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December 13 What To Pray For “Men ought always to pray, and not to faint” Luke 18:1 You cannot intercede if you do not believe in the reality of the Redemption; you will turn intercession into futile sympathy with human beings which will only increase their submissive content to being out of touch with […] Evening, December 13 Scripture: “I will make thy windows of agates.”(Isaiah 54:12) The church is most instructively symbolized by a building erected by heavenly power, and designed by divine skill. Such a spiritual house must not be dark, for the Israelites had light in their dwellings; there must therefore be windows to let the light […] Morning, December 13 Ezra 7:22 Salt without prescribing how much. Salt was used in every offering made by fire unto the Lord, and from its preserving and purifying properties it was the grateful emblem of divine grace in the soul. It is worthy of our attentive regard that, when Artaxerxes gave salt to Ezra the […] Evening Brightens into Day It shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. (Zechariah 14:7) It is a surprise that it should be so; for all things threaten that at evening time it shall be dark. God is wont to work in a way so much above our fears and beyond […] December 13 Inward Stillness “Their strength is to sit still.” (Isa. 30:7). In order really to know God, inward stillness is absolutely necessary. I remember when I first learned this. A time of great emergency had risen in my life, when every part of my being seemed to throb with anxiety, and […] |
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