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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – December 16

December 16 He (Thomas)… said, Except I shall see… I will not believe…. Jesus… said… Be not faithless, but believing. John 20:25, 27. Every doubt in the heart of a Christian is a dishonor done to the Word of God, and the sacrifice of Christ. —Selected Thoughts for the QuietRead More …

Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible – December 15

December 15 Hosea 11:1-14:9 Psalm 141:7-10 Proverbs 30:15-17 Revelation 4:1-5:14 The Only Cure Take words of repentance with you and return to the Lord.—Hosea 14:2 How do we deal with demandingness? We must repent of it. Our passage today tells us how. First: “Return to the Lord.” The key toRead More …

Daily Light on the Daily Path – December 15

DECEMBER 15 MORNING Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who … took uponRead More …

1 John

1 John Introduction First John was written by the Apostle John, probably about a.d. 85-90. John also wrote two other brief letters, the Gospel of John, and the Book of Revelation. This letter was written to reaffirm core Christian truths then being denied by false teachers. Using the familiar imagesRead More …

Daily Strength for Daily Needs – December 15

December 15 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.—Psalm 116:7. We which have believed do enter into rest.—Hebrews 4:3. Rest is not quitting The busy career; Rest is the fitting Of self to its sphere. ‘T is loving and serving The highestRead More …

The Day Of The Lord

December 15. Reading 349. The Day Of The Lord 2 Peter 3 “The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare” (2 Peter 3:10). Seek solid joys and lasting pleasures. Background History’s end. BothRead More …

Daily Help – December 15

DECEMBER 15 To give to others is but sowing seed for ourselves. He who is so good a steward as to be willing to use his substance for his Lord, shall be intrusted with more. Friend of Jesus, art thou rendering him according to the benefit received? Much has beenRead More …

Streams in the Desert – December 15

December 15 “Trust also in him.” (Psalm 37:3.) THE word trust is the heart word of faith. It is the Old Testament word, the word given to the early and infant stage of faith. The word faith expresses more the act of the will, the word belief the act ofRead More …

He Has Shown You

December 15 He Has Shown You He has told you men what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: Only to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.—Micah 6:8 God never conceals His expectations from us. We never have to guessRead More …

Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – December 15

December 15 Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor. 13:13. (R. V.) Love is the greatest thing that God can give us: for Himself is Love; and it is the greatest thing we can give to God: for it will giveRead More …