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Evening, February 24 Scripture: “O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy upon Jerusalem? … And the Lord answered the angel … with good words and comfortable words.”(Zechariah 1:12,13) What a sweet answer to an anxious enquiry! This night let us rejoice in it. O Zion, there are good things […] Evening, February 23 Scripture: “Take up the cross, and follow me.”(Mark 10:21) You have not the making of your own cross, although unbelief is a master carpenter at cross-making; neither are you permitted to choose your own cross, although self-will would fain be lord and master; but your cross is prepared and appointed […] Evening, February 22 Scripture: “The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power.”(Nahum 1:3) Jehovah “is slow to anger.” When mercy cometh into the world she driveth winged steeds; the axles of her chariot-wheels are red hot with speed; but when wrath goeth forth, it toileth on with tardy footsteps, for God […] Evening, February 21 Scripture: “Understandest thou what thou readest?”(Acts 8:30) We should be abler teachers of others, and less liable to be carried about by every wind of doctrine, if we sought to have a more intelligent understanding of the Word of God. As the Holy Ghost, the Author of the Scriptures is […] Evening, February 20 Scripture: “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”(Matthew 4:1) A holy character does not avert temptation－Jesus was tempted. When Satan tempts us, his sparks fall upon tinder; but in Christ’s case, it was like striking sparks on water; yet the enemy […] |
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