Christians Daily Calendar

December 2021

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:7)

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. (Phil. 4:9)

Springs of sweet refreshment flowing,
When your work is hard or long,
Courage, hope and power bestowing,
Lightening labor with a song.

Springs of peace, when conflict
      heightens,
   Your uplifted eye shall see;
Peace that strengthens, calms and
      brightens —
   Peace itself a victory.

Thursday, December 30, 2021

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If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? (Ezek. 33:10)

God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. (Acts 3:26)

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. (Psa. 32:1)

“Grieve about your sins no longer;
   Well I know their mighty guilt;
But My love than death is stronger:
   I My precious blood have spilt:
Though your heart has long been
      hardened,
   Look on Me — it soft shall grow;
Your transgressions shall be pardoned,
   And I’ll wash you white as snow.”

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

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Go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest. (Dan. 12:13)

A way I knew not — winding, steep
      and thorny;
   So dark at times that I no path could
      see;
But Thou hast been my guide through
      all the journey;
   Its steepness has but made me lean
      on Thee;
And onward still I go, in calm
      assurance
   That Thou wilt needful help and
      guidance send;
That strength shall come for every
      day’s endurance,
   Grace all the way, and glory at the
      end!

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

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He wakeneth morning by morning, He wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. (Isa. 50:4)

Teach me Thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path. (Psa. 27:11)

That the Lord thy God may show us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. (Jer. 42:3)

There’s a tender hand that guides me
   When I cannot see the way;
There’s a loving arm that hides me
   From the storms that rise each day;
There’s a gentle voice that cheers me
   When the path ahead grows dim;
There’s a ready ear that hears me
   Every time I cry to Him;
’Tis my Lord, my blessed Savior!
   He it is who walks with me.

Monday, December 27, 2021

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Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He. (Deut. 32:3‑4)

There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none besides Thee: neither is there any rock like our God. (1 Sam. 2:2)

Blest name! the rock on which we build,
Our shield and hiding-place;
Our never-failing treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace.

Jesus! our Savior, Shepherd, Friend,
Thou Prophet, Priest and King;
Our Lord, our Life, our Way, our End,
Accept the praise we bring.

Sunday, December 26, 2021

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Mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel. (Luke 2:30‑32)

I will rejoice in Thy salvation. (Psa. 9:14)

Head of the church triumphant!
   We joyfully adore Thee;
Till Thou appear, Thy members here
   Would sing like those in glory!
We lift our hearts and voices,
   In blest anticipation,
And cry aloud, and give to God
   The praise of our salvation.

Saturday, December 25, 2021

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Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:11)

Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (Isa. 9:6)

Hark, the glad sound! The Savior comes!
The Savior promised long:
Take up the word, ye saved saints;
Renew the gladsome song.

Hosannas glad, Thou Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And all creation shall rejoice
In Thy beloved name.

Friday, December 24, 2021

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In all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. (Job 42:15)

Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. (Prov. 31:30)

A godly woman’s love contains
   Such priceless, added grace —
Her healing touch that verifies
   His presence in her face —
The firm yet quiet loveliness
   She always undergirds
With constant prayer that we may
      know
   The One that forms her words.

Thursday, December 23, 2021

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Ye must be born again. (John 3:7)

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

We speak of salvation and love,
By the Father in Jesus made known;
But if you would live unto God,
By faith you must make it your
own.

We speak of the Savior’s blest name,
By which God can sinners receive;
Yet still are you lost and undone,
Unless in that name you believe.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

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Thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not Thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? (Psa. 56:13)

I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 8:38‑39)

And, Jesus, when Thee face to face I see,
When on Thy lofty throne I sit with Thee;
Then of Thy love in all its breadth and
      length,
Its height and depth, its everlasting
      strength,
   My soul shall sing.

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

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She bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath APPOINTED me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. (Gen. 4:25)

The souls of thine enemies, them shall He sling out … and shall have APPOINTED thee ruler over Israel. (1 Sam. 25:29‑30)

Disappointment — His appointment:
   Change one letter, then I see
That the thwarting of my purpose
   Is God’s better choice for me;
His appointment must be blessing,
   Though it may come in disguise,
For the end from the beginning
   Open to His wisdom lies.

Monday, December 20, 2021

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Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things. (Joel 2:21)

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek Him. (Psa. 22:26)

Whom have we, Lord, but Thee,
   Soul-thirst to satisfy?
Exhaustless spring! the waters
      free!
   All other streams are dry.

None like the ransomed host
That precious blood have known;
Redemption gives faith’s holy boast
To draw so near the throne.

Sunday, December 19, 2021

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THEY stripped Him, and put on Him a scarlet robe. (Matt. 27:28)

When THEY had platted a crown of thorns, THEY put it upon His head. (Matt. 27:29)

THEY bowed the knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! (Matt. 27:29)

THEY spit upon Him, and took the reed, and smote Him on the head. (Matt. 27:30)

THEY gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall. (Matt. 27:34)

THEY crucified Him. (Matt. 27:35)

Sitting down THEY watched Him there. (Matt. 27:36)

The Son of Man who was crucified
Is the King of glory now.

Saturday, December 18, 2021

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Jesus … was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days He did eat nothing: and when they were ended, He afterward hungered. (Luke 4:1‑2)

In that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succor them that are tempted. (Heb. 2:18)

He knoweth, and He has compassion;
He’s touched with our feeling of pain;
He knows and is ready to succor,
Because He has suffered the same.

’Tis comforting e’er to remember,
Our High Priest, the Lord over all,
Is touched by our feeling of weakness,
And hastens to answer our call.

