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Morning & Evening
Beware of light thoughts of sin. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender, that we are afraid of the slightest sin. Young converts have a holy timidity, a godly fear lest they should offend against God. But alas! very soon the fine bloom upon these first ripe fruits is removed by the…
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SHEPHERD OF EAGER YOUTH
(Amazing Grace) Clement of Alexandria, c. 170–c. 220Translated by Henry Martyn Dexter, 1821–1890 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them!” (Ecclesiastes 12:1) Someone cried, “Where must the seed be sown to bring the…
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Morning & Evening
“Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel.” Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants to bear his vessels across the bosom of the mighty deep; let his lands yield abundantly: let the weather…
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Morning & Evening
The superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting; it is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He is more than pleasant and fair, he is lovely. Surely the people of God can fully justify the use of this golden word, for he is the object of their warmest love, a love founded…
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SAVIOR LIKE A SHEPHERD LEAD US
Amazing Grace Dorothy A. Thrupp, 1779–1847 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. (Psalm 32:8) Divine guidance is the very essence of Christianity. The Bible equates being guided by the Spirit of God with being a child of God (Romans 8:14).…
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Morning & Evening
God’s people have their trials. It was never designed by God, when he chose his people, that they should be an untried people. They were chosen in the furnace of affliction; they were never chosen to worldly peace and earthly joy. Freedom from sickness and the pains of mortality was never promised them; but when…
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BRIGHTEN THE CORNER
Amazing Grace Ina Duley Ogdon, 1877–? Christ gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good. (Titus 2:14) “Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do … but brighten the corner where you…
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Morning & Evening
Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well; and without faith…
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NO NOT ONE
Amazing Grace Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1856–1922 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends … (John 15:15) He became poor that we might become rich (James 2:5).He was born that we might be born again (John 1:14).He became a servant that we…
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Morning & Evening
Regeneration is a subject which lies at the very basis of salvation, and we should be very diligent to take heed that we really are “born again,” for there are many who fancy they are, who are not. Be assured that the name of a Christian is not the nature of a Christian; and that…