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June 22 The Undeviating Test “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Matthew 7:2 This statement is not a haphazard guess, it is an eternal law of God. Whatever judgment you give, it is measured to you again. […] Evening, June 22 Scripture: “That those things which cannot be shaken may remain.”(Hebrews 12:27) We have many things in our possession at the present moment which can be shaken, and it ill becomes a Christian man to set much store by them, for there is nothing stable beneath these rolling skies; change is written […] Morning “He shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory.” Zechariah 6:13 Christ himself is the builder of his spiritual temple, and he has built it on the mountains of his unchangeable affection, his omnipotent grace, and his infallible truthfulness. But as it was in Solomon’s temple, so in this; […] He with Us; We with Him The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. (Proverbs 10:27) There is no doubt about it. The fear of the Lord leads to virtuous habits, and these prevent that waste of life which comes of sin and vice. The holy […] June 22 Contentment “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content” (Phil. 4:11). Paul, denied of every comfort, wrote the above words in his dungeon. A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning, and found everything withered and dying. He asked the oak that stood […] |
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