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February 2020

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Saturday, February 29, 2020

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He shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age. (Ruth 4:15)
Even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. (Isa. 46:4)
I know — this one triumphant word
Can silence doubts and banish fears;
I know that all things work for good
And I have proved it through the
   years;
I know my Shepherd’s guiding hand,
His faithfulness, His tender care,
That all my need He does supply
And all my burdens He does bear.

Friday, February 28, 2020

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Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. (Prov. 10:12)
Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. (Eph. 4:32)
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 live for one another,
Though we meet with cold disdain;
Upon the just and the unjust
God sends the sun and the rain.

Thursday, February 27, 2020

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Thou renderest to every man according to his work. (Psa. 62:12)
What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent. (John 6:28‑29)
God’s love in Christ we see,
Greater it could not be,
His only Son He gave —
He’s willing now to save
All who in Him believe;
“All things are ready, come!”
Christ everything has done —
The work is now complete,
“Before the mercy-seat”
A Savior you will meet —
“Yet there is room!”

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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Though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. (Job 19:26‑27)
As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness. (Psa. 17:15)
Give me a glimpse of glory, lest today
The burdens of this sphere of time and
   space
So crush me, that I faint beside the way,
Unmindful of Thine all-sufficient grace.
Forever and forever, Lord, with Thee!
Ah then, how trifling all life’s cares will
   seem!
One breath of air celestial, pure and free
And all the past will vanish as a dream.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. (Psa. 27:14)
Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me: for Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day. (Psa. 25:5)
The way of the righteous is made plain. (Prov. 15:19)
God’s ways are always perfect,
   His wisdom ne’er grows old,
And when through trials and testings
   His wonders you behold,
You’ll understand His perfect plan,
      and rest
   In His control.

Monday, February 24, 2020

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I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord. (Psa. 140:6)
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for Thou art my strength. (Psa. 31:4)
No words can tell what sweet relief
   Here for my every want I find;
What strength for warfare, balm
      for grief,
   What peace of mind!
Lord! till I reach yon blissful shore,
   No privilege so dear shall be
As thus my inmost soul to pour
   In prayer to Thee.

Sunday, February 23, 2020

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Thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. (Ex. 17:6)
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. (Psa. 78:15‑16)
Rock of Ages! cleft for sin,
Grace has hid us safe within!
Where the water and the blood,
From Thy riven side which flowed,
Are of sin the double cure;
Cleansing from its guilt and power.

Saturday, February 22, 2020

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The Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: and the Lord brought us forth … with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm. (Deut. 26:7‑8)
Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. (Jer. 31:3)
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!

Friday, February 21, 2020

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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. (Prov. 15:1)
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. (Eccl. 5:2)
Be swift, dear heart, in saying
   The kindly word;
When ears are sealed, your pleading
   Will not be heard.
Be swift, dear heart, in doing
   The gracious deed;
Lest soon, they whom you hold dearest
   Be past their need.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

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A time to be born, and a time to die. (Eccl. 3:2)
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with Thee, Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. (Job 14:5)
The number of thy days I will fulfill. (Ex. 23:26)
God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. (Dan. 5:26)
Riches, pleasure, idle pastimes:
   All these vanish with the grave;
Give your heart complete to Jesus;
   He alone your soul can save.
Just one life — ’tis all He offers;
   Just one life — ’twill soon be past;
Only in His boundless mercy
   Can we find true peace at last.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. (Heb. 11:13‑14)
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3)
Eternal in the heavens
   Is our prepared abode —
Radiant and pure, in light divine,
   The building of our God.
Come quickly, blessed Lord!
   Like exiles here we roam;
Fulfill to us Thy gracious word;
   Lord Jesus, take us home.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

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Prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal. 3:10)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. (Eph. 1:3)
Jesus, the bread of life, is given
   To be our daily food;
Within us dwells that well from heaven,
   The Spirit of our God.
Lord, ’tis enough; we ask no more;
   Thy grace around us pours
Its rich and unexhausted store,
   And all its joy is ours.

Monday, February 17, 2020

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Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. (Psa. 98:4)
Sing unto the Lord; for He hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. (Isa. 12:5)
Come, let us join our cheerful songs,
   And thus approach the throne:
Had we ten thousand thousand
      tongues,
   Our theme of joy’s but one.
Soon shall the saints, exalted high,
   A glorious anthem raise;
And all that dwell beneath the sky
   Speak forth Thine endless praise.

Sunday, February 16, 2020

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Every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. (Gen. 46:34)
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. (Matt. 26:31)
I lay down My life, that I might take it again. (John 10:17)
We’ll sing of the Shepherd that died,
That died for the sake of the flock;
His love to the utmost was tried,
But firmly endured as a rock.
Our song, then, forever shall be
Of the Shepherd who gave Himself thus;
No subject’s so glorious as He,
No theme so affecting to us.

Saturday, February 15, 2020

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Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me. (Job 31:35)
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. (Psa. 27:7)
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. (Psa. 91:15)
Fear not, I am with you, oh be not
   dismayed,
For I am your God, I will still give you
   aid;
I’ll strengthen you, help you, and cause
   you to stand,
Upheld by My gracious, omnipotent
   hand.

