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Evening, November 21 Scripture: “Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.”(John 12:2) He is to be envied. It was well to be Martha and serve, but better to be Lazarus and commune. There are times for each purpose, and each is comely in its season, but none of the trees […] Evening, November 20 Scripture: “The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.”(Proverbs 30:26) Conscious of their own natural defencelessness, the conies resort to burrows in the rocks, and are secure from their enemies. My heart, be willing to gather a lesson from these feeble folk. Thou art as […] Evening, November 19 Scripture: “O that I knew where I might find him!”(Job 23:3) In Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father’s face. His first prayer is not “O that I might be healed of the disease which […] Evening, November 18 Scripture: “Thou art from everlasting.”(Psalm 93:2) Christ is EVERLASTING . Of him we may sing with David, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.” Rejoice, believer, in Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Jesus always was. The Babe born in Bethlehem was united to the Word, which […] Evening, November 17 Scripture: “He that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.”(Ecclesiastes 10:9) Oppressors may get their will of poor and needy men as easily as they can split logs of wood, but they had better mind, for it is a dangerous business, and a splinter from a tree has often killed the woodman. Jesus […] |
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