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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

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Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God … and the people did fear before the Lord. Then spake Haggai the Lord’s messenger in the Lord’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord. And the Lord stirred up the spirit … of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God. (Hag. 1:12‑14)
With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men; knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord. (Eph. 6:7‑8)
Oh to be used of the Lord,
   A tool in His mighty hand,
Ready for instant service,
   Waiting for His command.

Monday, August 30, 2021

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Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. His work is honorable and glorious: and His righteousness endureth forever. (Psa. 111:1‑3)
O God of grace, our Father,
   All praise we give to Thee;
’Tis in Thy sovereign favor
   All blessedness we see;
There only is the fountain
   Whence living waters flow,
Which like a glorious river
   Still gladden as they go.

Sunday, August 29, 2021

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Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Abraham said, My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering. (Gen. 22:6,8)
Looking upon Jesus as He walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! (John 1:36)
When we see Thee as the victim
   Nailed to the accursed tree,
For our guilt and folly stricken,
   All our judgment borne by Thee,
Lord, we own, with hearts adoring,
   Thou hast washed us in Thy blood:
Glory, glory everlasting,
   Be to Thee, Thou Lamb of God!

Saturday, August 28, 2021

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I will bring … through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them. (Zech. 13:9)
Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us: for Thou also hast wrought all our works in us. (Isa. 26:12)
And the gold grew brighter and yet more
      bright,
   But our eyes were dim with tears;
We saw but the fire — not the Master’s
      hand,
   And questioned with anxious fears.
So He waited there with a watchful eye,
   With a love that is strong and sure,
And His gold did not suffer a bit more heat
   Than was needed to make it pure.

Friday, August 27, 2021

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Your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full. (Lev. 26:5)
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest … shall not cease. (Gen. 8:22)
This I say, brethren, the time is short. (1 Cor. 7:29)
I only have a little time
   To talk to men for Him;
They only have a little time
   To turn their hearts from sin.
For when to fairer realms we go
   And there behold His face,
We’ll praise our God for time we gave
   To live and serve by grace.

Thursday, August 26, 2021

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Behold, two blind men sitting by the wayside, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Thou Son of David. And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto Him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. (Matt. 20:30,32‑33)
The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple; and He healed them. (Matt. 21:14)
The pleasures lost I sadly mourned,
   But never wept for Thee,
Till grace the sightless eyes received,
   Thy loveliness to see.
O Christ, in Thee my soul has found,
   And found in Thee alone,
The peace, the joy I sought so long,
   The bliss till now unknown.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

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If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. (Job 14:14)
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself. (Phil. 3:21)
’Tis sweet, the thought of rising
   The risen Lord to meet;
Or changed, ourselves surprising,
   Like Him for whom we wait.
Then o’er the wide creation
   Thy power will stretch its arm;
Secure from all temptation,
   Free from all human harm.

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

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Behold, I stand here by the well of water. (Gen. 24:13)
The Lord said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock. (Ex. 33:21)
As for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee. (Deut. 5:31)
My Beloved, from earth’s many
   voices
Welcome me to Thy seclusion
   sweet —
Let me, still and restful and adoring,
Sit like Mary at Thy blessed feet —
In Thy secret place, alone with Thee,
None beside to hear, and none to see.

Monday, August 23, 2021

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Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; as the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life forevermore. (Psa. 133:1‑3)
Sweet bonds that unite all the children
   of peace!
And thrice-blessed Savior whose love
   cannot cease!
Though oft amid trials and dangers we
   roam,
With Thine we’re united and hasting
   towards home.

Sunday, August 22, 2021

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Think on me when it shall be well with thee. (Gen. 40:14)
We will be glad and rejoice in Thee, we will remember Thy love more than wine. (Song of Sol. 1:4)
O blessed Savior, is Thy love
   So great, so full, so free?
Fain would we have our
      thoughts, our hearts,
   Our lives engaged with Thee.
O Lord! we treasure in our souls
   The memory of Thy love;
And ever shall Thy name to us
   A grateful odor prove.