Friday, February 14, 2020

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I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: … but I will correct thee in measure. (Jer. 30:11)
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)
And shall I doubt His love today
   Because once more the mists arise,
Because His hand, though leading still,
   Is hidden from my blinded eyes?
Nay, help me to remember, Lord,
   As neath the chastening rod I bow,
Thy wondrous dealings in my life,
   Have proven I can trust Thee now.

Thursday, February 13, 2020

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They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. (Gen. 3:8)
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom. (Job 31:33)
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Prov. 28:13)
Come at once, thy way forsaking,
   Own thy sins with all their shame,
Claim God’s pardon, full, eternal,
   Now believing in His name;
Then with joy thy Lord confessing,
   Press thou on, the glory’s thine,
Wait His coming, live unto Him,
   Let your light thus brightly shine.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. (Isa. 60:19‑20)
Ah! who upon earth can conceive
The bliss that with Jesus we’ll share?
Or who this dark world would not
   leave
And earnestly long to be there?
There Christ is the light and the sun,
His glories unhinderedly shine;
Already our joy is begun,
Our rest is the glory divine.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

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Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. (Matt. 6:20)
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things. (Matt. 12:35)
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise. (Prov. 21:20)
Art thou weaned from Egypt’s pleasures?
   God in secret thee shall keep,
There unfold His hidden treasures,
   There His love’s exhaustless deep.
God, thine everlasting portion,
   Feeds thee with the mighty’s meat;
Price of Egypt’s hard extortion,
   Egypt’s food no more to eat.

Monday, February 10, 2020

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They cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and He saveth them out of their distresses. He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. (Psa. 107:19‑20)
O Lord my God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou hast healed me. (Psa. 30:2)
Clouds of darkness all around me,
Songs and praises in my soul;
God of heaven, still surround me
With Thy grace, and make me
   whole;
Let me rise to realms of glory
While Thy blessings o’er me roll.

Sunday, February 9, 2020

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The words of the Lord are pure words. (Psa. 12:6)
Seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him. (Luke 11:54)
All bare Him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. (Luke 4:22)
With joy our wondering hearts retrace
Thy ways on earth of power and grace;
We sit as learners at Thy feet,
Thy words than honey far more sweet.
Lord, we rejoice that Thou art gone
To sit upon Thy Father’s throne;
Thy path of shame and suffering o’er,
Thy heart shall grieve and mourn no
   more.

Saturday, February 8, 2020

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The Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire. And thou heardest His words out of the midst of the fire. (Deut. 4:12,36)
The Lord thy God is a merciful God. (Deut. 4:31)
Ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. (Dan. 3:26)
When through fiery trials your pathway
   shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be your
   supply;
The flames shall not hurt you; I only
   design
Your dross to consume and your gold to
   refine.

Friday, February 7, 2020

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Ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility. (1 Peter 5:5)
Before honor is humility. (Prov. 18:12)
What shall be our word for Jesus?
   Savior, give it day by day;
Ever as the need arises,
   Teach Thy children what to say;
Give us holy love and patience;
   Grant us deep humility,
That of self we may be emptied,
   And our hearts be full of Thee.

Thursday, February 6, 2020

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They are of those that rebel against the light. They know not the light. (Job 24:13,16)
This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (John 3:19)
I [Jesus] am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me should not abide in darkness. (John 12:46)
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
   “I am this dark world’s light;
Look unto Me: thy morn shall rise
   And all thy day be bright”;
I looked to Jesus, and I found
   In Him my star, my sun;
And in that light of life I’ll walk
   Till traveling days are done.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

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Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you. (Isa. 30:18)
The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. (2 Thess. 3:5)
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish. (2 Peter 3:9)
With Thee, O Lord, forever,
   Our souls shall be content,
Nor act nor thought shall ever
   Full joy with Thee prevent.
Oh come, then, soon, Lord Jesus;
   In patience still we wait,
Await the power that frees us —
   Our longed-for heavenly seat.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

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Whoso trusteth in the Lord, HAPPY is he. (Prov. 16:20)
Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in His ways. HAPPY shalt thou be. (Psa. 128:1‑2)
HAPPY is the man whom God correcteth. (Job 5:17)
HAPPY are thy men, HAPPY are these thy servants. (1 Kings 10:8)
HAPPY is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. (Rom. 14:22)
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, HAPPY are ye. (1 Peter 4:14)
Behold, we count them HAPPY which endure. (James 5:11)

Monday, February 3, 2020

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That day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. (Neh. 12:43)
Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare His praise in the islands. (Isa. 42:12)
Let all who know our God rejoice,
Praise Him in songs with cheerful
      voice,
   And live to Him alone:
Let sinners too take up the strain,
Exalt the Lamb for sinners slain,
   The coming Savior own.

Sunday, February 2, 2020

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His great love wherewith He loved us. (Eph. 2:4)
The sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. (1 Peter 1:11)
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 surpasseth 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.

Saturday, February 1, 2020

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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. (Job 17:7)
The Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear. (Isa. 14:3)
I was so sorrowful, so spent,
I only asked to dwell apart,
And in the silence and the dark
To nurse my bruised and broken
   heart;
My Father came and took my hand
And led me forth in paths unknown;
He filled my days with peace and
   rest;
He would not let me weep alone.
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