December 11
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. Proverbs 17:22
These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. Matthew 15:11
The wise man affirms that a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance, and doeth good like a medicine. What is more refreshing than the merry laugh of a child?
It is the bubbling up of the fountain of innocence and simplicity in the little one's heart. Did not our Master bid us to become as little children? "Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
(Matthew 18:3)
Be assured then that you will make your own life happier and better, and through your happiness the lives of others happier and better by using the faculty of cheerfulness.
- to heal dissensions,
- to solve anger,
- to mitigate suffering,
- to cheer adversity,
- to save us from the wearing action of petty troubles,
- to arm us with the brightness of spirit which makes the best, and not the worst, of everything! Winsome Christianity - Henry Durbanville
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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. Proverbs 17:22
These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. Matthew 15:11
The wise man affirms that a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance, and doeth good like a medicine. What is more refreshing than the merry laugh of a child?
It is the bubbling up of the fountain of innocence and simplicity in the little one's heart. Did not our Master bid us to become as little children? "Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
(Matthew 18:3)
Be assured then that you will make your own life happier and better, and through your happiness the lives of others happier and better by using the faculty of cheerfulness.
- to heal dissensions,
- to solve anger,
- to mitigate suffering,
- to cheer adversity,
- to save us from the wearing action of petty troubles,
- to arm us with the brightness of spirit which makes the best, and not the worst, of everything! Winsome Christianity - Henry Durbanville
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December 12
THE WORLD IN NOAH'S DAY
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 2 Peter 3:4-7
The busy world was pressing on its way
Intent to plant and build, to sell and buy:
And neither knew nor cared that every day
The Lord Himself came from His home on high, To walk with men.
And thus the course of time its way fast rolled,
Till soon three hundred years were fully gone.
While Enoch, prophet of the Lord, foretold
The Lord with thousands of His saints will come, Will come to judge.
Alas, the busy world still sped its way,
Nor thought, not cared, for God's most solemn cry.
Then, strangely, Enoch was not found one day,
For God had taken him to dwell on high, To dwell with Him.
But Enoch's son still spread the message grave:
"When I shall die the judgment sure must fall."
And Noah build an ark their souls to save:
He, too, while building, preached the solemn call: The judge is near.
The world sped on without a thought of God.
No time had they to hear what He might say.
Nor did they know until had come the flood
And took them all, yea, every one, away: The judge had come.
And still the busy world runs its own way,
Intent to plant and build, to sell and buy:
And heed not, just as 'twas in Noah's day,
That God still sends abroad that solemn cry: The judge is near.
Before shall swiftly fall that judgment dire,
Like Enoch once, our God shall claim His own.
The world, and all its works, are burnt with fire;
But His shall walk with Him in white, at Home: At home, with Him!
G. Christopher Willis (From the Chinese edition)
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But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 2 Peter 3:4-7
The busy world was pressing on its way
Intent to plant and build, to sell and buy:
And neither knew nor cared that every day
The Lord Himself came from His home on high, To walk with men.
And thus the course of time its way fast rolled,
Till soon three hundred years were fully gone.
While Enoch, prophet of the Lord, foretold
The Lord with thousands of His saints will come, Will come to judge.
Alas, the busy world still sped its way,
Nor thought, not cared, for God's most solemn cry.
Then, strangely, Enoch was not found one day,
For God had taken him to dwell on high, To dwell with Him.
But Enoch's son still spread the message grave:
"When I shall die the judgment sure must fall."
And Noah build an ark their souls to save:
He, too, while building, preached the solemn call: The judge is near.
The world sped on without a thought of God.
No time had they to hear what He might say.
Nor did they know until had come the flood
And took them all, yea, every one, away: The judge had come.
And still the busy world runs its own way,
Intent to plant and build, to sell and buy:
And heed not, just as 'twas in Noah's day,
That God still sends abroad that solemn cry: The judge is near.
Before shall swiftly fall that judgment dire,
Like Enoch once, our God shall claim His own.
The world, and all its works, are burnt with fire;
But His shall walk with Him in white, at Home: At home, with Him!
