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  Morning, January 31 Go To Evening Reading “The Lord our Righteousness.” —Jeremiah 23:6 It will always give a Christian the greatest calm, quiet, ease, and peace to think of the perfect righteousness of Christ. How often are the saints of God downcast and sad! They should not be. I do not believe they would if they could always see their perfection in Christ. Some talk about corruption, the heart's depravity, and the soul's innate evil. This is quite true, but why not go further and remember that we are “perfect in Christ Jesus.” No wonder those dwelling upon their own corruption should wear such downcast looks, but surely, if we call to mind that “Christ is made unto us righteousness,” we shall be of good cheer. What though distresses afflict me, though Satan assaults me, though there may be many things to be experienced before I get to heaven, those are done for me in the covenant of divine grace; nothing is wanting in my Lord, Christ hath done it all. On the cross, h...

Morning, January 30 Go To Evening Reading “When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, then thou shalt bestir thyself.” —2 Samuel 5:24 The members of Christ’s Church should be very prayerful, always seeking the unction of the Holy One to rest upon their hearts, that the kingdom of Christ may come, and that his “will be done on earth, even as it is in heaven;” but there are times when God seems especially to favor Zion, such seasons ought to be to them like “the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees.” We ought then to be doubly prayerful, earnest, wrestling more at the throne than we have been wont to. Action should then be prompt and vigorous. The tide is flowing—now let us pull manfully for the shore. O for Pentecostal outpourings and Pentecostal labors. Christian, in yourself, there are times “when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees.” You have a peculiar power in prayer; the Spirit of God gives you joy...

  Morning, January 29 Go To Evening Reading “The things which are not seen.” —2 Corinthians 4:18 In our Christian pilgrimage, it is well, for the most part, to be looking forward. Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal. Whether it be for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for the inspiration of our love, the future must, after all, be the grand object of the eye of faith. Looking into the future, we see sin cast out, the body of sin and death destroyed, and the soul made perfect and fit to be a partaker of the saints' inheritance in light. Looking further yet, the believer’s enlightened eye can see death’s river passed, the gloomy stream forded, and the hills of light attained on which standeth the celestial city; he seeth himself enter within the pearly gates, hailed as more than conqueror, crowned by the hand of Christ, embraced in the arms of Jesus, glorified with him, and made to sit together with him on his throne, even as he has overcome and has sat down with t...

  Morning, January 28 Go To Evening Reading “Perfect in Christ Jesus.” —Colossians 1:28 Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear trickles from your eye, weeps “imperfection”; every harsh word that proceeds from your lip mutters “imperfection.” You have too frequently had a view of your heart to dream for a moment of perfection in yourself . But amidst this sad consciousness of imperfection, here is comfort for you—you are “perfect in Christ Jesus .” In God’s sight, you are “complete in him;” even now, you are “accepted in the Beloved.” But there is a second perfection, yet to be realized, which is sure to all the seeds. Is it not delightful to look forward to the time when every stain of sin shall be removed from the believer, and he shall be presented faultless before the throne, without spot, wrinkle, or any such thing? The Church of Christ then will be so pure that not even the eye of Omniscience will s...