Christians Daily Calendar – September 2020

September 2020

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. (Isa. 11:9)

His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. (Hab. 3:3)

There shall be pools where the parched
      ground lies,
   For the day of redemption nears,
And past the endless-seeming strife
   Of the endless-seeming years
There shines the vision of peace to come
   In the age that is yet to be,
When the glory of God shall cover the
      earth
   As the waters cover the sea.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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When Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet. (John 11:32)

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. (John 12:3)

Mary hath chosen that good part. (Luke 10:42)

Oh give me Mary’s heart today
To sit in stillness at Thy feet,
To know Thy thoughts and see Thy face,
To know what service here is meet.

For busy hands and busy tongues
There may be work — and words — to do;
But only as I sit to hear
Will words — or works — give blessing
true.

Monday, September 28, 2020

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God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. (Gen. 21:19)

Their eyes were opened, and they knew Him. (Luke 24:31)

Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in the heavens. (Psa. 123:1)

Forever to behold Him shine!
Forevermore to call Him mine!
And see Him still before me;
Forever on His face to gaze,
And meet the full assembled rays,
While all His beauty He displays
To all the saints in glory!

Sunday, September 27, 2020

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The fire that saith not, It is enough. (Prov. 30:16)

The fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. (1 Kings 18:38)

Thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. (Isa. 51:17)

Death and the curse were in our cup —
   O Christ, ’twas full for Thee!
But Thou hast drained the last dark
      drop;
   ’Tis empty now for me;
That bitter cup — love drank it up;
   Left but the love for me.

Saturday, September 26, 2020

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It was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God. (Psa. 73:16‑17)

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee. (Psa. 20:2)

To see Thy power and Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary. (Psa. 63:2)

Jesus! before Thy face we fall,
Our Lord, our life, our hope, our all;
For we have nowhere else to flee;
No sanctuary, Lord, but Thee.

Through time, with all its changing
scenes,
And all the grief that intervenes,
Let this support each fainting heart,
That Thou our sanctuary art.

Friday, September 25, 2020

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He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much. (Luke 16:10)

It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. (1 Cor. 4:2)

Take Thou my voice, O Lord; I give it
gladly,
Let it proclaim to all the world Thy love;
Take Thou my tongue and may it glorify
Thee,
Until at last I sing Thy praise above.

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.

Thursday, September 24, 2020

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What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (Mark 8:36)

Choose you this day whom ye will serve. (Josh. 24:15)

If I gained the world, but lost the
   Savior,
Who endured the cross and died for
   me,
Could then all the world afford a
   refuge
Whither in my anguish I might flee?

If I have but Jesus, only Jesus,
Nothing else in all the world beside —
Oh then everything is mine in Jesus;
For my needs and more He will
provide.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

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Whither the head looked they followed. (Ezek. 10:11)

An ensample unto you to follow. (2 Thess. 3:9)

Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand within Thy gates. (Psa. 122:1‑2)

Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him we roam,
Yet nightly pitch our moving tent
A day’s march nearer home.

Our Father’s home on high,
Home to our souls how dear,
E’en now to faith’s transpiercing eye
Thy golden gates appear.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

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Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up. (1 Kings 17:19)

He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom. (Isa. 40:11)

Jesus beholding him loved him. (Mark 10:21)

Since His love and mercy found us,
   We are precious in His sight;
Thousands now may fall around
      us,
   Thousands more be put to flight,
         But His presence
   Keeps us safe by day and night.

Monday, September 21, 2020

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They have seen Thy goings, O God … in the sanctuary. (Psa. 68:24)

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? (Psa. 77:13)

Honor and majesty are before Him: strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. (Psa. 96:6)

When I lift up my eyes on high
And see eternal wonders shine,
Can I a glorious God deny,
Or doubt His sovereignty divine?

Unnumbered splendors from on high
The great Creator’s hand proclaim
And spread abroad from sky to sky
The glories of His sovereign name.

Sunday, September 20, 2020

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Thou madest Him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst Him with glory and honor, and didst set Him over the works of Thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet. For in that He put all in subjection under Him, He left nothing that is not put under Him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man. (Heb. 2:7‑9)

Though angels may with rapture see
How mercy flows in Jesus’ blood,
It is not theirs to prove, as we,
The cleansing virtue of this flood.

Though angels praise the heavenly King,
And Him their Lord adoring own,
We can with exultation sing,
“He wears our nature on the throne.”

Saturday, September 19, 2020

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My sighs are many, and my heart is faint. (Lam. 1:22)

Let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; for the Lord your God is He that goeth with you. (Deut. 20:3‑4)

He was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted. (Matt. 9:36)

I could not do without Thee!
   No other friend can read
The spirit’s strange, deep longings,
   Interpreting its need;
No human heart could enter
   Each deep recess of mine,
And soothe and hush and calm it,
   O blessed Lord, but Thine!

Friday, September 18, 2020

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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. (Eccl. 11:1)

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth. (Prov. 11:24)

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. (Eccl. 11:6)

Let us watch awhile the sowers;
   Let us mark their tiny grain,
Scattered oft in doubt and trembling,
   Sown in weakness or in pain;
Then let faith, with radiant finger,
   Lift the veil from unseen things,
Where the golden sheaves are bending
   And the harvest anthem rings.

Thursday, September 17, 2020

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When they came to Jesus, and saw that He was dead already, they brake not His legs: but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. (John 19:33‑34)

Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold … but with the precious blood of Christ. (1 Peter 1:18‑19)

Precious blood that has redeemed us,
All the price is paid!
Perfect pardon now is offered;
Peace is made.

Precious blood, whose full atonement
Makes us nigh to God!
Precious blood, our song and glory,
Praise and laud!

