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Morning, January 5 Scripture: “And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”(Genesis 1:4) Light might well be good since it sprang from that fiat of goodness, “Let there be light.” We who enjoy it should be more grateful for it than we are, and see […] Morning, January 4 “Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”(2 Peter 3:18) “Grow in grace”—not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fulness, constancy, simplicity. Grow also in love. […] Morning, January 3 “I will give thee for a covenant of the people.”(Isaiah 49:8) Jesus Christ is himself the sum and substance of the covenant, and as one of its gifts. He is the property of every believer. Believer, canst thou estimate what thou hast gotten in Christ? “In him dwelleth all the fulness of […] Morning, January 2 “Continue in prayer.”(Colossians 4:2) It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, “Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord;” and […] Morning, January 1 Scripture: “They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” (Joshua 5:12) Israel’s weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which flowed with milk and honey, and […] |
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