April 15
CHRIST the EMPIRE BUILDER: “Indeed a greater than Solomon is here” (Lk 11:31). Harold St. John tells a story from the days of the persecuting emperor Diocletian. A Christian was brought before him, and the Caesar mockingly quipped, “Tell me,...
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April 14
CHRIST the REST-BRINGER: “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Mt 11:29). Learning daily from Christ is the secret to spiritual progress,...
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April 13
CHRIST “the DESIRE of all nations” (Hag 2:7). Albert Fallaize, missionary to Morocco, tells how his wife visited a dying Arab boy. She had heard the mother wailing in grief. Approaching the tent, she saw the emaciated figure close to...
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April 12
The INESCAPABLE CHRIST. No one can do as Pilate’s wife suggested, “Have nothing to do with that just Man” (Mt 27:19). Yet it is possible to follow Christ as the Pharisees did—to argue with Him, criticise Him, find fault with...
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April 11
CHRIST of the MIGHTY NAME. “There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). His name was given in JOYFUL PROCLAMATION at His birth: “You shall call His name JESUS” (Mt...
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April 10
CHRIST the “CHIEF among ten thousand” (Song 5:10). Dr. A.T. Schofield tells the following: Some years ago I went down to the banks of the Severn to visit a poor girl dying of tuberculosis in a cottage of two rooms...
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April 9
CHRIST our COUNSELOR: “And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor…” (Isa 9:6). Do you need marriage or family counseling? Grief counseling? Financial counseling? Guidance or career counseling? Personal issues or anxiety counseling? I know Someone who specializes in all...
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