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April 22 The Light That Fails “We all with open face beholding . . . the glory of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 A servant of God must stand so much alone that he never knows he is alone. In the first phases of Christian life disheartenments come, people who used to be lights flicker […] Morning, April 22 Scripture: “Him hath God exalted.”(Acts 5:31) Jesus, our Lord, once crucified, dead and buried, now sits upon the throne of glory. The highest place that heaven affords is his by undisputed right. It is sweet to remember that the exaltation of Christ in heaven is a representative exaltation. He is exalted […] Power to Raise The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down. (Psalm l46:8) Am I bowed down? Then let me urge this word of grace before the Lord. It is His way, His custom, His promise, His delight, to raise up them that are bowed down. […] Evening, April 22 Scripture: “Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night.”(Psalm 91:5) What is this terror? It may be the cry of fire, or the noise of thieves, or fancied appearances, or the shriek of sudden sickness or death. We live in the world of death and sorrow, we may therefore […] April 22 Ready to Move “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (2 Cor.5:1). The owner of the tenement which I have occupied for many years has given notice that […] |
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