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January 7 Intimate With Jesus “Have I been so long with you, and yet hast thou not known Me?” John 14:9 These words are not spoken as a rebuke, nor even with surprise; Jesus is leading Philip on. The last One with whom we get intimate is Jesus. Before Pentecost the disciples knew Jesus as […] 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 […] Always Growing Scripture: “Thou shalt see greater than these”(John 1:50). This is spoken to a child-like believer, who was ready to accept Jesus as the Son of God, the King of Israel, upon one convincing piece of argument. Those who are willing to see shall see; it is because we shut our eyes […] Evening, January 7 Scripture: “My sister, my spouse.”(Song of Solomon 4:12) Observe the sweet titles with which the heavenly Solomon with intense affection addresses his bride the church. “My sister, one near to me by ties of nature, partaker of the same sympathies. My spouse, nearest and dearest, united to me by the […] January 7 Master Plowman “Doth the plowman plow all day to sow?” (Isa. 28:24). One day in early summer I walked past a beautiful meadow. The grass was as soft and thick and fine as an immense green Oriental rug. In one corner stood a fine old tree, a sanctuary for numberless […] |
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