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Morning & Evening
When we give our hearts with our alms, we give well, but we must often plead to a failure in this respect. Not so our Master and our Lord. His favours are always performed with the love of his heart. He does not send to us the cold meat and the broken pieces from the…
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GRACIOUS SPIRIT, DWELL WITH ME
Amazing Grace Thomas T. Lynch, 1818–1871 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you … and I will put My Spirit in you and move you to follow My decrees. (Ezekiel 36:26, 27) An awareness and knowledge of the Holy Spirit’s ministries is most important for every believer. Note…
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Morning & Evening
Upstarts frequently usurp the highest places, while the truly great pine in obscurity. This is a riddle in providence whose solution will one day gladden the hearts of the upright; but it is so common a fact, that none of us should murmur if it should fall to our own lot. When our Lord was…
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SPIRIT OF GOD, DESCEND UPON MY HEART
Amazing Grace George Croly, 1780–1860 Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord Almighty. (Zechariah 4:6) Although it is always thrilling at Christmas to recall the events of our Savior’s birth, or at Easter to celebrate His triumph over death, we must not forget Ascension or Pentecost. If Christ had…
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Morning & Evening
All the attributes of Christ, as God and man, are at our disposal. All the fulness of the Godhead, whatever that marvellous term may comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity; but he has done all that can be done, for he has made even his…
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THE COMFORTER HAS COME
Amazing Grace Frank Bottome, 1823–1894 And I will ask the Father. and He will give you another counselor to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. (John 14:16) One of the important days worthy of every Christian’s recognition is Pentecost Sunday—an observance of the advent of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost Sunday occurs 50 days after…
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Morning & Evening
Why should Christians imitate Christ? They should do it for their own sakes. If they desire to be in a healthy state of soul—if they would escape the sickness of sin, and enjoy the vigour of growing grace, let Jesus be their model. For their own happiness’ sake, if they would drink wine on the…
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REJOICE THE LORD IS KING!
Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Hebrews 1:3) This text by Charles Wesley is another of the more than 6,500 hymns written by the “Sweet Bard of Methodism.” Wesley wrote on hundreds of scriptural passages as well…
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Morning & Evening
Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw his hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a sun ever-shining; he is manna always falling round the camp; he is a rock in…
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THINE IS THE GLORY
Amazing Grace Edmond L. Budry, 1854–1932Translated by Richard B. Hoyle, 1875–1939 But thanks be to God! He gives the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57) In the ancient world, no celebration was considered more glorious than the march of triumphant returning warriors through their capital city. Many visual depictions have been made…