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Daily Help – December 10
DECEMBER 10 There are times in our spiritual experience when human counsel or sympathy, or religious ordinances, fail to comfort or help us. Why does our gracious God permit this? Perhaps it is because we have been living too much without him, and he therefore takes away everything upon whichRead More …
Streams in the Desert – December 10
December 10 “If I am in distress, it is in the interests of your comfort, which is effective as it nerves you to endure the same sufferings as I suffered myself. Hence my hope for you is well-founded, since I know that as you share the sufferings you share theRead More …
All Things Pertaining to Life
December 10 All Things Pertaining to Life For His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.—2 Peter 1:3 As a Christian, you have everything you need to live a holy and abundantRead More …
Morning – December 10
Morning “So shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Even the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they are—and how transitory! One moment our eyes see Him, and we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, but again a little time and we do not seeRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – December 10
December 10 Then shall ye discern between the righteous and the wicked. Mal. 3:18. Said Anne of Austria to Cardinal Richelieu: “God does not pay at the end of every week, but He pays at last!” —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – December 10
Evening – December 09
Evening “My people shall dwell in quiet resting places.” Isaiah 32:18 Peace and rest belong not to the unregenerate, they are the peculiar possession of the Lord’s people, and of them only. The God of Peace gives perfect peace to those whose hearts are stayed upon him. When man wasRead More …
Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible – December 09
December 9 Daniel 6:1-7:28 Psalm 139:7-12 Proverbs 30:1-2 Jude 1-13 Satanic Forces He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling.—Jude 6 The Devil was created as a wise andRead More …
Daily Light on the Daily Path – December 09
DECEMBER 9 MORNING To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Proverbs 21:3 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?Read More …
Prospects Of Faith
December 9. Reading 343. Prospects Of Faith James 4-5 “Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming” (James 5:7). Patience and prayer are resources that make present sufferings bearable. Overview Motives and attitudes affect prayer (4:1-6). Humility (vv. 7-10), nonjudgmentalism (vv. 11-12), and trust (vv. 13-17) in the face ofRead More …
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1 Peter
1 Peter Introduction First Peter was written by the Apostle Peter from Rome, in the early a.d. 60s, to Christians in northern Asia Minor. This is a pastoral letter, written to encourage Christians who were already suffering persecution to live godly lives marked by submission and good works. Jesus isRead More …
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