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Morning, January 3 Go To Evening Reading “I will give thee for a covenant of the people.” —Isaiah 49:8 Jesus Christ is the sum and substance of the covenant and one of its gifts. He is the property of every believer. Believer, canst thou estimate what thou hast gotten in Christ? “In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” Consider that word “God” and its infinity, and then meditate upon “perfect man” and all his beauty; for all that Christ, as God and man, ever had, or can have, is thine—out of pure free favor, passed over to thee to be thine entailed property forever. Our blessed Jesus, as God, is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. Will it not console you to know that all these great and glorious attributes are altogether yours? Has he power? That power is yours to support and strengthen you, to overcome your enemies, and to preserve you even to the end. Has he loved it? Well, there is not a drop of love in his heart that is not yours; you may dive into the i...

  Morning, January 2 Go To Evening Reading “Continue in prayer.” —Colossians 4:2 It is interesting to remark how much a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, “Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord,” just as we are about to close the volume, the “Amen” of an earnest supplication meets our ear. Instances are plentiful. Here we find a wrestling Jacob—a Daniel who prayed three times a day—and a David who called upon his heart God with all hi. We see Elias, Paul, and Silas on the mountain in the dungeon. We have multitudes of commands and myriads of promises. What does this teach us, but what is prayer's sacred importance and necessity? We may be sure that whatever God has made prominent in his Word, he intended to be conspicuous in our lives. If he has said much about prayer, it is because he knows we have much need of it. So deep are our ne...

  Morning, January 1 Go To Evening Reading “They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” —Joshua 5:12 Israel’s weary wanderings were over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which flowed with milk and honey and ate the old corn of the land. Perhaps this year, beloved Christian reader, this may be thy case or mine. Joyful is the prospect; if faith is in active exercise, it will yield unalloyed delight. To be with Jesus in the rest that remains for the people of God is a cheering hope, and to expect this glory so soon is double bliss. Unbelief shudders at the Jordan, which still rolls between us and the goodly land, but let us rest assured that we have already experienced more ills than death at its worst can cause us. Let us banish every fearful thought and rejoice with great joy, hoping that this year we shall begin to be “forever with the Lord.” A part ...