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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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| He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. (Isa. 53:2) |
| Sir, we would see Jesus. (John 12:21) |
| Lord Jesus! when we think of Thee, Of all Thy love and grace, Our spirits long and fain would see Thy beauty face to face. |
| We praise, we worship, we adore, As round Thyself we meet; Thy beauty, Lord, our souls transports, While bowing at Thy feet. |
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| They say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? (Psa. 73:11) |
| Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding. (Isa. 40:28) |
| Jesus, when He came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion. (Mark 6:34) |
| I know that I can trust the Lord To keep the stars in place, To grant the lark, the rose, the oak His wisdom and His grace. |
| Then why should I refuse to trust Those things I cannot see To Him who knows tomorrow’s needs? He cares for you and me. |
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| Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. (Matt. 16:24) |
| Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world. (Titus 2:12) |
| Savior, we long to follow Thee, Daily Thy cross to bear, And count all else, whate’er it be, Unworthy of our care. |
| Oh teach us so the power to know Of risen life with Thee; Not we may live while here below, But Christ our life may be. |
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| They were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. (Rev. 20:13‑14) |
| He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; he that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. (Rev. 2:11) |
| This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation. We trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe. (1 Tim. 4:9‑10) |
| Oh, what will you do with Jesus? The call comes low and clear; The solemn words are sounding In every listening ear; Immortal life’s in the question, And joy through eternity: Then what will you do with Jesus? Oh, what shall the answer be? |
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| Make haste, my beloved, and be Thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Sol. 8:14) |
| He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly: Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. (Rev. 22:20) |
| Oh may this hope our spirits cheer, While waiting for our Savior here; He’ll quickly come again; Oh may our hearts look for that day, And to His word responsive say, “Come, Jesus, Lord. Amen.” |
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| Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. (Ex. 28:29) |
| Whose names are in the book of life. (Phil. 4:3) |
| Our names, from the palms of His hands Eternity will not erase: Impressed on His heart they remain In marks of indelible grace: And we to the end shall endure As sure as the earnest is given; More happy, but not more secure, The spirits departed to heaven. |
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| He took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. (Acts 3:7,9) |
| Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing. (Isa. 35:6) |
| The heart within us leapeth, And cannot down be cast, Since with our God it keepeth Its never-ending feast; The sun which, smiling, lights us, Is Jesus Christ alone: And what to song incites us Is heaven on earth begun. |
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| With Him they crucify two thieves; the one on His right hand, and the other on His left. (Mark 15:27) |
| He was numbered with the transgressors. (Isa. 53:12) |
| Oh, my Savior crucified, Near Thy cross would I abide, Gazing with adoring eye On Thy dying agony. |
| In His spotless soul’s distress, I have learned my guiltiness; Oh, how vile my low estate, Since my ransom was so great. |
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| Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. He also shall be my salvation. (Job 13:15‑16) |
| Then Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent His angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him … and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. (Dan. 3:28) |
| Whatever distress awaits us below, Such plentiful grace the Lord will bestow, As still shall support us and silence our fear, And nothing can hurt us while Jesus is near. |
| We trust in His protection; we’ll lean on His might; We’re sure His direction will guide us aright: We know who surrounds us, almighty to save; And no one confounds us the Savior who have. |
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| I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. (Psa. 32:5) |
| Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness. (Psa. 51:19) |
| No more my countless sins shall rise To fill me with dismay — That precious blood before His eyes Has put them all away. |
| Forgotten every stain and spot, Their memory past and gone; For me, O God, Thou seest not: Thou lookest on Thy Son. |
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| The waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam. (Josh. 3:16) |
| Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression. (Rom. 5:14) |
| All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. (Rom. 3:23) |
| He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. (John 3:36) |
| By one righteousness completed, Adam life received its doom; Jesus Christ in glory seated, Everlasting life has won. |
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| He MUST increase, but I must decrease. (John 3:30) |
| He MUST reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. (1 Cor. 15:25‑26) |
| Soon righteousness shall rule, All Satan’s power restrain: Jesus Jehovah be the King, O’er Jews and Gentiles reign. |
| Jesus Himself shall come, The world receive His word; And all creation own His sway — The universal Lord. |
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| The Lord your God, who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. (Deut. 1:32‑33) |
| Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. (Isa. 30:21) |
| A cloudy pillar marked the road And screened them from the heat; From the hard rock the water flowed, And manna was their meat. |
| His word a light before us spreads, By which our path we see; His love, a banner o’er our heads, From harm preserves us free. |
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| In God will I praise His word: in the Lord will I praise His word. (Psa. 56:10) |
| Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto Thee. (Psa. 56:12) |
| Oh may Thy Spirit guide our souls And mold them to Thy will, That from Thy paths we ne’er may stray, But keep Thy precepts still! |
| 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. |
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| Then saith He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. (Matt. 26:38) |
| Because He hath poured out His soul unto death. (Isa. 53:12) |
| How deep the sorrow, who can tell, Which was for us endured? Oh love divine, which broke the spell Which had our hearts allured; With heart and conscience now set free, It is our joy to think of Thee. |
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| The God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under. (Gen. 49:25) |
| There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in His excellency on the sky. (Deut. 33:26) |
| Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. |
| Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope in years to come, Be Thou our guard from stormy blast, And our eternal home. |
