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Morning, January 30 “When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, then thou shalt bestir thyself.”(2 Samuel 5:24) The members of Christ’s Church should be very prayerful, always seeking the unction of the Holy One to rest upon their hearts, that the kingdom of Christ may come, and […] Morning, January 29 “The things which are not seen.”(2 Corinthians 4:18) In our Christian pilgrimage it is well, for the most part, to be looking forward. Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal. Whether it be for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for the inspiring of our love, the future must, after […] Morning, January 28 “Perfect in Christ Jesus.”(Colossians 1:28) Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye, weeps “imperfection”; every harsh word which proceeds from your lip, mutters “imperfection.” You have too frequently had a view […] Morning, January 27 Scripture: “And of his fulness have all we received.”(John 1:16) These words tell us that there is a fulness in Christ. There is a fulness of essential Deity, for “in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead.” There is a fulness of perfect manhood, for in him, bodily, that Godhead […] Morning, January 26 Scripture: “Your heavenly Father.”(Matthew 6:26) God’s people are doubly his children, they are his offspring by creation, and they are his sons by adoption in Christ. Hence they are privileged to call him, “Our Father which art in heaven.” Father! Oh, what precious word is that. Here is authority: “If I […] |
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