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Morning, April 30 Scripture: “And all the children of Israel murmured.”(Numbers 14:2) There are murmurers amongst Christians now, as there were in the camp of Israel of old. There are those who, when the rod falls, cry out against the afflictive dispensation. They ask, “Why am I thus afflicted? What have I done to […] Morning, April 29 Scripture: “Thou art my hope in the day of evil.”(Jeremiah 17:17) The path of the Christian is not always bright with sunshine; he has his seasons of darkness and of storm. True, it is written in God’s Word, “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace;” and […] Morning, April 28 Scripture: “Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.”(Psalm 119:49) Whatever your especial need may be, you may readily find some promise in the Bible suited to it. Are you faint and feeble because your way is rough and you are weary? Here is the […] Morning, April 27 Scripture: “God, even our own God.”(Psalm 67:6) It is strange how little use we make of the spiritual blessings which God gives us, but it is stranger still how little use we make of God himself. Though he is “our own God,” we apply ourselves but little to him, and ask […] Morning, April 26 Scripture: “This do in remembrance of me.”(1 Corinthians 11:24) It seems then, that Christians may forget Christ! There could be no need for this loving exhortation, if there were not a fearful supposition that our memories might prove treacherous. Nor is this a bare supposition: it is, alas! too well confirmed […] |
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