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February 2023

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Encouragement

If ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, HAPPY ARE YE. (1 Peter 3:14)

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, HAPPY ARE YE; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. (1 Peter 4:14,16)

If ye know these things, HAPPY ARE YE if ye do them. (John 13:17)

Lord, give me grace, that I obey Thy light;
Courage and faith, lest I should fail in
sight;
Oh knit my heart to Thee, that I be found
Steadfast in Thee, and in Thy statutes
sound.

Monday, February 27, 2023

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Prayer, Praise, Thanksgiving

Save with Thy right hand, and hear me. (Psa. 60:5)

Save with Thy right hand, and answer me. (Psa. 108:6)

According to Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness. (Psa. 48:10)

Behold the throne of grace!
The promise calls me near;
There Jesus shows a smiling face,
And waits to answer prayer.

Beyond thy utmost wants
His love and power can bless;
To praying souls He always grants
More than they can express.

Sunday, February 26, 2023

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Lord's Day: Person and Work of Christ

He shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. And they went, and found as He had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. And when the hour was come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. And He said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer. (Luke 22:12‑15)

He cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with Me one hour? (Matt. 26:40)

E’en now our souls would enter
The holiest on high,
That all our love might center
On Thee who cam’st to die.

Still sweet ’tis to discover,
If clouds have dimmed my sight,
When passed, Eternal Lover,
Towards me, as e’er, Thou’rt bright.

Saturday, February 25, 2023

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Comfort

Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is Thy hand, and high is Thy RIGHT HAND. (Psa. 89:13)

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)

His RIGHT HAND doth embrace me. (Song of Sol. 2:6)

Great God of strength and quietness,
   Of heights undreamed, of depths
      profound,
Thy hand upholds in our distress;
   Thy shield — a protection round.

And Thou our God dost on us wait,
Attentive to our slightest call;
Thy gentleness would make us great;
Thy loveliness, our all in all.

Friday, February 24, 2023

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Exhortation

Continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel. (Col. 1:23)

I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. (2 Peter 1:12)

Settle it therefore in your hearts. (Luke 21:14)

Our God is our salvation,
Our refuge in distress;
What earthly tribulation
Can shake our steadfast peace?

The ground of our profession
Is Jesus and His blood:
He gives us the possession
Of everlasting good.

Thursday, February 23, 2023

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Gospel

Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. (Matt. 22:12)

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Heb. 10:31)

God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom. 5:8)

Oh! I pray you count the cost,
Ere the fatal line be crossed,
And your Christless soul be lost:
Be in time!

Sinner, heed the warning voice;
Make the Lord your happy choice;
Then all heaven will rejoice:
Be in time!

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

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The Lord's Coming

The Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him. (Deut. 10:9)

The Lord’s portion is His people. (Deut. 32:9)

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. (Eph. 1:17‑18)

His home made ours — His Father’s love
Our heart’s full portion given,
The portion of the firstborn Son,
The full delight of heaven.

The Father’s house, the Father’s heart,
All that the Son is given,
Made ours — the object of His love,
And He, our joy in heaven.

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

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Encouragement

He spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one SEVEN TIMES more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. (Dan. 3:19‑20,25)

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified SEVEN TIMES. (Psa. 12:6)

SEVEN TIMES a day do I praise Thee, because of Thy righteous judgments. (Psa. 119:164)

Oh the sweetness of His presence,
Oh the glory of His love;
I have heard His voice so tender —
Matchless gift from God above!

Monday, February 20, 2023

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Prayer, Praise, Thanksgiving

Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. (Deut. 31:30)

Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? (Ex. 15:11)

They sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. (Rev. 15:3)

Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly throne,
While saints on earth that know His name,
Their Lord and Savior own.

How blest are we, who have a part
In the immortal song;
Wonder and joy become our heart,
And praise and thanks, our tongue.

Sunday, February 19, 2023

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Lord's Day: Person and Work of Christ

I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against Me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut Him off from the land of the living, that His name may be no more remembered. (Jer. 11:19)

Having yet therefore one son, His well-beloved, He sent Him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence My son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill Him, and the inheritance shall be ours. (Mark 12:6‑7)

Savior, though the world despised Thee,
Though Thou here wast crucified,
Yet the Father’s glory raised Thee,
Lord of all creation wide.

Saturday, February 18, 2023

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Comfort

This Seraiah was a quiet prince. (Jer. 51:59)

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. (Lam. 3:26)

I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord. (Gen. 49:18)

What room is there for troubled fear?
I know my Lord, and He is near;
And He will light my candle, so
That I may see the way to go.

Lord, grant to me a quiet mind,
That trusting Thee — I’ll always
find —
I may go on without a fear,
For Thou, my Lord, art always near.

Friday, February 17, 2023

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Exhortation

Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. (John 13:12‑15)

Thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. (2 Cor. 8:16)

O Master of the loving heart,
The Friend of all in need,
We pray that we may be like Thee
In thought and word and deed.

Thy hand was warm with sympathy;
Thy hand God’s strength revealed;
Who saw Thy face or felt Thy touch
Were comforted and healed.

Thursday, February 16, 2023

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Gospel

I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. (Jer. 17:10)

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. (Lam. 3:39‑40)

The Lord … is long-suffering … not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

Oh, turn now! Oh, turn now! For why
   will you die,
When God, in great mercy, is coming so
   nigh?
Now Jesus invites you; the Spirit says,
   “Come,”
And angels are waiting to welcome you
   home.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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The Lord's Coming

Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:16)

Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow anymore at all. (Jer. 31:12)

The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. (Rev. 7:17)

And oh the grace divine that we,
   The sons of God, should stand
All fair in Christ’s own eyes to be,
   In that eternal land!
The recompense for weary years,
   For shame and toil and scorn;
For depths of sorrow, bitterest tears,
   That fair and cloudless morn.

