Christians Daily Calendar

July 2023

Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is He, Lord, that I might believe on Him? And Jesus said unto him, thou hast both seen Him, and it is He that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped Him. (John 9:35‑38)

Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto His name; for it is pleasant. (Psa. 135:3)

Oh let Thy touch make things we see
Transparent to our eyes,
That secrets of eternity
Cause our souls to rise.

And let the things which are not seen
Shine like the stars at night —
That in Thy goodness — praises ring —
Our fullest delight.

Sunday, July 30, 2023

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They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. (Job 16:10‑11)

Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged Him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote Him with their hands. (John 19:1‑3)

Did Thy God e’en then forsake Thee,
Hide His face from Thy deep need?
In Thy face, once marred and smitten,
All His glory now we read.

Every mark of dark dishonor
Heaped upon the thorn-crowned brow,
All the depths of Thy heart’s sorrow
Told in answering glory now.

Saturday, July 29, 2023

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Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. For Thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. (Psa. 66:9‑10)

We went through fire and through water: but Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. (Psa. 66:12)

Glorify ye the Lord in the fires. (Isa. 24:15)

There is light for me on the trackless wild,
   As the wonders of old I trace,
When the God of the whole earth went
      before
   To search me a resting place;
Has He changed for me? Nay! He changes
      not;
   He will bring me by some new way,
Through fire and flood, past each crafty foe,
   As safely as yesterday.

Friday, July 28, 2023

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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. (Prov. 1:8)

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. (Prov. 19:27)

The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! (2 Sam. 18:33)

I stood beside a baby’s bed,
   And looked into his lovely face,
And wondered what should lie ahead
   For him along life’s future race;
I knew this little bed contained
   A mighty force for right or wrong,
And prayed that he’d be saved and trained,
   And live for God his whole life long.

Thursday, July 27, 2023

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All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psa. 98:3)

God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. (Rom. 1:19‑20)

The earth, with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy power has founded of old,
Established it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it has cast, like a mantle, the
sea.

Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air; it shines in the light;
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the
end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer and Friend.

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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The gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. (Rev. 21:25)

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah. (Psa. 24:7‑10)

The gates of heaven are opened wide;
   At His name all the angels bow;
The Son of Man who was crucified
   Is the King of glory now:
We love to look up and behold Him there,
   The Lamb for His chosen slain;
And soon shall His saints all His glories share,
   With their head and their Lord shall reign.

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. (John 15:4)

Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples. As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you: continue ye in My love. (John 15:8‑9)

But Thy pure eyes do read me through;
My soul is naked unto Thee;
And yet — oh wonder ever new —
Thou, my Lord, lovest me.

And on Thee now my heart is set;
Thy name is music unto me;
Oh help me never to forget
That I am loved by Thee.

Monday, July 24, 2023

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They did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in Thy great goodness. (Neh. 9:25)

It shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. (Jer. 33:9)

Through Thy goodness I realize
   That Thou art all in all;
That I am more than conqueror
   In great things and in small;
No need have I but Thou hast met
   Upon the cruel tree;
Oh precious, dying, risen Lord,
   Thou art my victory!

Sunday, July 23, 2023

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He went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. (2 Sam. 23:20)

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength. Thy wrath lieth hard upon Me, and Thou hast afflicted Me with all Thy waves. Selah. (Psa. 88:4,7)

Our Savior Jesus Christ; who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity. (Titus 2:13‑14)

Here we rest — in wonder viewing
All our guilt on Jesus laid!
And a full redemption flowing
From the sacrifice He made.

Here we find the dawn of heaven,
While upon the Lamb we gaze,
See our trespasses forgiven,
And our songs of triumph raise.

Saturday, July 22, 2023

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Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? But unto Thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent Thee. (Psa. 88:12‑13)

O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for Thee: be Thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. (Isa. 33:2)

He has spoken in the darkness,
In the silence of your grief,
Sympathy so deep and tender,
Mighty for your heart relief.

What He tells you in the darkness,
Songs He giveth in the night —
Rise and speak it in the morning;
Rise and sing them in the light!

Friday, July 21, 2023

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They read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. (Neh. 8:8)

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit. … Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Tim. 2:14‑15)

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. (Titus 1:9)

So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess;
So let our words and virtues shine
To prove the doctrine all divine.

