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Daily LightDaily Light on the Daily Path: morning and evening Scripture portions
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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| That I might meditate in Thy word. (Psa. 119:148) |
| Thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein. (Josh. 1:8) |
| Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them. (1 Tim. 4:16) |
| A moment in the morning Take your Bible in your hand, And catch a glimpse of glory From the peaceful promised land. |
| Ah, then, alone with Jesus, In the silence of the morn, In heavenly sweet communion, Let your duty-day be born. |
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| Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. (Prov. 21:2) |
| If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not He that pondereth the heart consider it? And He that keepeth thy soul, doth not He know it? And shall not He render to every man according to his works? (Prov. 24:12) |
| Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts. (Luke 16:15) |
| In life, have you ever pondered O’er your standing toward your God? Have you ever deeply questioned What the goal of paths you trod? |
| Don’t delay another moment, Till a more convenient day; God with open arms will meet you; Loved one, come while yet you may. |
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| He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land. (Deut. 6:23) |
| Arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them. (Josh. 1:2) |
| They which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. (Heb. 9:15) |
| Oh by Thy Holy Spirit Reveal in us Thy love, The joy we shall inherit With Thee, our head above; May all this consolation Our trembling hearts sustain — Sure — though through tribulation — The promised rest to gain. |
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| The ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obededom, and all his household. (2 Sam. 6:11) |
| When he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. (Acts 16:34) |
| Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. (Rom. 16:11) |
| 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. |
| Oh happy home! where Thou art not forgot When joy is flowing full and free; Oh happy home! where every wound is brought, Physician, Comforter, to Thee. |
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| I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto Thy name. He is the tower of salvation. (2 Sam. 22:50‑51) |
| Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud Him, all ye people. (Rom. 15:11) |
| When all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I’m lost In wonder, love and praise. |
| Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart To taste those gifts with joy. |
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| Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh. (1 Tim. 3:16) |
| God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son. (John 3:16) |
| Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. (1 John 3:16) |
| Such was Thy grace, that for our sake Thou didst from heaven come down; With us of flesh and blood partake, And make our guilt Thine own. |
| Our sins, our guilt, in love divine, Confessed and borne by Thee; The gall, the curse, the wrath were Thine, To set Thy ransomed free. |
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| To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death. (Psa. 102:20) |
| In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His presence saved them: in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old. (Isa. 63:9) |
| O Thou who givest grace and strength For every trying hour, Who understandest when I fall Before the tempter’s power. |
| O Thou whose love has never failed Though dark the night and long, To Thee I turn my weary eyes And hope springs forth in song. |
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| Ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves … and brought you up out of your graves, and shall put My Spirit in you. (Ezek. 37:13‑14) |
| Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. (Rom. 7:11,18) |
| The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Rom. 8:2) |
| 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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| There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Prov. 16:25) |
| In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. (Prov. 12:28) |
| Be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. (Prov. 23:19) |
| Lord, speak these words to every heart, By Thine all-powerful voice; That we may now from sin depart, And make Thy love our choice. |
| If now we learn to seek Thy face By Christ, the living way, We’ll praise Thee for this hour of grace Through an eternal day. |
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| If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself. (John 14:3) |
| A little while, and ye shall not see Me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see Me, because I go to the Father. (John 16:16) |
| Ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. (John 16:22) |
| Away with our sorrow and fear! We soon shall have entered our home, The heavenly city appear, The day of our glory have come! From earth we shall quickly remove, To dwell in our proper abode, In mansions of glory above — The house of our Father and God. |
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| My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me. (Dan. 6:22) |
| Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me … and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. (2 Tim. 4:17) |
| You servant of the living God, While lions round you roar, Look up and trust and praise His name, And all His ways adore. |
| Praise in the dark! Yea, praise His name, Who trusted you to see His mighty power displayed again For thee, His saint, for thee. |
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| Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshiping the Lord. And … he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for His mercy endureth forever. And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon … which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. (2 Chron. 20:18,21‑22) |
| Come, Thou fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for ceaseless songs of praise. |
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| He called His twelve disciples TOGETHER. (Luke 9:1) |
| Upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came TOGETHER to break bread, Paul preached. (Acts 20:7) |
| Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves TOGETHER, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. (Heb. 10:25) |
| Assemble yourselves and come; draw near TOGETHER. (Isa. 45:20) |
| With fellow-pilgrims meeting, As through the waste we roam, ’Tis sweet to sing TOGETHER, “We are not far from home!” |
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| My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Cor. 12:9) |
| In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed forevermore, knoweth. (2 Cor. 11:27,31) |
| My bark may be tossed by the tempest That sweeps o’er the turbulent sea — And prove, as I dwell in His presence: “My grace is sufficient for thee.” |
| O Lord, I would press on with courage, Though rugged the pathway may be, Sustained and upheld by the promise: “My grace is sufficient for thee.” |
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| Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! (Nah. 1:15) |
| That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47) |
| Unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them. (Heb. 4:2) |
| If you cannot cross the ocean, And the other lands explore, You can find the needy nearer; You can help them at your door; If you cannot speak like angels, If you cannot preach like Paul, You can tell the love of Jesus; You can say He died for all. |
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| Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity? … because He delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. (Mic. 7:18‑19) |
| Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. (1 Peter 3:18) |
