation: I have not concealed Thy loving-kindness and Thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:9‑10)
Oh! what a Savior is Jesus the Lord!
Well may His name by His saints be adored!
He has redeemed them from hell by His
   blood,
Saved them forever and brought them to
   God.
Now in the glory He waits to impart
Peace to the conscience, and joy to the heart;
Waits to be gracious, to pardon and heal
All who their sin and their wretchedness
   feel.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

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Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved Me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for My Father is greater than I. (John 14:28)
“Let not your heart be troubled,
      then,”
   We hear the Savior say;
“I will prepare a place for you,
   And come again someday.”
Together in the Father’s house,
   In mansions bright and fair,
We’ll dwell with Him forevermore
   And all His glory share.

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

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Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (Gal. 5:16,18,25)
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
   Prone to leave the God I love:
Yet Thou, Lord, hast deigned to
      seal it
   With Thy Spirit from above.
Rescued thus from sin and danger,
   Purchased by the Savior’s blood,
May I walk on earth a stranger,
   As a son and heir of God.

Monday, December 10, 2018

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A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. (John 3:27)
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. (Psa. 68:19)
Oh, matchless mercy that rates me
   Joint-heirs with the sinless Son!
Oh, golden glory that waits me
   When tempests and clouds are
      done!
All things are mine, for I am His;
   Oh, infinite gifts divine!
God gave His Son, His only One;
   And all that He has is mine.

Sunday, December 9, 2018

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After them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. (2 Chron. 11:16)
As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till He come. (1 Cor. 11:26)
Till Thou shalt come in glory,
   And call us hence away,
To rest in all the brightness
   Of that unclouded day,
We show Thy death, Lord Jesus,
   And here would seek to be
More to Thy death conformed,
   Whilst we remember Thee.

Saturday, December 8, 2018

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Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick. (Matt. 14:14)
Jesus, our plentiful supply;
   In weakness, our almighty
      power;
In bonds our perfect liberty;
   Our refuge in temptation’s
      hour;
Our comfort, midst all grief
      and thrall,
Our life in death, our all in all.

Friday, December 7, 2018

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Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor. (Eccl. 10:1)
A bishop then must be blameless. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without. (1 Tim. 3:2,7)
Perfect our souls in every grace,
   To do His blessed will,
And all that’s pleasing in His sight
   Inspire us to fulfill.
That to the Savior’s stature full
   We nearer still may rise,
And all we think and all we do
   Be pleasing in Thy eyes.

Thursday, December 6, 2018

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The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. (Ex. 34:6‑7)
Forgiveness! ’twas a joyful sound
To guilty sinners doomed to die:
We’d publish it the world around,
And gladly shout it through the sky.
For this stupendous gift of heaven,
What grateful honors shall we
   show!
Where much transgression is
   forgiven,
May love with fervent ardor glow.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

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My beloved is … the chiefest among ten thousand. (Song of Sol. 5:10)
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. (Song of Sol. 2:17)
The Spirit and the bride say, Come. (Rev. 22:17)
We wait for the Lord, our Beloved,
Our comforter, master and friend,
The substance of all that we hope for,
Beginning of faith and its end;
We watch for our Savior and
   Bridegroom,
Who loved us and made us His own;
For Him we are looking and longing:
For Jesus, and Jesus alone.

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

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I will very gladly spend and be spent for you. (2 Cor. 12:15)
Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. (Rom. 16:3‑4)
I … send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. For he longed after you all. (Phil. 2:25‑26)
Teach me to love Thy children, Lord,
Redeemed by Thy most precious blood;
And may my love, on them outpoured,
Be pure and true, like Thine, O God!

Monday, December 3, 2018

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Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised. (Psa. 113:2‑3)
For sunrise hope and sunset calm,
   And all that lies between,
For all the sweetness and the balm
   That is and that has been;
For comradeship, for peace in
      strife,
   And light on darkened days,
For work to do, and strength for
      life —
   We sing our hymn of praise.

Sunday, December 2, 2018

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God, that raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. (1 Peter 1:21)
Unto you therefore which believe He is precious. (1 Peter 2:7)
Faith, too, that trusts the blood
      through grace,
   From that same love we gain;
Else, sweetly as it suits our case,
   The gift had been in vain.
We praise Thee, and would praise
      Thee more;
   To Thee our all we owe;
The precious Savior and the power
   That makes Him precious too.

Saturday, December 1, 2018

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Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. (Isa. 43:1)
Why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? Jesus saith unto her, Mary. (John 20:15‑16)
I will trust and not be afraid;
I have seen, I have heard, I have
   known;
This mighty and terrible God
Has called me and made me His
   own;
They that trust in the Lord
Shall never be moved nor swayed;
“Fear not!” He has said unto me —
Then why should I be afraid?
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