Thursday, July 20, 2023

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The ransom of a man’s life are his riches. (Prov. 13:8)

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them. (Zeph. 1:18)

What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Mark 8:36‑37)

Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold … but with the precious blood of Christ. (1 Peter 1:18‑19)

What will it profit, when life here is o’er,
Though earth’s farthest corners I see,
If, going my way and doing my will,
I miss what His love planned for me?

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

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Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. (Psa. 90:1)

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. (Psa. 122:1)

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psa. 23:6)

We shall dwell forever; we shall nevermore
   go out,
Nevermore be weary with wandering about,
Nevermore be seeking for a place in which
   to rest,
Nevermore be dreading “the stirring of the
   nest”;
Is any promise sweeter in God’s eternal
   Word?
“I shall dwell forever in the house of the
   Lord.”

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

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Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you … to bring you near to Himself? (Num. 16:9)

Thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself. (Deut. 7:6)

Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. (1 Peter 2:9)

So nigh, so very nigh to God,
I cannot nearer be;
For in the person of His Son,
I am as near as He.

So dear, so very dear to God,
More dear I cannot be;
The love wherewith He loves the Son,
Such is His love to me.

Monday, July 17, 2023

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My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips. (Psa. 63:5)

Receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. (Hos. 14:2)

O Lord, Thy love’s unbounded!
   So full, so vast, so free!
Our thoughts are all confounded
   Whene’er we think of Thee;
It fills our heart with comfort,
   It fills our lips with praise,
So that amidst our sorrow
   A joyful song we raise.

Sunday, July 16, 2023

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I will redeem you with a stretched out arm. (Ex. 6:6)

The Son of Man must be lifted up. (John 12:34)

When the chief priests therefore and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye Him, and crucify Him: for I find no fault in Him. (John 19:6)

We love Thee for the glorious worth
Which in Thyself we see;
We love Thee for that shameful cross,
Endured so patiently.

E’er since, by faith, we saw the stream
Thy wounds supplied for sin,
Redeeming love has been our theme,
Our joy and peace has been.

Saturday, July 15, 2023

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Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! (Job 6:2)

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? (Isa. 40:12)

Thou tellest my wanderings: put Thou my tears into Thy bottle: are they not in Thy book? (Psa. 56:8)

Commit all of your griefs
   And ways into His hands,
To His sure trust and tender care
   Who earth and heaven commands;
Who points the clouds their course,
   Whom winds and seas obey,
He shall direct your wandering feet;
   He shall prepare your way.

Friday, July 14, 2023

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Whoso boasteth himself of a false GIFT is like clouds and wind without rain. (Prov. 25:14)

A man’s GIFT maketh room for him. (Prov. 18:16)

Every man hath his proper GIFT of God, one after this manner, and another after that. (1 Cor. 7:7)

There are diversities of GIFTS, but the same Spirit. (1 Cor. 12:4)

Neglect not the GIFT that is in thee. (1 Tim. 4:14)

Sovereign choice of gift and dower,
Differing honor, differing power —
Yet are all alike in this:
Perfect love and perfect bliss.

Thursday, July 13, 2023

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He OPENED the rock, and the waters gushed out. (Psa. 105:41)

The angel of the Lord by night OPENED the prison doors. (Acts 5:19)

A certain woman named Lydia … which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord OPENED. (Acts 16:14)

They rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how He had OPENED the door of faith unto the Gentiles. (Acts 14:27)

They saw the young child … and fell down, and worshipped Him [Jesus]: and when they had OPENED their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts. (Matt. 2:11)

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

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I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands. (Rev. 5:11)

Those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to Him that sat on the throne. (Rev. 4:9)

Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house: they will be still praising Thee. Selah. (Psa. 84:4)

Hark! ten thousand voices crying,
“Lamb of God!” with one accord;
Thousand thousand saints replying,
Wake at once the echoing chord.

Hark! the heavenly notes again!
Loudly swells the song of praise;
Through creation’s vault, Amen!
Amen! responsive joy does raise.

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

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His eye seeth every precious thing. (Job 28:10)

There came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And He [Jesus] called unto Him His disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. (Mark 12:42‑44)

He that is higher than the highest regardeth. (Eccl. 5:8)

He cares; God cares; how grand the thought
In all my life that there is not
One detail not observed by Him!
Surely my cup o’erflows the brim;
Goodness and mercy, all my days,
Shall follow me; to Him be praise!