| I have buried them there — where no mortal can see! I have cast all your sins in the depths of the sea! In the depths, in the depths, where the storm cannot come, Where its faint echo falls like a musical drum, Where no mortal can enter, your faults to deride — For above them forever flows love’s mighty tide! |
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| Not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? (Rom. 8:23‑24) |
| We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Gal. 5:5) |
| In hope we lift our wishful, longing eyes, Waiting to see the Morning Star arise; How bright, how gladsome will His advent be, Before the Sun shines forth in majesty. |
| No stain within; no foes or snares around; No jarring notes shall there discordant sound; All pure without, all pure within the breast; No thorns to wound, no toil to mar our rest. |
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| We heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints. (Col. 1:4) |
| That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Tim. 3:17) |
| You are writing a gospel, a chapter each day, By deeds that you do, by words that you say; Men read what you write, whether faithless or true; Say, what is the gospel according to you? |
| ’Tis a wonderful story, that gospel of love, As it shines in the Christ-life divine, And oh, that its truth might be told again In the story of your life and mine! |
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| Let all those that put their trust in Thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because Thou defendest them: let them also that love Thy name be joyful in Thee. (Psa. 5:11) |
| They blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done. (1 Kings 8:66) |
| 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. |
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| They cried out all at once, saying, Away with this Man, and release unto us Barabbas. Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. But they cried, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him. (Luke 23:18,20‑21) |
| The God of our fathers, hath glorified His Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied Him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. (Acts 3:13) |
| He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. (John 1:11) |
| Oh how our inmost hearts do move, While gazing on that cross; The death of the incarnate love! What shame, what grief, what joy we prove, That He should die for us! |
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| Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward Him for the life of thy young children. (Lam. 2:19) |
| My lord knoweth that the children are tender. (Gen. 33:13) |
| They brought young children to Him [Jesus], that He should touch them. (Mark 10:13) |
| I wandered on and heeded not God’s oft-repeated call To turn from sin, to live for Him, And give to Him my all; Until at last of sin convinced I sank in deep despair: My hope awoke when memory spoke My name in mother’s prayer! |
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| WIVES, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. HUSBANDS, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. CHILDREN, obey your parents in all things: for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. FATHERS, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. SERVANTS, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God. MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. (Col. 3:18‑22; 4:1) |
| All the ties that bless our lives God’s Word hallows and endears. |
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| Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life. (Deut. 28:66) |
| I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life. (Deut. 30:19) |
| He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36) |
| People, turn; why will you die? God, in His Word, asks you why; He, who all your lives has strove, Wooed you to embrace His love; Will you not His grace receive? Will you still refuse to live? Take His Son as Savior now — Death to life, before Him bow. |
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| Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Cor. 15:21‑22) |
| Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. (James 1:18) |
| Firstfruits of Thy new creation, Faithful, holy, may we be, Joyful in Thy full salvation, More and more conformed to Thee! Changed from glory into glory, Till in heaven we take our place, Then to worship and adore Thee, Lost in wonder, love and praise! |
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| He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. (Job 12:5) |
| As for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well-nigh slipped. (Psa. 73:2) |
| He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet; and setteth me upon my high places. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. (2 Sam. 22:34,37) |
| Many were the chains that bound me, But the Lord has loosed them all: Arms of mercy now surround me, Favors these, nor few, nor small: Savior, keep me! Keep Thy servant, lest he fall. |
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| Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! (Job 22:12) |
| Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. (Deut. 10:14) |
| Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth. (2 Chron. 2:12) |
| By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. (Psa. 33:6,8) |
| Unnumbered splendors from on high The great Creator’s hand proclaim And spread abroad from sky to sky The glories of His sovereign name. |
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| Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. (Isa. 50:7) |
| It came to pass, when the time was come that He should be received up, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem. (Luke 9:51) |
| Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the Passover must be killed. (Luke 22:7) |
| Himself He could not save; He on the cross must die, Or mercy cannot come To ruined sinners nigh. |
| Himself He could not save; Love’s stream too deeply flowed; In love Himself He gave, To pay the debt we owed. |
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| I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. (Psa. 57:2) |
| 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) |
| Fear not that your need shall exceed His provision; Our God ever yearns His resources to share; Lean hard on the arm everlasting, availing; The Father both you and your load will upbear. |
| His love has no limit; His grace has no measure; His power has no boundary known unto men; For out of His infinite riches in Jesus, He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again! |
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| Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (Isa. 1:17) |
| Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27) |
| I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ … that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. (1 Tim. 5:21) |
| Lord, let me do the little things, Which may fall to my lot, Those little inconspicuous ones, By others, oft forgot. |
| A staff, for others to lean upon, Strong hands to help the weak, A loving heart with open door, To all, who solace seek. |
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| A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself. (Prov. 27:12) |
| Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty. (Isa. 2:10) |
| He shall cry unto Me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. (Psa. 89:26) |
| Him that cometh to Me [Jesus] I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37) |
| Here we have a firm foundation; Here’s the refuge of the lost; Christ’s the rock of our salvation — His the name of which we boast; Lamb of God, for sinners wounded — Sacrifice to cancel guilt, None shall ever be confounded Who on Thee their hope have built. |
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| Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. (Song of Sol. 2:17) |
| The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. (2 Thess. 3:5) |
| Gather My saints together unto Me. (Psa. 50:5) |
| Oh hour! for which in patience Thou waited through the night, While we Thy saints were gathered, And brought into the light; Then, then, the church completed, God makes no more delay; O Lord, with shouts of triumph, We pass into the day. |