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Evening, April 15 Scripture: “Lift them up for ever.”(Psalm 28:9) God’s people need lifting up. They are very heavy by nature. They have no wings, or, if they have, they are like the dove of old which lay among the pots; and they need divine grace to make them mount on wings covered with […] Evening, April 14 Scripture: “Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him.”(Isaiah 3:10) It is well with the righteous ALWAYS . If it had said, “Say ye to the righteous, that it is well with him in his prosperity,” we must have been thankful for so great a boon, for […] Evening, April 13 Scripture: “And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt- offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.”(Leviticus 1:4) Our Lord’s being made “sin for us” is set forth here by the very significant transfer of sin to the bullock, which was made […] Evening, April 12 Scripture: “The king’s garden.”(Nehemiah 3:15) Mention of the king’s garden by Nehemiah brings to mind the paradise which the King of kings prepared for Adam. Sin has utterly ruined that fair abode of all delights, and driven forth the children of men to till the ground, which yields thorns and briers […] Evening, April 11 Scripture: “Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.”(Psalm 25:18) It is well for us when prayers about our sorrows are linked with pleas concerning our sins－when, being under God’s hand, we are not wholly taken up with our pain, but remember our offences against God. It […] |
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