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January 25
CHRIST is GOD: “‘They shall call His name Immanuel,’ which is translated, ‘God with us’” (Mt 1:23). Griffith Thomas states: “Christ claimed to be the Messiah of the Jews. He claimed to be the Redeemer. He claimed to be the Master with the right to direct every life. He claimed to be the Judge of…
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January 25 Petition Mission
“My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, ‘Where is your God?’…Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance” (Ps 42:3, 5). Mother was sitting by…
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January 25
We have come far short of the example of the apostles, much more of Christ; we are far behind the servants, much farther behind the Master. We have had little of the grace, the compassion, the meekness, the lowliness, the love of God’s eternal Son. His weeping over Jerusalem is a feeling in which we…
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January 24
“He who waters will also be watered himself” (Proverbs 11:25). When the Lord has given blessing by a tract or little book, Do not leave it idly lying in some soon-forgotten nook. There are others to be watered, lost and hungry souls to feed; Seek to share the grace and blessing that has reached you…
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January 24
CHRIST our TEACHER: “No man ever spoke like this Man!” (Jn 7:46). Christ’s words, as recorded, are comparatively few. The longest discourse takes fifteen minutes to read aloud. The whole of His words could be printed in a pamphlet of sixteen pages, and yet they are such that they have astounded the whole world. There…
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February 24
CHRIST the GLORY of GOD: “who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person” (Heb 1:3). While the heavens declare the glory of God, the revelation they impart is inadequate for the needs of life. Our appreciation of nature will not teach us lessons about prayer and sacrifice, or wash…