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| He [Jesus] went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them. (Mark 2:13) |
| They were astonished at His doctrine: for His word was with power. (Luke 4:32) |
| There they made Him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him. (John 12:2) |
| Christ never asks of us such busy labor As leaves no time for resting at His feet; The waiting attitude of expectation He ofttimes counts a service most complete. |
| Then seek to please Him, whatsoe’er He bids you Whether to do, to suffer, to lie still! ’Twill matter little by what path He led you, If in it all you sought to do His will. |
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| Prepare to meet Thy God. (Amos 4:12) |
| Prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward Him. (Job 11:13) |
| Ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. (James 4:14) |
| Time is gliding swiftly by, Death and judgment both draw nigh, To the arms of Jesus fly: Be in time! Oh, I pray you count the cost, Ere the fatal line be crossed, And your Christless soul be lost — Be in time! |
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| He carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God; and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. (Rev. 21:10‑11,22) |
| There is a wondrous city, Beautiful, bright and fair; The throne of God is in it And the glory of God is there; And in the wondrous city There shall be no more night; Forever and forever The Lamb shall be its light; Blessed are they who love Him And they who keep His Word; They shall enter into the city To dwell in the house of the Lord. |
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| Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. (Jer. 6:16) |
| I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble. (Jer. 31:9) |
| Savior! lead us by Thy power Safe into the promised rest; Choose the path, the way whatever Seems to Thee, O Lord, the best: Be our guide in every peril, Watch and keep us night and day, Else our foolish hearts will wander From the straight and narrow way. |
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| Seeing He [God] giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. (Acts 17:25) |
| The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. (Job 33:4) |
| Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 104:35) |
| Thou who fillest all things, in Thee, living, moving, Evermore are we; Shoreless sea unsounded, mystery and wonder, Sinks my soul in Thee — I in Thee — no longer Bound in self’s dark prison, And the life that moves me, Fills me, Christ arisen. |
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| God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. (Gen. 1:26) |
| Made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. (Phil. 2:7) |
| Though in the very form of God, With heavenly glory crowned, Thou didst a servant’s form assume, Beset with sorrow round. |
| Thou wouldst like wretched man be made In everything but sin, That we as like Thee might become As we unlike had been. |
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| If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul. (Psa. 124:1,4) |
| Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (Psa. 124:8) |
| Fear not, though the dangers around you Come close and look large and grow great; I will make you a way through the waters Till their force and their fury abate; I will walk through the furnace beside you And the flame shall not burn, but refine; I have called you and I have redeemed you! Fear not; you are Mine. |
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| Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. (Col. 3:15) |
| Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. (Col. 3:16) |
| Let your speech be always with grace. (Col. 4:6) |
| If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. (John 13:17) |
| How best can I my Father glorify? Naught can be added to His majesty; But I can let His glory through me shine And shed on all around His light divine. |
| So let my soul be flooded with Thy light; So let my heart be opened to Thy sight; So glorify Thyself, O Lord, in me, Till all my being answers, Lord, to Thee. |
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| I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee. (Hos. 11:9) |
| There is no God else beside me; a just God and a Savior; there is none beside Me. (Isa. 45:21) |
| They that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee. (Psa. 9:10) |
| Christ is the only Savior, Almighty to save, He who suffered once for sins And entered the grave; Sing how the wrath of God On Calvary’s cross He bore, How by death He conquered death And lives forevermore — And now all who trust in Christ Safely reach heaven’s shore. |
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| Within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it. (Josh. 1:11) |
| This is the promise that He hath promised us, even eternal life. (1 John 2:25) |
| Fair the scene that lies before me, Life eternal Jesus gives; While He waves His banner o’er me, Sure His promise! I shall live because He lives. |
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| The space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years. (Deut. 2:14) |
| Whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. (John 5:4‑5) |
| Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation. (Psa. 51:12) |
| Our heart and our flesh may fail us, And the mists of sin may rise; They may hide the land of the glory From our faithless, wandering eyes; But the Spirit within us fails not Forever to tell of Him; And His face is seen in its beauty When all is dim. |
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| My mouth shall show forth Thy righteousness and Thy salvation. (Psa. 71:15) |
| My tongue also shall talk of Thy righteousness all the day long. (Psa. 71:24) |
| Because Thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee. (Psa. 63:3) |
| Our hearts are full of Christ, and long Their glorious matter to declare! Of Him we make our loftier song — We cannot from His praise forbear: Our ready tongues make haste to sing The glories of the heavenly King. |
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| Thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand. Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand. (Jer. 25:15,17) |
| He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Thee; take away this cup from Me: nevertheless, not what I will, but what Thou wilt. (Mark 14:35‑36) |
| He is speaking to His Father, Tasting deep that bitter cup, Yet He takes it, willing rather For our sakes to drink it up; Oh what love! He loved me! Gave Himself, my soul, for thee. |
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| Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. (Isa. 43:1) |
| I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. (Isa. 45:3) |
| Fear not: I have called you and named you; You are precious and dear unto Me; I have chosen you, loved you and saved you My praise and My glory to be; I have given My life for your ransom; My blood is the seal and the sign; Your Savior, your God, your Redeemer — Fear not: I am yours — you are Mine. |
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| In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year … the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither. (Ezek. 40:1) |
| Whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. (John 14:4) |
| God’s sovereign grace to us has given, While pilgrims here below, A share in all the joys of heaven, And that blest heaven to know. |
| Then, Lord, remove whate’er divides Our longing souls from Thee; ’Tis fit that where the Head resides, The members’ hearts should be. |