Friday, December 17, 2021

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Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. (Luke 6:28)

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. (1 Peter 3:9)

Called to suffer with our Master,
   Patiently to run His race;
Called a blessing to inherit,
   Called to holiness and grace;
Called to fellowship with Jesus
   By the ever-faithful One;
Called to His eternal glory,
   To the kingdom of His Son.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

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Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. (Heb. 4:13)

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people; Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. (Psa. 85:2)

Just as I am — and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each
spot:
O Lamb of God, I come!

Just as I am — Thy love, I own,
Has broken every barrier down:
Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come!

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

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Of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. (1 Thess. 5:1‑4)

That day won’t take you as a thief —
For ere the dull world shall awaken,
The treasure of earth shall be taken,
The salt of the earth and its light;
The dungeons of death shall be riven;
The bride to the Bridegroom be given;
His jewels be raptured to heaven,
In wondrous and glorious might.

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

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Every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor. (1 Thess. 4:4)

God hath … called us … unto holiness. (1 Thess. 4:7)

Oh to be but emptier, lowlier,
Mean, unnoticed and unknown,
And to God a vessel holier,
Filled with Christ, and Christ
alone!
Naught of earth to cloud the glory,
Naught of self the light to dim,
Telling forth His wondrous story,
Emptied — to be filled with Him!

Monday, December 13, 2021

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I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He hath bestowed on them according to His mercies, and according to the multitude of His loving-kindnesses. For He said, Surely they are My people, children that will not lie: so He was their Savior. (Isa. 63:7‑8)

For the fathers’ sakes beloved,
Israel, in Thy grace restored,
Shall on earth, the curse removed,
Be the people of the Lord.

These, redeemed from every nation,
Shall in triumph bless Thy name;
Every voice shall cry, “Salvation
To our God and to the Lamb.”

Sunday, December 12, 2021

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In those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. (Heb. 10:3‑4)

Then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once. (Heb. 10:9‑10)

Not all the blood of beasts,
On Jewish alters slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace
Or wash away its stain.

But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Took all our guilt away,
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood than they.

Saturday, December 11, 2021

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Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, and Thy glory unto their children. (Psa. 90:15‑16)

The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children’s children. (Psa. 103:17)

Affliction is but for a moment,
But after its purpose is wrought,
The blessing will go on forever,
The fruit that the trial has brought.

Yes, gladness can come through affliction,
And joy out of sorrow is born;
The night may be heavy with weeping,
But happiness comes in the morn.

Friday, December 10, 2021

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Follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2 Tim. 2:22)

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. (Heb. 12:14)

No strength have I to follow
Thy holy pathway, Lord,
Except Thy hand uphold me,
According to Thy Word.

O Lord, be this my portion:
To show Thy glory forth,
And in Thy love abiding
To tread Thy path on earth.

Thursday, December 9, 2021

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If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Rom. 10:9)

Of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Heb. 10:39)

He is the risen Savior,
   Alive forevermore;
He loves to ease the burdened
      heart
   Of each whose sins He bore;
Believe — and God’s salvation sure
   Is free to every one;
In manifested righteousness
   He honors thus His Son.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

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Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in Thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with Thee. (Psa. 139:16‑18)

And in past and distant ages,
In those courts so bright and fair,
Ere we were, was He rejoicing,
All He won with us to share.

There from that eternal brightness
Have His thoughts flowed forth in love;
He in His great love would have us
Ever there with Him above.

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

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Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. (2 Kings 4:3,5‑6)

God, in tongues of fire descending,
   Chosen vessels thus to fill
With the treasure never ending,
   Ever spent — unfailing still;
Still unwasted, undiminished
   Though the days of dearth wear on,
Store eternally unfinished —
   Fresh, as if but now begun.

Monday, December 6, 2021

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The grave cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for Thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise Thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known Thy truth. (Isa. 38:18‑19)

Weak is the effort of our heart,
And cold our warmest thought;
But when we see Thee as Thou art,
We’ll praise Thee as we ought.

Till then we would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And triumph in Thy blessed name
Which quells the power of death.

Sunday, December 5, 2021

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So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. (Isa. 59:19)

That the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to Thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto Thy name. (Rom. 15:9)

While we tell the wondrous story
   Of the Savior’s cross and shame,
Sing we, “Everlasting glory
   Be to God and to the Lamb”;
         Hallelujah!
   Give ye glory to His name.

Saturday, December 4, 2021

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Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. (Psa. 41:1)

I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. (Psa. 40:17)

A fullness resides in Jesus our head;
A fullness abides to answer all need:
The Father’s good pleasure has laid up a
store,
A plentiful treasure, to give to the poor.

When sorrows assail us, or terrors draw
   nigh,
His love will not fail us; He’ll guard with
   His eye;
And when we are fainting and ready to fail,
He’ll give what is wanting and make us
   prevail.

Friday, December 3, 2021

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When it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the heathen. (Gal. 1:15‑16)

Your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. (Eph. 6:15)

While the souls of men are dying,
And the Master calls for you,
Let Him hear you gently saying,
“Shod, my feet — to bring the truth”;
Gladly take the task He gives you;
Let His work your pleasure be;
Answer quickly when He calleth,
“Here am I, O Lord: Send me.”

Thursday, December 2, 2021

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Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. (Jer. 5:25)

Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (Rom. 4:7)

I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. (Heb. 8:12)

Hark! the Savior’s voice from heaven
Speaking pardon full and free;
Come, and you shall be forgiven;
Boundless mercy flows for thee.

Hear His love and mercy speaking,
Come and trust your soul with Me;
Though your heart for sin be breaking,
I have rest and peace for thee.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for He is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with Him are CALLED, and CHOSEN, and FAITHFUL. (Rev. 17:14)

Even us, whom He hath CALLED, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles. (Rom. 9:24)

God hath from the beginning CHOSEN you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. (2 Thess. 2:13)

To the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the FAITHFUL in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 1:1‑2)