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December 31 Yesterday “The God of Israel will be your rereward.” Isaiah 52:12 Security from Yesterday. “God requireth that which is past.” At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety is apt to arise from remembering the yesterdays. Our present enjoyment of […] December 30 “And Every Virtue We Possess” “All my fresh springs shall be in Thee.” Psalm 87:7 (P.B.V.) Our Lord never patches up our natural virtues, He re-makes the whole man on the inside. “Put on the new man,” i.e., see that your natural human life puts on the garb that is in keeping […] December 29 Deserter Or Disciple? “From that time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.” John 6:66 When God gives a vision by His Spirit through His word of what He wants, and your mind and soul thrill to it, if you do not walk in the light of […] December 28 Continuous Conversion “Except ye be converted, and become as little children. . . .” Matthew 18:3 These words of Our Lord are true of our initial conversion, but we have to be continuously converted all the days of our lives, continually to turn to God as children. If we trust to our […] December 27 Where The Battle’s Lost And Won “If thou wilt return, 0 Israel, saith the Lord. . . .” Jeremiah 4:1 The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world. The Spirit of God apprehends me and I am obliged to […] |
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