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Taming The Tongue

December 8. Reading 342. Taming The Tongue James 3 “If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check” (James 3:2). What we say about others says more about us than about them. Overview Even teachers mustRead More …

Daily Help – December 08

DECEMBER 8 Be it ever in your remembrance, that to keep strictly in the path of your Saviour’s command is better than any outward form of religion; and to hearken to his precept with an attentive ear is better than to bring the fat of rams, or any other preciousRead More …

Streams in the Desert – December 08

December 8 “Put on as the elect of God, kindness.” (Col. 3:12.) THERE is a story of an old man who carried a little can of oil with him everywhere he went, and if he passed through a door that squeaked, he poured a little oil on the hinges. IfRead More …

Small Things Are Not Despised

December 8 Small Things Are Not Despised For who scorns the day of small things?—Zechariah 4:10a The world loves the spectacular. God has proven that He is certainly capable of the extraordinary, but He often chooses to work through the ordinary and seemingly insignificant. In this way He demonstrates HisRead More …

Morning – December 08

Morning “Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.” Revelation 3:4 We may understand this to refer to justification. “They shall walk in white;” that is, they shall enjoy a constant senseRead More …

Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – December 08

December 8 Bless the Lord O my soul, and forget not all His benefits… who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies. Ps. 103:2, 4. We talk about the telescope of faith, but I think we want even more the microscope of watchful and grateful love. Apply this toRead More …

Evening – December 07

Evening “I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” 1 Corinthians 9:22 Paul’s great object was not merely to instruct and to improve, but to save. Anything short of this would have disappointed him; he would have men renewed in heart, forgiven,Read More …

Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible – December 07

December 7 Daniel 2:36-3:30 Psalm 138:4-8 Proverbs 29:24-25 2 John 1-13 Demandingness in Action We want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.—Daniel 3:18 How does demandingness manifest itself? One way is by an insistence that GodRead More …

Daily Light on the Daily Path – December 07

DECEMBER 7 MORNING He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21 The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. — Who his own self bare our sins in hisRead More …

Daily Strength for Daily Needs – December 07

December 7 Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace.—Job 22:21. All thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.—Isaiah 54:13. Unite, my roving thoughts, unite In silence soft and sweet; And thou, my soul, sit gently down At thyRead More …