Christians Daily Calendar

December 2019

I know that ye all … shall see my face no more. (Acts 20:25)

I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me. (2 Tim. 4:6,9)

I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee. (3 John 13)

God be with you till we meet again!
By His counsels guide, uphold you;
With His sheep securely fold you;
God be with you till we meet again!

God be with you till we meet again!
When life’s perils thick confound you,
Put His arms unfailing round you;
God be with you till we meet again!

Monday, December 30, 2019

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I am the Lord; that is My name: and My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images. Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice. … Let them shout from the top of the mountains. (Isa. 42:8,11)

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. (Psa. 24:7)

Lord of life and King of glory!
Now to Thee our hearts we raise;
While we sing the joyful story
Of the triumphs of Thy grace.

Grace begun shall end in glory;
Jesus, He the victory won;
In His own triumphant story
Is the record of our own.

Sunday, December 29, 2019

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Go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father; and to My God, and your God. (John 20:17)

It became Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren. (Heb. 2:10‑11)

And now Thy love is waiting
Thy saints like Thee to raise;
Firstborn of many brethren,
To Thee be all the praise.

Saturday, December 28, 2019

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Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep. (2 Cor. 11:25)

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. (Psa. 56:11)

This I know; for God is for me. (Psa. 56:9)

Whatever my God ordains is right;
His will is ever just;
However He orders now my cause,
I will be still and trust;
He is my God;
Though dark my road,
He holds me that I shall not fall;
Wherefore to Him I leave it all.

Friday, December 27, 2019

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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor. (Rom. 2:7)

Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. (2 John 3)

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. (2 Thess. 3:18)

May the grace of Christ our Savior,
And the Father’s boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit’s favor,
Rest upon us from above!

Thus may we abide in union
With each other and the Lord,
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth can ne’er afford.

Thursday, December 26, 2019

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God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. (Eph. 3:9)

All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. (John 1:3,10)

That the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me. (John 17:23)

When like a tent to dwell in,
   He spread the skies abroad,
And swathed about the swelling
   Of ocean’s mighty flood,
He wrought by weight and measure,
   And Thou wast with Him then;
Thyself the Father’s pleasure,
   And Thine the sons of men.

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

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She had brought forth her firstborn Son: and he called His name Jesus. (Matt. 1:25)

Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven. (Acts 1:11)

He who with hands uplifted
Went from the earth below,
Shall come again all gifted,
His blessing to bestow.

Before Him, on the mountains,
Shall peace, the herald, go;
And righteousness, in fountains,
From hill to valley flow.

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

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The Lord Himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14)

That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:35)

Thou art the Son of God; Thou art the King of Israel. (John 1:49)

Behold Him — behold thy Savior
Seated on the Father’s throne;
Object of God’s highest favor,
See Him, God’s beloved Son!

Once on earth in Bethlehem’s manger,
As a newborn babe He lay,
God come down a heavenly stranger,
Love to sinners to display.

Monday, December 23, 2019

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In the courts of the Lord’s house … praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 116:19)

The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord. (Isa. 38:20)

Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth. (Isa. 42:10)

Praise we to the Father give,
God in whom we move and live;
Children’s praise He loves to hear;
Children’s songs delight His ear.

Praise we to the Firstborn bring,
Christ the Prophet, Priest and King;
Glad we raise our sweetest strain
To the Lamb that once was slain!

Sunday, December 22, 2019

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Answerest Thou nothing? what is it which these witness against Thee? But Jesus held His peace. (Matt. 26:62‑63)

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth: who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously. (1 Peter 2:22‑23)

Jesus, the One who left the throne
To save a ruined race,
Thy love and lowliness still shine
Upon that glorious face.

Jesus, the One who trod the earth,
The lowly, subject One,
Obedience unto death was Thine,
God’s well-beloved Son!

