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December 14 The Great Life “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: . . Let not your heart be troubled.” John 14:27 Whenever a thing becomes difficult in personal experience, we are in danger of blaming God, but it is we who are in the wrong, not God, there is […] Evening, December 14 Scripture: “I am crucified with Christ.”(Galatians 2:20) The Lord Jesus Christ acted in what he did as a great public representative person, and his dying upon the cross was the virtual dying of all his people. Then all his saints rendered unto justice what was due, and made an expiation to divine […] Morning, December 14 Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength. They go from strength to strength. There are various renderings of these words, but all of them contain the idea of progress. Our own good translation of the authorized version is enough for us this morning. “They go from strength to strength.” That is, […] Nothing Old And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. (Revelation 21:5) Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are sadly battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture was rolled up and laid aside, and that creation put on […] December 14 Thankful for the Thorns “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Cor. 12:10). The literal translation of this verse gives a startling emphasis to it, and makes it speak for itself […] |
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