Saturday, August 21, 2021

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HIDE me under the shadow of Thy wings. (Psa. 17:8)
I flee unto Thee to HIDE me. (Psa. 143:9)
In the time of trouble He shall HIDE me in His pavilion: in the secret of His tabernacle shall He HIDE me; He shall set me up upon a rock. (Psa. 27:5)
No strength of our own
   Or goodness we claim;
Yet since we have known
   The Savior’s great name,
In this, our strong tower,
   For safety we HIDE;
The Lord is our power;
   The Lord will provide.

Friday, August 20, 2021

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Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept Thy word. (Psa. 119:67)
My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him. (Heb. 12:5)
Across the will of nature
Leads on the path of God;
Not where the flesh delighteth
The feet of Jesus trod.
O Lord, Thy care is not to make
The desert a waste no more,
But to keep our feet, lest we miss
   the way
Where Thy feet have gone before.

Thursday, August 19, 2021

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What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him? and that Thou shouldest set Thine heart upon him? (Job 7:17)
Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth; and My delights were with the sons of men. (Prov. 8:31)
Or despisest thou the riches of His goodness and forbearance and long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)
And couldst Thou be delighted
   With creatures such as we,
Who, when we saw Thee, slighted
   And nailed Thee to a tree?
Unfathomable wonder!
   And mystery divine!
The voice that speaks in thunder
   Says, “Sinner, I am thine!”

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

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Being fully persuaded, that what He had promised, He was able also to perform. (Rom. 4:21)
Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. (Phil. 1:6)
Sin can’t condemn, for grace has
   justified;
Sin shall not reign, for grace has set us
   free;
Sin we abhor, since Christ our surety
   died;
His grace now rules our souls in liberty;
The grace that has the wondrous work
   begun
Shall crown with glory when its mighty
   work is done.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

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Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. (John 6:67‑69)
Lord Jesus, Thee to meet and Thee to
      adore,
   I sit here all alone —
All else may vanish as the mists of
      morning;
   Thou art mine all, mine own;
To drink afresh the river of Thy
      pleasures,
   Know more of the unknown;
And lose myself, and find that Thou art
      only —
   Beside Thee, there are none.

Monday, August 16, 2021

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When Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. (2 Chron. 7:1)
She … brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at His [Jesus’] feet behind Him weeping, and began to wash His feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed His feet, and anointed them with the ointment. She loved much. (Luke 7:37‑38,47)
Here on earth a temple stands,
Temple never built with hands;
There the Lord does fill the place
With the glory of His grace;
Cleansed by Christ’s atoning blood,
Thou art this fair house of God;
Glory of the love divine
Filling all this heart of thine.

Sunday, August 15, 2021

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He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth. (Isa. 53:7)
Pilate asked Him again, saying, Answerest Thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against Thee. (Mark 15:4)
Worthy of death, O Lord, we were;
That vengeance was our due;
In grace Thy spotless Lamb did bear
Himself our sins and guilt and shame;
      Justice our surety slew;
With Him, our surety, we have died;
With Him we there were crucified.

Saturday, August 14, 2021

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Bow down Thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be Thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me. (Psa. 31:2)
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. (Psa. 62:1‑2)
I know — my firm foundation this,
The rock amid the shifting sand,
I know that Jesus is the Christ,
And builded there, my house shall stand;
I know, though all my hand has wrought
By fire and flood be swept away,
This cornerstone of faith shall rest
Throughout the everlasting day.

Friday, August 13, 2021

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I was STRENGTHENED as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me. (Ezra 7:28)
Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and STRENGTHENED his hand in God. (1 Sam. 23:16)
The workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and STRENGTHENED it. (2 Chron. 24:13)
Amid the snares misfortune lays
Unseen, beneath the steps of all,
Blest is the love that seeks to raise
And stay and strengthen those who fall;
Till, taught by Him who, for our sake,
Bore every form of life’s distress,
With every passing day we make
His strength to be our own, through grace.

Thursday, August 12, 2021

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Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord He is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. (Deut. 4:39)
I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides Me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known Me. (Isa. 45:5)
Against the God who built the sky
I fought, with hands uplifted high;
Despised the mention of His grace,
Too proud to seek a hiding place.
Hail, sovereign love, which first began
That scheme to rescue fallen man!
Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace,
Which gave my soul a hiding place.