Saturday, December 21, 2019

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We labor, and have no rest. (Lam. 5:5)

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. (Psa. 55:22)

Behold God is mine helper. (Psa. 54:4)

Oh what peace we often forfeit,
Oh what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

Are we weak and heavy laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge —
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Friday, December 20, 2019

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Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. (1 Peter 4:9‑10)

A bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry … but a lover of hospitality. (Titus 1:7‑8)

God bless this home and those who love it;
Fair be the skies which bend above it;
May never anger’s thoughtless word
Within these sheltering walls be heard;
May all who rest beside this fire
And then depart, glad thoughts inspire;
And make them feel who close the door,
Friendship has graced their home once
more.

Thursday, December 19, 2019

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Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:5‑6)

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever. (1 Peter 1:23)

Faith is not what we see or feel;
It is a simple trust
In what the God of love has said
Of Jesus as the Just.

It sees upon the throne of God
A victim that was slain;
It rests its all on His shed blood,
And says, “I’m born again.”

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

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I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. (Rev. 19:6)

The Lord shall reign forever and ever. (Ex. 15:18)

Son of God! With joy we praise Thee,
On the Father’s throne above;
All Thy wondrous work displays
Thee,
Full of grace and full of love!

Lord, accept our adoration —
For our sins Thou once wast slain;
Through Thy blood we have salvation;
Soon shall share Thine endless reign.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

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David speaketh concerning Him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of joy with Thy countenance. (Acts 2:25,28)

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and My revenue than choice silver. (Prov. 8:19)

Hush! oh, hush! for the Father
   Has fullness of joy in store,
Treasures of power and wisdom,
   And pleasures forevermore;
Blessing and honor and glory,
   Endless, infinite bliss —
Child of His love and His choice,
   Oh, canst thou not wait for this?

Monday, December 16, 2019

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Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching His vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill. (Isa. 5:1)

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear. (Song of Sol. 7:11‑12)

Oh what a love —
   That patiently empowereth;
Oh what a love —
   That blesseth common days,
In earthly garden
   Soweth seed that flowereth
In light and gladness;
   Lord, Thy love we praise!

Sunday, December 15, 2019

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Thou, even Thou, art Lord alone; Thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and Thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth Thee. (Neh. 9:6)

Worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (Rev. 14:7)

Lamb of God, our souls adore Thee,
   While upon Thy face we gaze;
There the Father’s love and glory
   Shine in all their brightest rays;
Thy almighty power and wisdom
   All creation’s works proclaim;
Heaven and earth alike confess Thee
   As the ever great I AM.

Saturday, December 14, 2019

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Didst see the affliction … and heardest their cry by the Red sea. (Neh. 9:9)

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so He led them through the depths. (Psa. 106:9)

To Him which divided the Red sea into parts: for His mercy endureth forever. (Psa. 136:13)

Have you come to the Red Sea place in
your life,
Where in spite of all you can do,
There is no way out; there is no way back;
There is no other way but through?
Then wait on the Lord with a trust serene
Till the night of your fear is gone;
He will send the wind; He will heap the
floods,
When He says to your soul, “Go on.”

Friday, December 13, 2019

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Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves. (1 Thess. 5:11‑13)

Yea, we adore, O Father, we adore Thee;
Hast Thou not guided, O Thou gentle
guide?
Make pure our praises as we wait before
Thee,
Whose love embraces us on every side.

Gifts hast Thou given of sister and of
brother;
O royal giver, blessed be Thy choice;
Thee, Thee, O Master, see we in each other,
Hear in each tone Thy well-beloved voice.

Thursday, December 12, 2019

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Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. (Rom. 8:7‑8)

All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. (Rom. 3:23)

Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. (Rom. 5:20)

Broken heart! The fountain’s open;
Christ has died upon the tree;
All the powers of hell are shaken;
Grace flows down from God to thee.

By one righteousness completed,
Adam’s life receives its doom;
Jesus Christ, in glory seated,
Everlasting life has won.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? (Heb. 1:14)

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. (Rom. 8:16‑17)

Oh, wonderful love that takes me,
Though wretched and stained with sin!
Oh, marvelous grace that makes me
All holy and pure within!

