Christians Daily Calendar – September 2024

September 2024

Do not My words do good to him that walketh uprightly? (Mic. 2:7)

I have manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou gavest Me out of the world: Thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me; and they have kept Thy word. (John 17:6)

For feelings come and feelings go,
   And feelings are deceiving;
My warrant is the Word of God;
   Naught else is worth believing —
Though all my heart should feel condemned
   For want of some sweet token,
There is One greater than my heart
   Whose Word cannot be broken;
I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word
   Till soul and body sever;
For, though all things shall pass away,
   His Word shall stand forever.

Sunday, September 29, 2024

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The Lord hath sought Him a man after His own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over His people. (1 Sam. 13:14)

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people, even for salvation with Thine anointed. (Hab. 3:13)

He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead. (Acts 17:31)

Thy counsels ere the world began
All centered in the Son of Man;
Him destined to the highest place,
Head of His church through sovereign grace;
To Him enthroned in majesty,
Let every creature bend the knee.

Saturday, September 28, 2024

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The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. (1 Sam. 17:37)

The king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. (Dan. 6:19,23)

Dost wait while lions round you stand?
Dost wait in gloom, alone,
And looking up above your head
See but a sealed stone?

For even now, in peril dire,
He works to set you free,
And in a way known but to Him,
Shall your deliverance be.

Friday, September 27, 2024

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That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him: for He is thy life. (Deut. 30:20)

Be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law. … Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. (Josh. 1:7)

Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; and teach me Thy statutes. (Psa. 119:135)

Oh Thou, beloved Savior,
   Are all in all to me;
And weakness will be power,
   If leaning hard on Thee;
How could I do without Thee?
   I do not know the way;
Thou knowest and Thou leadest,
   And will not let me stray.

Thursday, September 26, 2024

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Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. (Rom. 4:8)

None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him. (Ezek. 33:16)

Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. (Heb. 9:28)

I have a glorious Savior,
   Who died upon the tree;
My sins He bare, and suffered there
   The wrath of God for me!
And my salvation now is sure
   Since Christ the work has done,
For God declares, in righteousness,
   He owes it to His Son.

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

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Our days upon earth are a shadow. (Job 8:9)

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psa. 90:10)

To be with Christ; which is far better. (Phil. 1:23)

’Tis good, at His word, to be here,
Yet better e’en now to be gone,
And there in His presence appear,
And rest where He rests on the throne;
Yet, ah! what the joy ’twill afford,
When Him we shall see in the air:
And enter the joy of the Lord,
Forever to be with Him there.

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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These words … shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. (Deut. 6:6‑8)

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand. (Psa. 149:6)

God’s grace is in His holy Word;
We need it every day;
In all our conflicts this the sword
Our every foe to slay.

By this same Word we know our work,
And how it should be done;
How we should live, and how through grace
Our victories are won.

Monday, September 23, 2024

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As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him: rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. (Col. 2:6‑7)

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms. (Psa. 95:2)

Worship and thanks and blessing
   And strength ascribe to Jesus!
The Lord alone defends His own,
   When earth or hell oppresses;
Omnipotent Redeemer!
   Our ransomed souls adore Thee;
Our Savior Thou, we own it now,
   And give to Thee the glory.

Sunday, September 22, 2024

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He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before His shearer, so opened He not His mouth: in His humiliation His judgment was taken away: and who shall declare His generation? for His life is taken from the earth. (Acts 8:32‑33)

Every creature … heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever. (Rev. 5:13)

On that cross alone — forsaken —
Where no pitying eye was found;
Now to God’s right hand exalted,
With Thy praise the heavens resound.

Gazing on it we adore Thee,
Blessèd, precious, holy Lord;
Thou, the Lamb, alone art worthy:
This be earth’s and heaven’s accord.

Saturday, September 21, 2024

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The Lord will not forsake His people. (1 Sam. 12:22)

Let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. (1 Peter 4:19)

Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. (1 John 5:4)

Our yet unfinished story
Is tending all to this:
To God the greatest glory,
To us the greatest bliss.

