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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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| WHOSOEVER will save his life shall lose it: and WHOSOEVER will lose his life for My sake shall find it. (Matt. 16:25) |
| That through His name [Jesus] WHOSOEVER believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins. (Acts 10:43) |
| WHOSOEVER therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 10:32) |
| Whosoever will, the promise is secure; Whosoever will, forever shall endure; Whosoever will, ’tis life forevermore; Whosoever will may come. |
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| The third day there was a marriage. (John 2:1) |
| Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready. And He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. (Rev. 19:7,9) |
| The bride eyes not her garment, But her dear bridegroom’s face; I will not gaze on glory, But on my King of grace — Not at the crown He giveth, But on His pierced hand: The Lamb is all the glory Of Immanuel’s land. |
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| Our friends salute thee. GREET the friends by name. (3 John 14) |
| All the brethren GREET you. GREET ye one another with a holy kiss. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (1 Cor. 16:20,23‑24) |
| All that are with me salute thee. GREET them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. (Titus 3:15) |
| The children of thy elect sister GREET thee. Amen. (2 John 13) |
| Where all the saints of every clime shall meet, And each with all shall all the ransomed GREET, But oh! the height of bliss, my Lord, shall be To owe it all, and share it all with Thee. |
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| Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, Thou preservest man and beast. (Psa. 36:5‑6) |
| Satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the Lord. (Deut. 33:23) |
| Jesus, who on His glorious throne Rules heaven and earth and sea, Is pleased to claim me for His own, And give Himself to me. |
| From pole to pole let others roam, And search in vain for bliss; My soul is satisfied at home; The Lord my portion is. |
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| The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14) |
| Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (1 Tim. 3:16) |
| Lamb of God! When we behold Thee Lowly in the manger laid; Wandering as a homeless stranger In the world Thy hands had made. |
| Thy almighty power and wisdom All creation’s works proclaim; Heaven and earth alike confess Thee As the ever great I AM. |
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| I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto Thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Thy name. (Psa. 142:4‑5,7) |
| The prison walls surround you; No human help is nigh, But blest is the assurance Your Savior reigns on high. |
| When shadowed in the darkness, And pressed by every foe, Then let your gladdest carols And sweetest anthems flow. |
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| Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? (Job 38:4,7) |
| Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. (Luke 2:13‑14) |
| How rightly rose the praises Of heaven that wondrous night, When shepherds hid their faces In brightest angel-light! |
| More just those acclamations Than when the glorious band Chanted earth’s deep foundations, Just laid by God’s right hand. |
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| If, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. (Rom. 5:10‑11) |
| His precious blood was shed for me, And in that precious blood I see The righteous ground, the perfect plea, For my complete “acceptance.” |
| And as I gaze, my joys abound, For now on resurrection ground I see the Lamb with glory crowned Who died for my “acceptance.” |
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| The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. (Rom. 15:13) |
| We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Gal. 5:5) |
| We wait for Thee — Thou wilt arise Whilst hope her watch is keeping; Forgotten then, in glad surprise, Shall be our years of weeping; Our hearts beat high; the dawn is nigh That ends our pilgrim story In Thine eternal glory! |
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| Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God. (1 John 4:7) |
| Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. (1 John 4:11) |
| God has given a standard of love to His own, That His children should have for each other; That as He unto us love unmeasured has shown, We ought also to love one another. |
| Our Savior beseeches us ever to show This, the greatest of all virtues given; For by love to each other, shall other men know The heart of our Father in heaven. |
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| Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His deeds among the people. Sing unto Him, sing psalms unto Him, talk ye of all His wondrous works. (1 Chron. 16:8‑9) |
| Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud Him, all ye people. (Rom. 15:11) |
| Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the people rejoice! Oh come to the Father, through Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory; great things He has done. |
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| Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath: for Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. (Psa. 102:10) |
| Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. (John 12:24) |
| Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13) |
| Our sins were laid on His sacred head; The curse by our Lord was borne; For us a victim our Savior bled, And endured that death of scorn; Himself He gave our poor hearts to win — (Was ever love, Lord, like Thine!) From the paths of folly and shame and sin, And fill them with joys divine. |
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| HOLD Thou me up, and I shall be safe. (Psa. 119:117) |
| Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy right hand hath HOLDEN me up, and Thy gentleness hath made me great. (Psa. 18:35) |
| Thou hast HOLDEN me by my right hand. (Psa. 73:23) |
| Thus saith the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have HOLDEN. (Isa. 45:1) |
| Yea, he shall be HOLDEN up: for God is able to make him stand. (Rom. 14:4) |
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| Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 18:4) |
| If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. (John 13:14) |
| A staff, for others to lean on, Strong hands to help the weak, A loving heart with open door, To all who solace seek. |
| If, like the Master, I can give, Myself, for those around, Rich joy and peace shall fill my soul, Sweet rest and love abound. |
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| How think ye? if a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? (Matt. 18:12) |
| The Son of Man is come to save that which was lost. (Matt. 18:11) |
| I was a wandering sheep; I did not love the fold; I did not love my Shepherd’s voice; I would not be controlled; ’Twas He that found the lost, That found the wandering sheep; ’Twas He that brought me to the fold: ’Tis He that still does keep. |
