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January 5 I Heard a Still Voice “There was silence, and I heard a still voice” (Job 4:16, margin). A score of years ago, a friend placed in my hand a book called True Peace. It was an old mediaeval message, and it had but one thought–that God was waiting in the […] January 4 The Giants “There we saw the giants” (Num. 13:33). Yes, they saw the giants, but Caleb and Joshua saw God! Those who doubt say, “We be not able to go up.” Those who believe say, “Let us go up at once and possess it, for we are well able.” Giants stand for great […] January 3 The Lord is My Strength “The Lord hath sent strength for thee” (Ps. 68:28, PBV). The Lord imparts unto us that primary strength of character which makes everything in life work with intensity and decision. We are “strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.” And the strength is continuous; reserves […] January 2 The Answer is God “For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?” (Rom. 3:3). I think that I can trace every scrap of sorrow in my life to simple unbelief. How could I be anything but quite happy if I believed always that all […] January 1 March Forward “Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward” (Exod. 14:15). Imagine, O child of God, if you can, that triumphal march! The excited children restrained from ejaculations of wonder by the perpetual hush of their parents; the most uncontrollable excitement of the women as they found themselves suddenly saved […] |
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