If some things were omitted
Or altered as we would,
The whole might be unfitted
To work for perfect good.

Friday, September 20, 2024

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It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. (Lam. 3:27)

Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of Thy law; that Thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity. (Psa. 94:12‑13)

Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth. (Heb. 12:6)

For rapture of love is linked
   With the pain or fear of loss,
And the hand that takes the crown
   Must ache with many a cross;
Yet he who has never a conflict
   Has never a victor’s palm,
And only the toilers know
   The sweetness of rest and calm.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

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Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? (Gen. 3:11)

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. (Gen. 3:21)

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness. (Isa. 61:10)

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

Oh love divine, Thou vast abyss!
Our sins are swallowed up in Thee;
Covered is our unrighteousness;
From condemnation we are free:
In Jesus’ blood our hearts can trace
The boundless riches of Thy grace.

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:6‑7)

They shall perish, but Thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail. (Heb. 1:11‑12)

While created things are wasting,
Still our God abides the same;
All His words are everlasting,
All His works His love proclaim;
Blood-bought children,
Sing we praises to His name.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

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The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation. (2 Peter 2:9)

Who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled. (1 Peter 3:13‑14)

He knoweth the way that I take;
Each step of that way He has planned;
And, walking through sunshine or
storm,
I walk in the shade of His hand.

In deserts untrodden and drear,
Where foes in the darkness may hide,
He leaveth me never alone;
He sendeth me light and a guide.

Monday, September 16, 2024

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I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto Thee, O Lord, will I sing. (Psa. 101:1)

The Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations. (Psa. 100:5)

I will praise Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify Thy name forevermore. (Psa. 86:12)

Come, let us join our cheerful songs,
And thus approach the throne:
Had we ten thousand thousand tongues,
Our theme of joy’s but one.

Jesus is worthy to receive
Honor and power divine:
And blessings more than we can give
Be, Lord, forever Thine.

Sunday, September 15, 2024

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I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. (Isa. 6:8)

The works which the Father hath given Me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father hath sent Me. And the Father Himself, which hath sent Me, hath borne witness of Me. (John 5:36‑37)

I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me. (John 6:38)

Father, we, Thy children, bless Thee
   For Thy love on us bestowed;
Source of blessing! we confess Thee
   Now, our Father and our God;
Wondrous was Thy love in giving
   Jesus for our sins to die!
Wondrous was His grace in leaving,
   For our sakes, the heavens on high!

Saturday, September 14, 2024

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I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. (Isa. 51:2)

The Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. (Isa. 58:11)

They shall come and sing … and their soul shall be as a watered garden. (Jer. 31:12)

All the weariness, the sorrow
Of the way that we have gone,
Passed away in His bright presence,
As the gloom, dispelled by song.

Waters of eternal gladness
Won for us at countless price;
Lo! the desert is God’s garden,
And the wastes are paradise.

Friday, September 13, 2024

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In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. (Eccl. 1:18)

The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. (James 3:17)

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found. (Prov. 10:13)

God’s heavenly fruits will not grow
   In nature’s barren soil;
All we can boast, till Christ we know,
   Is vanity and toil;
But where the Lord has planted grace,
   And made His glories known,
These fruits of heavenly joy and peace
   Are found, and there alone.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

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Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. (Prov. 8:1,4)

Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts. (Heb. 3:15)

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us … which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior. (Titus 3:5‑6)

Approach, O soul, to wisdom’s gates
While it is called today;
No one who watches there and waits
Shall e’er be turned away.

He will not let you seek in vain,
For all, who trust His Word,
Shall everlasting life obtain —
Abundance from the Lord.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

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The God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. (1 Peter 5:10)

Ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry. (Heb. 10:36‑37)

We wait for Thee — Thou wilt arise
   While hope her watch is keeping;
Forgotten then, in glad surprise,
   Shall be our years of weeping;
Our hearts beat high; the dawn is nigh
   That ends our pilgrim story
   In Thine eternal glory!

