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Streams in the Desert – December 05
December 5 “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.” (Jer. 10:23.) “Lead me in a plain path.” (Psalm 27:11.) MANY people want to direct God, instead of resigning themselves to be directed byRead More …
Hold Fast
December 5 Hold Fast . . . but test all things. Hold on to what is good. Stay away from every form of evil.—1 Thessalonians 5:21–22 Hold fast to what is good, or the world will take it away. Satan is the relentless enemy of good. When he saw that what God gaveRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – December 05
December 5 Belshazzar the king made a great feast. Dan. 5:1. There was one Guest not invited, but He came, and the work of His finger glowed upon the wall. —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – December 05
Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible – December 4
December 4 Ezekiel 45:1-47:5 Psalm 136:17-26 Proverbs 29:15-17 1 John 3:1-24 Self-Protection Now this is His command: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another.—1 John 3:23 An advantage of being willing to feel disappointment is that it enables us to come inRead More …
Daily Light on the Daily Path – December 04
DECEMBER 4 MORNING Where shall wisdom be found? Job 28:12 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. — Trust in the Lord withRead More …
Daily Strength for Daily Needs – December 4
December 4 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called.—1 Timothy 6:12. Oh, dream no more of quiet life; Care finds the careless out; more wise to vow Thy heart entire to faith’s pure strife; So peace will come, thou knowest notRead More …
Daily Help – December 04
DECEMBER 4 “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”—I John 2:1. What words of tenderness, what sentences of persuasion, will the anointed use when he stands up to plead for me! “Jesus Christ the righteous.” This is not only his character, butRead More …
Streams in the Desert – December 04
December 4 “He went up into a mountain apart.” (Matt. 14:23.) ONE of the blessings of the old-time Sabbath was its calm, its restfulness, its holy peace. There is a strange strength conceived in solitude. Crows go in flocks and wolves in packs, but the lion and the eagle areRead More …
A Tender Plant
December 4 A Tender Plant He grew up before Him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground.—Isaiah 53:2 The coming of Jesus was like a tender plant in the midst of a parched ground. Parched ground offers little hope for survival; it is dry andRead More …
D5 Creation
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Divine Discipline
December 4. Reading 338. Divine Discipline Hebrews 12 “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it” (Heb. 12:11). To benefit from discipline we must respond to it. Overview The exampleRead More …
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