Monday, July 10, 2023

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Declare His glory among the heathen; His marvelous works among all nations. (1 Chron. 16:24)

Glory and honor are in His presence; strength and gladness are in His place. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name: bring an offering, and come before Him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. (1 Chron. 16:27,29)

Salvation to God, who sits on the throne,
Let all shout aloud, and honor the Son;
The praises of Jesus God’s saints will
proclaim;
They’ll fall on their faces to worship the
Lamb.

Then let us adore, and give Him His right,
All glory and power, all wisdom and might,
All honor and blessing, our songs soar above,
And thanks never ceasing for infinite love.

Sunday, July 9, 2023

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Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts … and the HOUSE was FILLED with smoke. (Isa. 6:3‑4)

The glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the HOUSE was FILLED with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory. (Ezek. 10:4)

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the HOUSE was FILLED with the odor of the ointment. (John 12:3)

He fills the throne — the throne above,
He fills it without wrong;
The object of His Father’s love,
Theme of the ransomed’s song.

Saturday, July 8, 2023

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Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. (Job 17:7)

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. (Psa. 31:9)

The Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear. (Isa. 14:3)

Father, to Thee we look in all our sorrow;
Thou art the fountain whence our healing flows;
Dark though the night, joy cometh with the
morrow;
Safely they rest who in Thy love repose.

When fond hopes fail and skies are dark around
us,
When the vain cares that vex our life increase —
Comes with its calm the thought that Thou art
near us,
And we grow quiet, folded in Thy peace.

Friday, July 7, 2023

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Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God. (Eccl. 3:13)

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Cor. 10:31)

Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. (Col. 3:23)

To glorify my God — no lesser aim
My God-given life and power shall
henceforth claim;
My body, soul and spirit, Lord, are Thine;
The joy to give them back to Thee be mine.

His Father’s glory Jesus ever sought;
To do His work and will His only thought;
About His Father’s business He must be;
Lord, may that business mean as much to
me.

Thursday, July 6, 2023

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We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest Thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. (John 8:33‑34)

Being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. (Rom. 6:22)

The Savior can break sin’s dominion,
The victory He won long ago;
In Him there is freedom from bondage;
He’s able to conquer the foe.

The Savior can satisfy fully
The heart that the world cannot fill;
His presence will sanctify wholly
The soul that is yielded and still.

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

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Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which labored much in the Lord. Salute one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you. (Rom. 16:12,16)

Behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. (Rev. 22:12)

Fall down before Him that sat on the throne, and worship Him that liveth forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne. (Rev. 4:10)

God of love, our souls adore Thee!
   We would still Thy grace proclaim,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
   And in glory praise Thy name;
      Praise and worship
   Be to God and to the Lamb!

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

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The word of God is not bound. (2 Tim. 2:9)

If this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it. (Acts 5:38‑39)

Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also … shall be spoken of for a memorial. (Mark 14:9)

The rolling sun, the changing light,
And nights and days, Thy power confess;
But the blest volume Thou didst write,
Reveals Thy justice and Thy grace.

Nor shall Thy spreading gospel rest,
Till through the world Thy truth has run;
Till Christ has all the nations blest
That see the light or feel the sun.

Monday, July 3, 2023

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Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now. (Phil. 1:2‑5)

Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. (Rom. 16:13)

And this has been the Lord’s wise will
To find one here and there,
To cheer those weary in the race,
To sinners speak of pardoning grace,
To shed heaven’s light in every place —
Let’s be one here and there!

Sunday, July 2, 2023

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Every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. (Gen. 46:34)

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, and against the man that is My fellow, saith the Lord of hosts. (Zech. 13:7)

Then delivered he Him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away. (John 19:16)

I am the good Shepherd. (John 10:14)

We’ll sing of the Shepherd that died,
That died for the sake of the flock;
His love to the utmost was tried,
But firmly endured as a rock.

When blood from a victim must flow,
This Shepherd by pity was led
To stand between us and the foe,
And willingly died in our stead.

Saturday, July 1, 2023

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The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Isa. 14:24,27)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (Jer. 29:11)

When He makes bare His arm,
Who shall His work withstand?
When He His people’s cause defends,
Who then shall stay His hand?

He everywhere has sway,
And all things serve His might;
His every act pure blessing is;
His path, unsullied light.