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

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If in this life only we have HOPE in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. (1 Cor. 15:19)

If that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. Seeing then that we have such HOPE, we use great plainness of speech. (2 Cor. 3:11‑12)

Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and HOPE to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:13)

In HOPE we lift our wishful, longing
eyes,
Waiting to see the morning star arise;
How bright, how gladsome will His
advent be,
Before the sun shines forth in majesty.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

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I have loved you, saith the Lord. (Mal. 1:2)

As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you. (John 15:9)

I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him. (John 14:21)

The Father Himself loveth you. (John 16:27)

Far within the depth of glory,
In the Father’s house above,
We have learned His wondrous
secret;
We have learned His heart of love:
We have seen and we have shared
That bright joy He has prepared.

Monday, September 14, 2020

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Then came she and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, help me. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. (Matt. 15:25,28)

And shall not Jesus hear
His chosen, when they cry?
Yes, though He may awhile forbear,
He’ll help them from on high.

Then let us earnest be,
And never faint in prayer;
He loves our importunity,
And makes our cause His care.

Sunday, September 13, 2020

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Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or else believe Me for the very works’ sake. (John 14:11)

All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord; and Thy saints shall bless Thee. (Psa. 145:10)

Give thanks aloud to God;
   To God your praises bring;
To God upon His throne
   His works and glories sing;
Thy power and grace are still the
      same;
Let endless praise exalt His
      name.

Saturday, September 12, 2020

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She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. … She hath none to comfort her. (Lam. 1:2)

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. (Job 16:20)

Are you disappointed? Come to Me;
I will never be a grief to thee;
Hurt by hand you trusted? Come to
Me;
Words of healing I will give to thee;
Are you broken? Come, My child, to
Me;
I, your comforter, will comfort thee;
Even friends can often changeful be;
I will always be the same to thee.

Friday, September 11, 2020

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Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord. (Lev. 19:32)

Speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: that the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (Titus 2:1‑2)

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning. (1 John 2:13)

Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father. (1 Tim. 5:1)

So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess;
So let our words and virtues shine
To prove the doctrine all divine.

Thursday, September 10, 2020

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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psa. 51:7)

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)

Though thy sins are red like crimson,
Deep in scarlet glow,
Jesus’ precious blood can make them
White as snow.

Precious, precious blood of Jesus,
Ever offered free!
Oh believe it; oh receive it;
’Tis for thee!

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

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Little children, it is the last time. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. (1 John 2:18,24)

On, O beloved children,
   The evening is at hand,
And desolate and fearful
   The solitary land;
Take heart! the rest eternal
   Awaits our weary feet;
From strength to strength press
      onwards,
   The end, how passing sweet!

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

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Every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. (Song of Sol. 3:8)

Take … the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Eph. 6:17)

Thy Word is like a starry host;
A thousand rays of light
Are seen to guide the traveler,
And make his pathway bright.

Oh, may I find my armor there;
Thy Word my trusty sword,
I’ll learn to fight with every foe
The battle of the Lord.

Monday, September 7, 2020

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He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary. (Psa. 102:19)

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power. (Psa. 150:1)

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. (Psa. 134:2)

He fills the throne — the throne above;
He fills it without wrong;
The object of His Father’s love,
Theme of the ransomed’s song.

Though high yet He accepts the praise
His people offer here;
The faintest, feeblest cry they raise
Will reach the Savior’s ear.

Sunday, September 6, 2020

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The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. (Psa. 118:22‑23)

This [Jesus Christ] is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. (Acts 4:11)

As one with him we rest secure —
Unchanging does His work
endure —
Now seated on the Father’s throne,
Elect and precious cornerstone,
On Him we rest — on Him alone —
“He is our peace.”

Saturday, September 5, 2020

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In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. (Psa. 77:2‑3)

I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning: for Thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble. (Psa. 59:16)

Our God gives us songs in the midnight,
When our feet are held fast in the stocks;
And sends with the praises He giveth,
The unloosing of bars and locks.

And treasures are found in the darkness,
And riches are hidden in store;
And sorrow oft gives us a song to sing,
Unknown to us heretofore.

Friday, September 4, 2020

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Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. (Prov. 30:10)

Destroy not him … for whom Christ died. (Rom. 14:15)

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. (Rom. 14:19)

We look to meet our brethren
From every distant shore;
Not one will seem a stranger,
Though never seen before.

Oh make us each more holy,
In spirit, pure and meek:
More like to heavenly citizens,
As more of heaven we speak.

Thursday, September 3, 2020

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If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. (Luke 16:31)

Beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He [Jesus] expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. (Luke 24:27)

The Bible tells us Jesus died
A sacrifice for sin;
The gates of heaven to open wide,
That we may enter in.

The Bible tells us Jesus rose,
And left the silent grave,
Triumphant over all His foes,
The mighty One to save.

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

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They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy power; to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom. (Psa. 145:11‑12)

The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God. (Rev. 11:15‑16)

Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad His wonderful name;
The name, all victorious, of Jesus extol;
His kingdom is glorious — He’ll reign over all.

Salvation to God, who sits on the throne,
Let all shout aloud, and honor the Son;
The praises of Jesus God’s saints will proclaim;
They’ll fall on their faces to worship the Lamb.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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It came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus Himself drew near, and went with them. And He said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? (Luke 24:15,17)

His words were as balm to their troubled
      souls,
   And His smile dispelled their fears,
And their hearts were warmed as His
      voice of love
   Fell like music on their ears.

Their world was changed as they talked
      with Him,
   And their way so dark and lone,
As they journeyed on with their risen
      Lord,
   In the light of His presence shone.