G. Christopher Willis (From the Chinese edition)
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December 13
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
It is important to discern both the distinction and the connection between mounting up with wings as eagles, and what it means to "run and not be weary." Running implies a closer touch with this present scene and our actual surroundings.
It is the effort to get through to reach a certain end. But we should know nothing of that end and certainly have no desire to reach it except, first of all, we "mount up with wings as eagles."
Apart from the first experience, the second would be impossible. When a person runs he usually has some object before him. And herein lies the connection between mounting up and and running. In mounting up we apprehend the true goal of the Christian calling, and this gives both the desire and energy to run the race set before us.
How necessary then to mount up; for the renewed spirit, to soar, so to speak, into its own domain, and breathe its native air! It is this that starts us on the race. Angels in White - Russell Elliott
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It is important to discern both the distinction and the connection between mounting up with wings as eagles, and what it means to "run and not be weary." Running implies a closer touch with this present scene and our actual surroundings.
It is the effort to get through to reach a certain end. But we should know nothing of that end and certainly have no desire to reach it except, first of all, we "mount up with wings as eagles."
Apart from the first experience, the second would be impossible. When a person runs he usually has some object before him. And herein lies the connection between mounting up and and running. In mounting up we apprehend the true goal of the Christian calling, and this gives both the desire and energy to run the race set before us.
How necessary then to mount up; for the renewed spirit, to soar, so to speak, into its own domain, and breathe its native air! It is this that starts us on the race. Angels in White - Russell Elliott
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December 14
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.
Acts 1:8
Do Thou, the very God of peace, us wholly sanctify,
And grant us such a rich increase of power from on high,
That spirit, soul and body may, preservéd free from stain,
Be blameless until that great day; Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!
Unbelief is a barrier that shuts out the inflow of divine power.
A lady once called to see me and said, "I want you to tell me the secret of power." I replied, "It is being broken to pieces and the consciousness of that."
J.N.D. has somewhere said that when we are occupied wth past manifestations of the power of the Holy Ghost we are seldom in the current of His working at the present moment.
It is only by the Lord's own power that the smallest of His precepts can be translated into practice; while it is equally true that His largest requests are as easy of performance as the smallest, inasmuch as adequate power is always at the service of faith.
Unconscious testimony is always the most powerful. I often think that at the judgment seat of Christ we shall find a word we have spoken casually, a little sentence dropped, has been more used than all our preaching and lectures.
The humblest believer walking in obedience to the Lord and dependence upon Him is displaying the greatest spiritual power. Power is displayed by the coming out of Christ in daily life. Edward Dennett
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Do Thou, the very God of peace, us wholly sanctify,
And grant us such a rich increase of power from on high,
That spirit, soul and body may, preservéd free from stain,
Be blameless until that great day; Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!
Unbelief is a barrier that shuts out the inflow of divine power.
A lady once called to see me and said, "I want you to tell me the secret of power." I replied, "It is being broken to pieces and the consciousness of that."
J.N.D. has somewhere said that when we are occupied wth past manifestations of the power of the Holy Ghost we are seldom in the current of His working at the present moment.
It is only by the Lord's own power that the smallest of His precepts can be translated into practice; while it is equally true that His largest requests are as easy of performance as the smallest, inasmuch as adequate power is always at the service of faith.
Unconscious testimony is always the most powerful. I often think that at the judgment seat of Christ we shall find a word we have spoken casually, a little sentence dropped, has been more used than all our preaching and lectures.
The humblest believer walking in obedience to the Lord and dependence upon Him is displaying the greatest spiritual power. Power is displayed by the coming out of Christ in daily life. Edward Dennett
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December 15
For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself. Hebrews 12:3
We know that the wages of sin is death. We know that Adam and Eve were warned that the day they ate of the fruit of the tree, which would be sin, they would die. We also understand that all have sinned and there was nothing we could do to resolve this problem--neither riches, nor works, nor our own self-righteousness could make us right with God. So by faith we understand and gratefully accept the finished work of our substitute, the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us.
