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  Morning, February 1 Go To Evening Reading “They shall sing in the ways of the Lord.” —Psalm 138:5 The time when Christians begin to sing in the ways of the Lord is when they first lose their burden at the foot of the Cross. Not even the songs of the angels seem so sweet as the first song of rapture, which gushes from the inmost soul of the forgiven child of God. You know how John Bunyan describes it. He says when poor Pilgrim lost his burden at the Cross, he gave three great leaps and went on his way singing— “Blest Cross! Blest Sepulchre! blest rather be The Man that there was put to shame for me!” Believer, do you recollect the day when your fetters fell off? Do you remember the place when Jesus met you and said, “I have loved thee with an everlasting love; I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions and as a thick cloud thy sins; they shall not be mentioned against thee anymore forever.” Oh! What a sweet season it is when Jesus takes away the pain of sin. Whe...

  Morning, January 7 Go To Evening Reading “For me to live is Christ.” —Philippians 1:21 The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin and when, by grace, he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt. From the moment of the new and celestial birth, the man begins to live to Christ. Jesus is to believers the one pearl of great price, for whom we are willing to part with all we have. He has so ultimately won our love that it beats alone for him; to his glory, we would live, and in defense of his gospel, we would die; he is the pattern of our life and the model after which we would sculpt our character. Paul’s words mean more than most men think; they imply that the aim and end of his life was Christ—nay, his life itself was Jesus. In the words of an ancient saint, he ate, drank, and slept eternal life. Jesus was his very breath, the soul of his soul, the heart of his heart, the life o...

  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 ...

  Morning, January 5 Go To Evening Reading “And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.” — Genesis 1:4 Light might be good since it sprang from that fiat of goodness, “Let there be light.” We who enjoy it should be more grateful for it than we are and see more of God in it and by it. Light physical is said by Solomon to be sweet, but gospel light is infinitely more precious, for it reveals eternal things and ministers to our immortal natures. When the Holy Spirit gives us spiritual light and opens our eyes to behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, we behold sin in its true colors and ourselves in our actual position; we see the Most Holy God as he reveals himself, the plan of mercy as he propounds it, and the world to come as the Word describes it. Spiritual light has many beams and prismatic colors, but all are divinely good, whether knowledge, joy, holiness, or life. If the light received is thus good, what must t...