December 12
JESUS the DOER of GREAT THINGS: The Lord Jesus instructed the former demoniac of Gadara, “Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you” (Lk 8:39). But what did he do? “He went his...
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December 11
CHRIST the CAPTAIN: “It was fitting for Him,…in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings” (Heb 2:10). Archibald Alexander writes: I heard lately of a beautiful instance of a poor man’s trust...
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December 10
CHRIST the HORN of SALVATION (Lk 1:69): Dear Christian, rejoice today in the fullness of our provision as expressed in 1 Peter 1:3-6. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…”—we have a SHARED life, inextricably linked...
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December 9
CHRIST the SUPREME OFFERING: “Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God” (Eph 5:2). Leonard Sheldrake tells a story from the days when a plastic coin called a mill was used...
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December 8
CHRIST with the MIGHTY NAME: “And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong” (Acts 3:16). The infidel gives grudging proof to the power of Christ’s name by using, not the names of the founders of...
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December 7
JESUS the JUDGE: “God…commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained” (Acts 17:30-31). George Whitfield and Ben Franklin were well...
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December 6
CHRIST the TREE: “Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down in his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste” (Song 2:3). The...
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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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