But we wonder why such a cruel, painful, shameful, terrible death was necessary. Yes, we know that some of the Lord's sufferings were prophesied in the Old Testament, so these scriptures had to be fulfilled. But since God wrote the Bible, He could easily have written it without these prophesies so that they would not have to touch our dear Lord Jesus. The Old Testament requirement of capital punishment was by stoning, but the Lord's death was much more excruciating than that.
Besides all of the abuses of shame, abandonment, and deception before and during His death, He suffered immeasurable physical pain. His back was "plowed" with long furrows; His face was disfigured more than any man's; His beard hairs were ripped out; a crown of thorns was placed on and then beaten into His head; He was spat upon by an entire band of Roman soldiers; He died by crucifixion, with all that implies, as a common criminal between two criminals; and His clothing was divided between His executioners. Albert Blok
But... "The depth of all Thy suffering no heart could e're conceive;
The cup of wrath o'er flowing for us Thou didst receive;
And, oh! of God forsaken, on the accursed tree.
With grateful hearts Lord Jesus, we would remember Thee." G. W. Frazer
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We know that the wages of sin is death. We know that Adam and Eve were warned that the day they ate of the fruit of the tree, which would be sin, they would die. We also understand that all have sinned and there was nothing we could do to resolve this problem--neither riches, nor works, nor our own self-righteousness could make us right with God. So by faith we understand and gratefully accept the finished work of our substitute, the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us.
But we wonder why such a cruel, painful, shameful, terrible death was necessary. Yes, we know that some of the Lord's sufferings were prophesied in the Old Testament, so these scriptures had to be fulfilled. But since God wrote the Bible, He could easily have written it without these prophesies so that they would not have to touch our dear Lord Jesus. The Old Testament requirement of capital punishment was by stoning, but the Lord's death was much more excruciating than that.
Besides all of the abuses of shame, abandonment, and deception before and during His death, He suffered immeasurable physical pain. His back was "plowed" with long furrows; His face was disfigured more than any man's; His beard hairs were ripped out; a crown of thorns was placed on and then beaten into His head; He was spat upon by an entire band of Roman soldiers; He died by crucifixion, with all that implies, as a common criminal between two criminals; and His clothing was divided between His executioners. Albert Blok
But... "The depth of all Thy suffering no heart could e're conceive;
The cup of wrath o'er flowing for us Thou didst receive;
And, oh! of God forsaken, on the accursed tree.
With grateful hearts Lord Jesus, we would remember Thee." G. W. Frazer
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December 16
The eternal God is thy refuge . . . Deuteronomy 33:27
One night during a terrific storm a man walked along the shore of the sea. The clouds hung low overhead. The wind howled. Thunders roared. Lightening flashed and the rain poured down in torrents.
The man pulled his overcoat closer around him, bent his body to the wind and hurried home. A little bird lost in the storm sought shelter under his coat; he took it in his hand, carried it home, placed it in a warm cage.
The next morning after the storm had subsided, and the clouds had cleared away, he took the little bird to the door. It paused on his hand for a moment; then lifting its tiny wings, it hurried back to its forest home.
Then it was that Charles Wesley caught the vision, and going back to his room he wrote the words to a song that is loved around the world today and will live on in time:
Jesus lover of my soul let me to thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high:
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, till the storm of life be past;
Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last!
Other refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone; still support and comfort me.
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One night during a terrific storm a man walked along the shore of the sea. The clouds hung low overhead. The wind howled. Thunders roared. Lightening flashed and the rain poured down in torrents.
The man pulled his overcoat closer around him, bent his body to the wind and hurried home. A little bird lost in the storm sought shelter under his coat; he took it in his hand, carried it home, placed it in a warm cage.
The next morning after the storm had subsided, and the clouds had cleared away, he took the little bird to the door. It paused on his hand for a moment; then lifting its tiny wings, it hurried back to its forest home.
Then it was that Charles Wesley caught the vision, and going back to his room he wrote the words to a song that is loved around the world today and will live on in time:
Jesus lover of my soul let me to thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high:
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, till the storm of life be past;
Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last!
Other refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone; still support and comfort me.