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

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I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by Myself. (Isa. 44:24)

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. (Luke 12:6‑7)

Great is our Lord; of great power,
All things are upheld by His hand;
The universe moves at His bidding,
Or is stilled at His slightest command;
Yet more than these marvels transcendent
This wonder of wonders I see —
That the God of such infinite greatness
Should care for the sparrows and me.

Monday, September 9, 2024

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He [Saul] trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. (Acts 9:6)

Inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth. (Acts 9:11)

Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. (Philem. 9)

Into the golden chamber,
   Into the secret place,
Paul by that pathway entered,
   Saw the beloved face —
Heard from His lips the wonders
   Not to be told again —
The mystery and the glory
   That are wordless unto men.

Sunday, September 8, 2024

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Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. (Psa. 88:16‑17)

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me forever: yet hast Thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God. (Jonah 2:6)

He … spake of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in hell, neither His flesh did see corruption. (Acts 2:31)

Lord, we joy, Thy toils are ended,
Glad Thy suffering time is o’er;
To Thy Father’s throne ascended,
There Thou livest to die no more;
Yes, my soul! He lives for thee,
He who gave Himself for me.

Saturday, September 7, 2024

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Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. (2 Cor. 1:2,4)

Tychicus … a beloved brother … whom I have sent unto you … that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts. (Col. 4:7‑8)

Tell Him about the heartache,
   And tell Him the longings too;
Tell Him the baffled purpose
   When we scarce know what to do;
Then, leaving all our trials
   With the One divinely strong,
We can comfort a burdened one
   And help our brother along.

Friday, September 6, 2024

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Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. (John 7:24)

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. (Luke 6:36‑37)

Judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way. (Rom. 14:13)

To hold my tongue, when hot words rise,
Speak kindly ones instead,
Nor harshly judge my fellowmen,
In what they’ve done or said.

To share another’s heavy load,
By word, or courage given,
To help a fallen brother rise,
And set his eyes toward heaven.

Thursday, September 5, 2024

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We have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. (1 John 4:14‑15)

When the centurion … saw that He so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. (Mark 15:39)

Oh happy day that fixed my choice
On Thee, my Savior and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice
And tell its raptures all abroad.

’Tis done; the great transaction’s done;
I am my Lord’s, and He is mine;
He drew me, and I followed on,
Glad to confess the One divine.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

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God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. (Gen. 1:26)

The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)

As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. (1 Cor. 15:49)

Meet companion then for Jesus,
From Him, for Him, made —
Glory of God’s grace forever
There in me displayed.

He and I together entering
Those bright courts above —
He and I together sharing
All the Father’s love.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

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There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (1 Cor. 10:13)

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. (Heb. 4:16)

I look not forward; God sees all the future,
The road that short or long, will lead me home;
And He will face with me its every trial,
And bear for me the burdens that may come.

But I look up — into the face of Jesus!
For there my heart can rest; my fears are
stilled;
And there is joy, and love, and light for
darkness,
And perfect peace, and every hope fulfilled.

Monday, September 2, 2024

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Rizpah … took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven. (2 Sam. 21:10)

I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. (Dan. 9:3)

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; to the end that my glory may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto Thee forever. (Psa. 30:11‑12)

Nay, He careth; clouds of sadness
Quick dissolve in gracious rain;
God of all my joy and gladness,
He will tune my harp again:
I will sing Thy love long tried,
And Thy comforts multiplied.

Sunday, September 1, 2024

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If the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth besides, then shall I know that Thou wilt save. And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. Let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. And God did so that night. (Judg. 6:37‑40)

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and My tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and Thou hast brought Me into the dust of death. (Psa. 22:15)

O Christ, what burdens bowed Thy head!
   Our load was laid on Thee;
Thou stoodest in the sinner’s stead —
   To bear all ill for me;
A victim led, Thy blood was shed;
   Now there’s no load for me.