Oh, matchless mercy that rates me
Joint-heirs with God’s own Son!
Oh, golden glory that waits me
When tempests and clouds are done!

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power. Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead. (Col. 2:8‑10,12)

Complete in Him, our glorious Head,
With Jesus raised from the dead,
And by His mighty Spirit led!

O blessed Lord, is this for me?
Then let my whole life henceforth be
One Alleluia-song to Thee!

Monday, December 9, 2019

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Thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. (Ex. 30:6)

Through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. (Psa. 21:7)

I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation. (Psa. 13:5)

There is a place where mercy sheds
The oil of gladness on our heads;
A place than all beside more sweet —
It is the heavenly mercy-seat.

Thither by faith we upward soar,
And time and sense seem all no more,
For freely God our souls can greet
Where glory crowns the mercy-seat.

Sunday, December 8, 2019

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He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for He was before me. And of His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. (John 1:15‑18)

Thy lips the Father’s name to us reveal;
What burning power in all Thy words we
   feel,
When to our raptured hearts we hear Thee
   tell
The heavenly glories which Thou knowest so
   well.

No curse of law, in Thee was sovereign grace,
And now what glory in Thine unveiled face!
Thou didst attract the wretched and the weak,
Thy joy the wanderers and the lost to seek.

Saturday, December 7, 2019

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Not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. (Luke 15:13,20)

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. (Psa. 116:7)

Yet a great way off He saw me,
Ran to kiss me as I came;
As I was my Father loved me,
Loved me in my sin and shame.

Put them on me — robes of glory,
Spotless as the heavens above;
Not to meet my thoughts of fitness,
But His wondrous thoughts of love.

Friday, December 6, 2019

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Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (Gal. 5:1,6)

By the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. (Gal. 2:16)

“Stand fast in Christ”; ah! yet again
He teaches all the band;
If human efforts are in vain,
In Christ it is we stand.

“Rejoice in Him,” again, again,
The Spirit speaks the word,
And faith takes up the happy strain;
Our joy is in the Lord.

Thursday, December 5, 2019

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Behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him, and touched the hem of His garment: for she said within herself, If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned Him about, and when He saw her, He said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. (Matt. 9:20‑22)

Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)

Come, ye sinners poor and needy,
   Weak and wounded, sick and sore,
Jesus ready stands to save you,
   Full of pity, love and power;
      He is able;
   He is willing; doubt no more.

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. (Song of Sol. 2:11‑13)

Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also. (John 14:19)

For soon must pass the “little while”;
Then joy shall crown Thy servants’ toil:
And we shall hear Thee, Savior, say,
“Arise, My love, and come away;
Look up, for thou shalt weep no more,
But rest on heaven’s eternal shore.”

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

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Went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine … and took care of him. (Luke 10:34)

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. (Gen. 18:4)

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (Heb. 13:2)

Who is a stranger? He whom thou
Hast power to aid or bless,
Whose aching heart or burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press.

A stranger? He who drinks the cup
When sorrow drowns the brim;
With words of high, sustaining hope,
Go thou and comfort him.

Monday, December 2, 2019

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Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel. (Judg. 5:3)

Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; show forth from day to day His salvation. Declare His glory among the heathen; His marvelous works among all nations. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. (1 Chron. 16:23‑25)

O God, we acknowledge
Thy greatness, Thy glory!
For of Thee are all things
On earth and in heaven;
How rich is Thy mercy!
How great Thy salvation!
We bless Thee; we praise Thee:
Amen, and Amen.

Sunday, December 1, 2019

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Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of Man shall be delivered into the hands of men. (Luke 9:44)

Then took they Him, and brought Him into the high priest’s house. (Luke 22:54)

When they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him. (Luke 23:33)

See the lonely Man now bending,
In the lone Gethsemane,
Drops of blood His conflict marking
While He prays in agony!

Onward still to Calvary marching,
Onward still He speeds His way
(His own Father’s will fulfilling),
Love to sinners to display.