N.J.Hiebert - 9063
December 17
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Philippians 2:13
It is said that once Mendelssohn came to see the great Freiburg organ. The old custodian refused him permission to play upon the instrument, not knowing who he was.
At length however, he reluctantly granted him leave to play a few notes. Mendelssohn took his seat, and soon the most wonderful music was breaking forth from the organ. The custodian was spellbound.
He came up beside the great musician and asked his name. Learning it, he stood humiliated, self-condemned, saying, "And I refused you permission to play upon my organ!"
There comes One to us, who desires to take our lives and play upon them. But we withhold ourselves from Him, and refuse Him permission, when, if we would yield ourselves to Him, He would bring from our souls heavenly music.
(From "Sanctification - What It Really Is.")
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It is said that once Mendelssohn came to see the great Freiburg organ. The old custodian refused him permission to play upon the instrument, not knowing who he was.
At length however, he reluctantly granted him leave to play a few notes. Mendelssohn took his seat, and soon the most wonderful music was breaking forth from the organ. The custodian was spellbound.
He came up beside the great musician and asked his name. Learning it, he stood humiliated, self-condemned, saying, "And I refused you permission to play upon my organ!"
There comes One to us, who desires to take our lives and play upon them. But we withhold ourselves from Him, and refuse Him permission, when, if we would yield ourselves to Him, He would bring from our souls heavenly music.
(From "Sanctification - What It Really Is.")
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December 18
REPORT OR REALITY?
But Him they saw not. Luke 24:24
The Emmaus disciples had the testimony of the women, the angels and other disciples, but, like these other disciples, they had not seen the risen Lord Himself to know Him. Something had happened. Jesus was not in the grave. But they had not seen Him.
There is a lot of talk about the resurrection that gets no farther than that. Something happened. The grave is empty. But there is lacking the vibrant witness, "We have seen the Lord!" (John 20:25).
Much is said about the return of Christ that lacks the warmth of His person. We discuss the program of events, what is going to happen, "but Him we see not."
That goes for all the great truths about Him. We tell what others have said. We discuss the matter. But Him we see not. Our "eyes are holden" (24:16). A few minutes later these Emmaus disciples were not like the same persons. They had a glowing testimony, and as they related it He appeared again! (Luke 24,35,36) His resurrection was no longer a Report but a Reality!
Day by Day with Vance Havner
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But Him they saw not. Luke 24:24
The Emmaus disciples had the testimony of the women, the angels and other disciples, but, like these other disciples, they had not seen the risen Lord Himself to know Him. Something had happened. Jesus was not in the grave. But they had not seen Him.
There is a lot of talk about the resurrection that gets no farther than that. Something happened. The grave is empty. But there is lacking the vibrant witness, "We have seen the Lord!" (John 20:25).
Much is said about the return of Christ that lacks the warmth of His person. We discuss the program of events, what is going to happen, "but Him we see not."
That goes for all the great truths about Him. We tell what others have said. We discuss the matter. But Him we see not. Our "eyes are holden" (24:16). A few minutes later these Emmaus disciples were not like the same persons. They had a glowing testimony, and as they related it He appeared again! (Luke 24,35,36) His resurrection was no longer a Report but a Reality!
Day by Day with Vance Havner
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December 19
Now the end of the commandment is charity (love) out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. 1 Timothy 1:5
We shall only be kept as we hold the truth in conjunction with "love out of a pure heart, a good conscience, and faith unfeigned." Sound doctrine can only be maintained with a right moral condition. Speculative questions can be raised and discussed by the human mind apart from a right moral condition of soul, for they leave the conscience and affections untouched, and therefore do not bring the soul into the presence of God.
In contrast to man's speculations, the truth of God can only be apprehended by faith. Acting upon the conscience and the heart, the truth leads to the strengthening of the moral relations of the soul with God. Thus the truth edifies by leading to love out of a pure heart, a good conscience, and faith unfeigned. To exhort to these practical results was the great end of the charge to the Ephesian believers. The charge was not to do some great service or make some great sacrifice.
It was not "doing" great things before men, but "being" in a right condition before God. Love in the heart, "a good conscience" and "faith unfeigned" are qualities which God alone can see, though others may see the effect they produce in the life.