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

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Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (Rom. 7:24)
We had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us. (2 Cor. 1:9‑10)
Quickened, raised and in Him seated,
   We a full deliverance know;
Every foe has been defeated,
   Every enemy laid low.
Now we have a life in union
   With the risen life above;
Now we drink in sweet communion
   Some rich foretaste of His love.

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

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Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. (Jer. 2:2)
Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations. (Luke 22:28)
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (Matt. 25:23)
There He dwells, in me rejoicing,
   Love resplendent in His face —
There I dwell, in Him rejoicing;
   None but I can know His grace.

Monday, August 9, 2021

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Speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth. (Eph. 4:15‑16)
As the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. (1 Cor. 12:12)
Ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. (1 Cor. 12:27)
Thy love from our hearts o’erflowing,
   Its source in the heavens above,
That love of Thine own bestowing
   Has made us, Thy people, one.
O Lord, we adore and we bless Thee,
   That we in Thy hands of might
Are the chords whereupon Thou makest
   The music of Thy delight.

Sunday, August 8, 2021

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I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. (Isa. 43:15)
They cried out, Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. (John 19:15)
A man’s foes shall be they of his own household. (Matt. 10:36)
Anointed King, with glory crowned,
   Rightful heir and Lord of all!
Once rejected, scorned, disowned,
   E’en by those Thou cam’st to call:
         Thee we honor,
         Thee adore —
   Glorious now and evermore.

Saturday, August 7, 2021

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She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. (Job 39:28)
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. (Isa. 33:15‑16)
He guided by paths that I could not see,
By ways that I have not known;
The crooked was straight and the rough
   made plain
As I followed the Lord alone;
I praise Him still for the pleasant palms
And the water springs by the way,
For the glowing pillar of flame by night,
And the sheltering cloud by day.

Friday, August 6, 2021

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Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood. (Acts 20:28)
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. (1 Peter 5:2‑3)
Make me, my Lord, aware
Of peril in the air,
Or ever ravening wolf can leap
On Thy defenseless sheep.
Give me the eye that sees
When he is threatening these
Whom Thou hast trusted to my care;
Let me not fail them there.

Thursday, August 5, 2021

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If any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. (John 12:47)
If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: for we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord. (2 Cor. 4:3,5)
None can be too vile for Jesus;
   None can be too poor;
By His blood are peace and pardon,
   Mercies ever sure.
From all sin He came to save us,
   Satan’s slaves to free:
To His royal feast He bids us;
   Come and taste and see.

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

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What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle. (Gen. 3:13‑14)
The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. (Rev. 20:10)
The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (Rom. 16:20)
Soon the bright, glorious day,
   The rest of God, shall come;
Sorrow and sin shall pass away,
   And we shall reach our home;
Then of the promised joy possessed,
Our souls shall know eternal rest.

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

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Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. (Matt. 5:11)
Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake. (Phil. 1:29)
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. (2 Tim. 3:12)
These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)
Scarce seen, scarce heard, unreckoned,
   Though thousand worlds be lost,
Our eyes have looked on Jesus,
   And thus we count the cost.

Monday, August 2, 2021

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There is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. (Job 32:8)
Sing ye praises with understanding. (Psa. 47:7)
Oh what shall we do the Savior to praise,
So faithful and true, so plenteous in
   grace,
So strong to deliver, to save from all harm
The weakest believer that leans on His
   arm!
How happy the man whose heart is set
   free,
The people, O God, that are joyful in
   Thee!
Their joy is to walk in the light of Thy
   face,
Forever to talk of Thy mercy and grace.

Sunday, August 1, 2021

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A good name is better than precious ointment. (Eccl. 7:1)
Because of the savor of Thy good ointments Thy name is as ointment poured forth. (Song of Sol. 1:3)
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name. (Phil. 2:9)
Thy name we bless, Lord Jesus,
   That name all names excelling;
How great Thy love, all praise above,
   Should every tongue be telling.
Thy name we love, Lord Jesus,
   And lowly bow before Thee;
And while we live, to Thee we give
   All blessing, worship, glory.
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