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| In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreproveable in His sight. (Col. 1:22) |
| That ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 1:8) |
| Do Thou, the very God of peace, Us wholly sanctify, And grant us such a rich increase Of power from on high, That spirit, soul and body may, Preserved free from stain, Be blameless until that great day; Lord Jesus Christ, Amen! |
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| I took THEM by the hand to lead them out. (Heb. 8:9) |
| By the good hand of our God upon US they brought us a man of understanding. (Ezra 8:18) |
| Came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of HIS God upon him. (Ezra 7:9) |
| The king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon ME. (Neh. 2:8) |
| Always in His beloved hands our ways, And on His heart the wandering heart at rest; And comfort for the weary one who lays His head upon His breast. |
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| I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. (Mic. 7:7) |
| My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up. (Psa. 5:3) |
| Sit still, my daughter! Just sit calmly still! Nor deem these days — these waiting days — as ill! The One who loves thee best, who plans thy way, Has not forgotten thy great need today! And, if He waits, ’tis sure He waits to prove To thee, His tender child, His heart’s deep love. |
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| Mine ears hast Thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast Thou not required. (Psa. 40:6) |
| He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before His shearer, so opened He not His mouth. (Acts 8:32) |
| All Thine enemies have opened their mouth against Thee. (Lam. 2:16) |
| O Christ, what burdens bowed Thy head! Our load was laid on Thee; Thou stoodest in the sinner’s stead — To bear all ill for me; A victim led, Thy blood was shed; Now there’s no load for me. |
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| There was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. (Judg. 9:51) |
| The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Prov. 18:10) |
| I know — upon this lighthouse tower The winds and waves shall beat in vain; I know that my Redeemer lives And in His death all death was slain; I know my life is hid with Him Beyond the reach of change or harm, And life and death to me are one Within the shelter of His arm. |
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| Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done. (Ezra 7:23) |
| Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. (Eccl. 9:10) |
| That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God. (Col. 1:10) |
| Teach us, dear Lord, how to give All we have and are to Thee; Grant us, Savior, while we live, Wholly, only, Thine to be; Henceforth be our calling high, Thee to serve and glorify; Ours no longer, but Thine own, Thine forever, Thine alone! |
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| The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psa. 34:18) |
| Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Luke 5:31‑32) |
| 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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| Unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. (Jude 24‑25) |
| God, my Father, waiteth there to greet me, Child of His delight; In the well-beloved Son presented Faultless in His sight. |
| Loved with all the love that fills the heavens With eternal song — Weep not, weary heart — how short the sorrow, And the love how long! |
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| Shall not God search this out? for He knoweth the secrets of the heart. (Psa. 44:21) |
| Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psa. 139:23‑24) |
| O Lord our God, to Thee is known Our inmost heart’s desire; Thy love is fire, Thy love alone; Oh bathe our souls in fire. |
| And purely purge away our dross, And take away our tin; And by the virtue of Thy cross Renew us, Lord, within. |
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| Isaac went out to MEDITATE in the field at the eventide. (Gen. 24:63) |
| His delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he MEDITATE day and night. (Psa. 1:2) |
| I will MEDITATE in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways. (Psa. 119:15) |
| I MEDITATE on all Thy works; I muse on the work of Thy hands. (Psa. 143:5) |
| MEDITATE upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. (1 Tim. 4:15) |
| We need the solitary place For study, thought and prayer: We need the strength and added grace He gives while kneeling there. |
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| Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. (Psa. 69:14‑15) |
| Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. (Psa. 88:6) |
| ’Twas on that night of deepest woe, When darkness round did thicken, When through deep waters Thou didst go, And for our sins wast stricken; Thou, Lord, didst seek that we should be With grateful hearts remembering Thee. |
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| Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be FILLED. (Matt. 5:6) |
| He hath FILLED the hungry with good things. (Luke 1:53) |
| Thou openest Thine hand, they are FILLED with good. (Psa. 104:28) |
| Come unto Me, ye brokenhearted Who walk alone life’s thorny ways; For you I felt Myself forsaken, And now am with you all the days; My love alone is everlasting; The heart I made, shall I not FILL? Come, lonely, sad, your want confessing, And all your longing still. |
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| It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matt. 4:4) |
| Receive, I pray thee, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in thine heart. (Job 22:22) |
| Should every other earthly thing Be severed from my grasp, I pray that I may ever hold My Bible till the last. |
| But should the printed page dissolve, Or failing sight grow dim, Remembering, I’ll oft repeat Sweet promises from Him. |
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| That He [God] might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Rom. 3:26) |
| Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace. (Job 22:21) |
| Come to the Savior now! He gently calleth thee; In true repentance bow; Before Him bend the knee; He waiteth to bestow Salvation, peace and love, True joy on earth below, A home in heaven above. |
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| Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him. (Matt. 25:6) |
| The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for His mercy endureth forever. (Jer. 33:11) |
| The Bridegroom from His chamber goeth forth, Resplendent as the sun; O bride, arise, and put thy jewels on, The desert journey done. |
| The joy of God’s high city sounds afar, Through portals open wide; All heaven awaits the longed-for marriage, The Bridegroom and the bride. |
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| The word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. (Deut. 30:14) |
| Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee. (Psa. 119:11) |
| The Spirit breathes upon the Word And brings the truth to sight; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. |
| My soul rejoices to pursue The steps of Him I love; Till glory breaks upon my view In brighter worlds above. |