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January 9 Intercessory Introspection “And I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless.” 1 Thess 5:23 “Your whole spirit. . .” The great mystical work of the Holy Spirit is in the dim regions of our personality which we cannot get at. Read the 139th Psalm; the Psalmist implies – […] Morning, January 9 Scripture: “I will be their God.”(Jeremiah 31:33) Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with David, “My cup runneth over; I have […] Gaining by Giving Scripture: “The liberal soul shall be made fat”(Proverbs 11:25). If I desire to flourish in soul, I must not hoard up my stores but must distribute to the poor. To be close is the world’s way to prosperity, but it is not God’s way, for He saith, “There is that […] Evening, January 9 Scripture: “Serve the Lord with gladness.”(Psalm 100:2) Delight in divine service is a token of acceptance. Those who serve God with a sad countenance, because they do what is unpleasant to them, are not serving him at all; they bring the form of homage, but the life is absent. Our God […] January 9 Vineyards in the Wilderness “I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness…And I will give her her vineyards from thence” (Hosea 2:14-15). A strange place to find vineyards–in the wilderness! And can it be that the riches which a soul needs can be obtained in the wilderness, which […] |
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