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Evening, August 18 Scripture: “And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.”(Mark 15:23) A golden truth is couched in the fact that the Saviour put the myrrhed wine-cup from his lips. On the heights of heaven the Son of God stood of old, and as he looked down […] Evening, August 17 Scripture: “This sickness is not unto death.”(John 11:4) From our Lord’s words we learn that there is a limit to sickness. Here is an “unto” within which its ultimate end is restrained, and beyond which it cannot go. Lazarus might pass through death, but death was not to be the ultimatum of […] Evening, August 16 Scripture: “Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit.”(Romans 8:23) Present possession is declared. At this present moment we have the first fruits of the Spirit. We have repentance, that gem of the first water; faith, that priceless pearl; hope, the heavenly emerald; and love, the glorious ruby. We are already […] Evening, August 15 Scripture: “And I will give you an heart of flesh.”(Ezekiel 36:26) A heart of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To have indulged a foul imagination, or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry even for a moment, is quite enough to make a heart of flesh grieve before […] Evening, August 14 Scripture: “I know their sorrows.”(Exodus 3:7) The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows”; and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband knows all about us? 1. He is the Physician, and if he knows all, there is no need that […] |
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