December 5
JESUS, FRIEND of COMMONERS: “And the common people heard Him gladly” (Mk 12:37). James Hastings writes: God often uses minnows to catch salmon. It may be the consolation that He gives to the ungifted, that they should be the means...
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December 4
CHRIST our BRIDEGROOM: “Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!” (Mt 25:6). You remember when the unnamed servant came to woo a bride for Abraham’s “only beloved son”? He showed Rebecca a sampling of Isaac’s wealth since,...
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December 3
CHRIST the DIVIDING LINE: “Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity” (Eph 6:24). “If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed” (1 Cor 16:22). Alexander Maclaren tells “about...
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December 2
CHRIST the PATRIARCH’S DELIGHT: Abraham, said the Lord Jesus, “rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad” (Jn 8:56). But did he know he was taking one of Messiah’s own titles when we read: “And he...
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December 1
JESUS the GIFT: “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son…” (1 Jn 4:10). Lyman Abbott tells of a missionary from India who recounted how she went with another lady...
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November 30
CHRIST the HEALER: “Were there not ten cleansed?” (Lk 17:17). H.P. Liddon writes: Misfortune makes strange associates, and of these lepers one was a Samaritan. Illness, too, will make men think of God who have never thought of Him before....
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November 29
CHRIST the PERFECTIONIST: “Assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled” (Mt 5:18). F.B. Cowl tells the story of a...
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November 28
CHRIST the LORD: Both Mark’s and Luke’s accounts include the story of a widow of whom the Lord said: “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the...
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November 27
CHRIST the REAPER: “He who reaps…gathers fruit for eternal life” (Jn 4:36). This the Lord told His disciples just after the harvesting of the woman at Sychar. When Dr. A.T. Pierson asked George Müller if he had ever asked God...
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