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Morning, January 10 Scripture: “There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.”(2 Timothy 4:8) Doubting one! thou hast often said, “I fear I shall never enter heaven.” Fear not! all the people of God shall enter there. I love the quaint saying of a dying man, who exclaimed, “I have no fear […] Morning, January 9 Scripture: “I will be their God.”(Jeremiah 31:33) Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with David, “My cup runneth over; I have […] Morning, January 8 Scripture: “The iniquity of the holy things.”(Exodus 28:38) What a veil is lifted up by these words, and what a disclosure is made! It will be humbling and profitable for us to pause awhile and see this sad sight. The iniquities of our public worship, its hypocrisy, formality, lukewarmness, irreverence, wandering […] Morning, January 7 Scripture: “For me to live is Christ.”(Philippians 1:21) The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt. From the moment […] Morning, January 6 Scripture: “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”(1 Peter 5:7) It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel—“HE careth for me.” Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord. You are staggering […] |
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