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Evening, September 22 Scripture: “When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.”(Psalm 61:2) Most of us know what it is to be overwhelmed in heart; emptied as when a man wipeth a dish and turneth it upside down; submerged and thrown on our beam ends like a vessel […] Evening, September 21 Scripture: “Gather not my soul with sinners.”(Psalm 26:9) Fear made David pray thus, for something whispered, “Perhaps, after all, thou mayst be gathered with the wicked.” That fear, although marred by unbelief, springs, in the main, from holy anxiety, arising from the recollection of past sin. Even the pardoned man will enquire, […] Evening, September 20 Scripture: “In the evening withhold not thy hand.”(Ecclesiastes 11:6) In the evening of the day opportunities are plentiful: men return from their labour, and the zealous soul-winner finds time to tell abroad the love of Jesus. Have I no evening work for Jesus? If I have not, let me no longer withhold […] Evening, September 19 Scripture: “For this child I prayed.”(1 Samuel 1:27) Devout souls delight to look upon those mercies which they have obtained in answer to supplication, for they can see God’s especial love in them. When we can name our blessings Samuel, that is, “asked of God,” they will be as dear to us […] Evening, September 18 Scripture: “And they follow me.”(John 10:27) We should follow our Lord as unhesitatingly as sheep follow their shepherd, for he has a right to lead us wherever he pleases. We are not our own, we are bought with a price－let us recognize the rights of the redeeming blood. The soldier follows his […] |
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