Thus, in these opening verses, the Apostle brings before us the charge to teach no other doctrines than the doctrines of grace, and the necessity of a right spiritual condition in order to maintain the truth and be preserved from error. The First Epistle to Timothy by Hamilton Smith
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We shall only be kept as we hold the truth in conjunction with "love out of a pure heart, a good conscience, and faith unfeigned." Sound doctrine can only be maintained with a right moral condition. Speculative questions can be raised and discussed by the human mind apart from a right moral condition of soul, for they leave the conscience and affections untouched, and therefore do not bring the soul into the presence of God.
In contrast to man's speculations, the truth of God can only be apprehended by faith. Acting upon the conscience and the heart, the truth leads to the strengthening of the moral relations of the soul with God. Thus the truth edifies by leading to love out of a pure heart, a good conscience, and faith unfeigned. To exhort to these practical results was the great end of the charge to the Ephesian believers. The charge was not to do some great service or make some great sacrifice.
It was not "doing" great things before men, but "being" in a right condition before God. Love in the heart, "a good conscience" and "faith unfeigned" are qualities which God alone can see, though others may see the effect they produce in the life.
Thus, in these opening verses, the Apostle brings before us the charge to teach no other doctrines than the doctrines of grace, and the necessity of a right spiritual condition in order to maintain the truth and be preserved from error. The First Epistle to Timothy by Hamilton Smith
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December 20
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
"From the beginning," (1 John 2:14) is not the same as, "In the beginning." You and I could not know Him in the beginning; God the Father alone knew Him in the past eternity. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." But when we say, "From the beginning," that means from the time He became incarnate here on earth.
Now John says, "Ye have known Him that is from the beginning." Sweet to trace His toiling footsteps as He walks the sands of earth, to see Him in His wonderful perfection down here, God manifest in the flesh, and to know Him now as the One who passed through death, who was raised by the glory of the Father, and has ascended to heaven, and sits exalted at God's right hand, our great High Priest, our advocate.
Does your soul long to know Him, do you seek to get better acquainted with Him through the years? How do you get to know a person? By living with him day by day. How do you get to know Christ? By living in intimate fellowship with Him throughout the days and years. H. A. Ironside
Living for Jesus a life that is true, striving to please Him in all that I do.
Yielding allegiance, glad-hearted and free, this is the pathway of blessing for me.
Living for Jesus who died in my place, bearing on Calvary my sin and disgrace,
Such love constrains me to answer His call, follow His leading and give Him my all.
Living for Jesus through earth's little while, my dearest treasure, the light of His smile,
Seeking the lost ones He died to redeem, Bringing the weary to find rest in Him.
Thomas O. Chisholm
N.J.Hiebert - 9067
"From the beginning," (1 John 2:14) is not the same as, "In the beginning." You and I could not know Him in the beginning; God the Father alone knew Him in the past eternity. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." But when we say, "From the beginning," that means from the time He became incarnate here on earth.
Now John says, "Ye have known Him that is from the beginning." Sweet to trace His toiling footsteps as He walks the sands of earth, to see Him in His wonderful perfection down here, God manifest in the flesh, and to know Him now as the One who passed through death, who was raised by the glory of the Father, and has ascended to heaven, and sits exalted at God's right hand, our great High Priest, our advocate.
Does your soul long to know Him, do you seek to get better acquainted with Him through the years? How do you get to know a person? By living with him day by day. How do you get to know Christ? By living in intimate fellowship with Him throughout the days and years. H. A. Ironside
Living for Jesus a life that is true, striving to please Him in all that I do.
Yielding allegiance, glad-hearted and free, this is the pathway of blessing for me.
Living for Jesus who died in my place, bearing on Calvary my sin and disgrace,
Such love constrains me to answer His call, follow His leading and give Him my all.
Living for Jesus through earth's little while, my dearest treasure, the light of His smile,
Seeking the lost ones He died to redeem, Bringing the weary to find rest in Him.