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

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Encouragement

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. (Josh. 24:15)

She looketh well to the ways of her household. (Prov. 31:27)

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace. (Psa. 144:12)

Oh happy home! whose little ones are
      given
   Early to Thee, in faith and prayer —
To Thee, their friend, who from the heights
      of heaven
   Guards them with more than mother’s
      care;
Oh happy home! where little voices
   Their glad hosannas love to raise,
And childhood’s lisping tongue rejoices
   To bring new songs of love and praise.

Monday, February 13, 2023

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Prayer, Praise, Thanksgiving

Thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have FILLED with the spirit of wisdom. (Ex. 28:3)

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be FILLED. (Matt. 5:6)

Being FILLED with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. (Phil. 1:11)

God’s own hand the vessel filling
From the glory far above,
Longing hearts forever stilling
With those riches of His love.

Sunday, February 12, 2023

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Lord's Day: Person and Work of Christ

Sing forth the honor of His name. (Psa. 66:2)

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name. (Psa. 96:8)

Let them praise the name of the Lord: for His name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heaven. (Psa. 148:13)

Sweet His name, that name
         transcending
   Every name on earth, in heaven;
Praise through ages never-ending,
   To the Son of God be given!
      He alone the Savior is;
      Everlasting praise be His.

Saturday, February 11, 2023

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Comfort

What manner of man is this! for He commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey Him. (Luke 8:25)

The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. (Psa. 93:4)

The God of peace shall be with you. (Phil. 4:9)

Be still, my soul: your God does undertake
   To guide the future as He has the past;
Your hope, your confidence let nothing
      shake;
   All now mysterious shall be bright at
      last;
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds
      still know
   The voice of Him who spoke while here
      below.

Friday, February 10, 2023

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Exhortation

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. (Mark 9:50)

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Col. 4:6)

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. (Col. 3:16)

Ah, friends! whose words today may hold
   Converse with many lives,
Whose touch or tone or smile may thrill
   Sad souls with sweet surprise;
Be instant, like your Lord, with love
   And constant as His grace,
With dew and light and manna fall —
   The night comes on apace.

Thursday, February 9, 2023

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Gospel

Shall the work say of Him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of Him that framed it, He had no understanding? (Isa. 29:16)

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! … Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? (Isa. 45:9)

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments. (Psa. 119:73)

I know a Mender of broken hearts,
   And of lives that are all undone;
He takes them all, as they come to Him
   And He loves them, every one;
With patience, love and skill
   That surpasses the knowledge of men,
This Master Potter gathers the lost
   And cleanses them all from their sin.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

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The Lord's Coming

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? (2 Sam. 19:36)

The Lord redeemeth the soul of His servants: and none of them that trust in Him shall be desolate. (Psa. 34:22)

I will abide in Thy tabernacle forever: I will trust in the covert of Thy wings. Selah. (Psa. 61:4)

The golden harvest of endless joy,
The joy he had sown in weeping;
How can I tell the blest employ,
The songs of that glorious reaping!

The recompense sweet, the full reward,
Which the Lord his God has given;
At rest beneath the wings of the Lord,
At home in the courts of heaven.

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

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Encouragement

Give unto Solomon my son a PERFECT HEART, to keep Thy commandments, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes. (1 Chron. 29:19)

Ezra had PREPARED his HEART to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it. (Ezra 7:10)

Daniel PURPOSED in his HEART that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank. (Dan. 1:8)

Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the WHOLE HEART. (Psa. 119:2)

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.

Monday, February 6, 2023

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Prayer, Praise, Thanksgiving

I … have poured out my soul before the Lord. (1 Sam. 1:15)

Thou shalt weep no more: He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee. (Isa. 30:19)

I will praise Thee: for Thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. (Psa. 118:21)

Oh then nevermore shall the fears,
The trials, temptations and woes,
Which darken this valley of tears,
Intrude on our blissful repose.

Or if yet remembered above,
   Remembrance no sadness shall raise;
They will bring but new thoughts of Thy
      love,
   New themes for our wonder and praise.

Sunday, February 5, 2023

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Lord's Day: Person and Work of Christ

Thou shalt smite the rock. (Ex. 17:6)

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock. (Job 28:9)

For the transgression of my people was He stricken. (Isa. 53:8)

’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;
With heart and conscience now
   set free,
It is our joy to think of Thee.

Saturday, February 4, 2023

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Comfort

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. (Psa. 27:13‑14)

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:31)

On to Canaan’s rest still wending,
E’en your wants and woes shall bring
Suited grace from high descending;
You shall taste of mercy’s spring.

Though your way be long and dreary,
Eagle strength He’ll still renew:
Garments fresh and foot unweary
Tell how God has brought you through.

Friday, February 3, 2023

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Exhortation

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. (Song of Sol. 2:15)

Now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. (Col. 3:8‑9,14)

There is an altar and a throne
Within my ransomed heart;
If Christ as Lord shall reign therein,
Then self must have no part.

Accounted dead indeed to sin
Through Christ who died for me,
The life I live I owe to Him
For all eternity.

Thursday, February 2, 2023

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Gospel

Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee. (Psa. 139:12)

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? (Isa. 29:15)

Nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. (Luke 8:17)

Just on the threshold! Oh, why not come in,
Leaving the mazes of darkness and sin?
Forward the light, and the glory divine;
Backward the dangers, and woes that were
thine.

Just on the threshold, and joy near at hand;
Yonder’s the gleam of the heavenly land!
Refuge and rest are now offered to thee:
Deep darkness or light — oh, which shall it be?

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

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The Lord's Coming

The thing that is hid bringeth He forth to light. (Job 28:11)

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. (1 Cor. 4:5)

Ye fearful saints fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.