Thomas O. Chisholm
N.J.Hiebert - 9067
December 21
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! and the tongue is a fire. James 3:5-6
A sign post along a beautifully wooded highway in Ontario reads, "Thoughtless people cause 80% of all forest fires." As we ponder the staggering loss of trees, wildlife, property, and even human lives through the flick of a match, we ask ourselves how people can be so careless with a thing as dangerous as fire.
And then we begin to grasp the implications of the biblical comparison between fire and the tongue. For if it is difficult to calculate the losses resulting from a forest fire, it is even more difficult to calculate the losses caused by an uncontrolled tongue. Reputations, friendships, self-esteem--the very testimony of God among men--have fallen charred and ruined before the onslaught of that little member which is "set on fire of hell." (v.6)
And no man can tame tame the tongue. But God can! He does not simply neutralize it, but he transforms it into an instrument of His praise. Desiring such a transformation, the psalmist prayed, "O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise." (Psalm 51:15). God also transforms the tongue into an instrument of blessing to others.
"Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.... Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." (Ephesians 4:25,29). A consecrated life includes a consecrated tongue as expressed so beautifully in the hymn by Francis Ridley Havergal G. W. Steidl
Take my lips and let them be filled with messages for thee.
Take my voice and let me sing always, only for my King. F. R. Havergal
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A sign post along a beautifully wooded highway in Ontario reads, "Thoughtless people cause 80% of all forest fires." As we ponder the staggering loss of trees, wildlife, property, and even human lives through the flick of a match, we ask ourselves how people can be so careless with a thing as dangerous as fire.
And then we begin to grasp the implications of the biblical comparison between fire and the tongue. For if it is difficult to calculate the losses resulting from a forest fire, it is even more difficult to calculate the losses caused by an uncontrolled tongue. Reputations, friendships, self-esteem--the very testimony of God among men--have fallen charred and ruined before the onslaught of that little member which is "set on fire of hell." (v.6)
And no man can tame tame the tongue. But God can! He does not simply neutralize it, but he transforms it into an instrument of His praise. Desiring such a transformation, the psalmist prayed, "O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise." (Psalm 51:15). God also transforms the tongue into an instrument of blessing to others.
"Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.... Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." (Ephesians 4:25,29). A consecrated life includes a consecrated tongue as expressed so beautifully in the hymn by Francis Ridley Havergal G. W. Steidl
Take my lips and let them be filled with messages for thee.
Take my voice and let me sing always, only for my King. F. R. Havergal
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December 22
God remembered Noah. Genesis 8:1
God remembered Abraham. Genesis 19:29
God remembered Rachel. Genesis 30:22
God remembers His people, whether on the grand earthly scale as with Noah, on a more local scale as with Abraham, or on a personal scale as with Rachel. He remembers that we are but dust and can by no means redeem ourselves. (Psalm 103:14) Because of this, He demonstrated His ultimate remembrance of us at the cross of Christ.
Now He says, "Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more" (Hebrews 10:17) When we come together, we should remember Him as He requested, "This do in remembrance of Me." (1 Corinthians 11:25)
Tom Steere
On that same night Lord Jesus,
When all around Thee joined
To cast its darkest shadow
Across Thy holy mind,
We hear Thy voice, blest Saviour,
"This do, remember Me:"
With joyful hearts responding,
We do remember Thee.
G. W. Frazer
N.J.Hiebert - 9069
God remembered Abraham. Genesis 19:29
God remembered Rachel. Genesis 30:22
God remembers His people, whether on the grand earthly scale as with Noah, on a more local scale as with Abraham, or on a personal scale as with Rachel. He remembers that we are but dust and can by no means redeem ourselves. (Psalm 103:14) Because of this, He demonstrated His ultimate remembrance of us at the cross of Christ.
Now He says, "Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more" (Hebrews 10:17) When we come together, we should remember Him as He requested, "This do in remembrance of Me." (1 Corinthians 11:25)
Tom Steere
On that same night Lord Jesus,
When all around Thee joined
To cast its darkest shadow
Across Thy holy mind,
We hear Thy voice, blest Saviour,
"This do, remember Me:"
With joyful hearts responding,
We do remember Thee.
G. W. Frazer
N.J.Hiebert - 9069
December 23
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