Daily Bible Readings in the Life of Christ
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Contents
January
Day 1 In the Beginning, Day 2 A Plan for Each Life, Day 3 Bearing Witness to Christ, Day 4. Rejecting Christ, Day 5. Receiving Christ, Day 6. The Incarnation, Day 7. God Revealed in Christ, Day 8. A True and Holy Life, Day 9. The Test of Life, Day 10. God Looks on the Heart, Day 11. Messengers from God, Day 12. Magnificent, Day 13. The Christian's Joy, Day 14. Christ is Mine, Day 15. Lowly Service, Day 16. He Cares for You, Day 17. Spiritual Hunger, Day 18. The Divine Visitor, Day 19. The Door of Mercy, Day 20. The Light of the World, Day 21. Paths of Peace, Day 22. Blessed Night-Watch, Day 23. Good News, Day 24. The Christ Child, Day 25. Strange Insignia, Day 26. God is Love, Day 27. Daily Duty, Day 28. Upright Devotion, Day 29. Are We Ready, Day 30. Asleep in Jesus
FEBRUARY
Day 1. Homage, Day 2. The King of Kings, Day 3. Offering Gifts, Day 4. When Earth's Wine Runs Out!, Day 5. Heavenly Guidance, Day 6. The Nazareth Home, Day 7. The Mother of Christ, Day 8. Rock of Salvation, Day 9. Repentance, Day 10. The Coming of the Lord, Day 11. The Wrath to Come, Day 12. Evidence of Repentance, Day 13. The Divine Patience, Day 14. Our Every-Day Life, Day 15. Self-Renunciation, Day 16. Baptism, Day 17. Wheat or Chaff?, Day 18. The Divine Patience, Day 19. The Baptism of Jesus, Day 20. The Shadow of the Cross, Day 21. The Spirit like a Dove, Day 22. Enduring Temptation, Day 23. Our True Life, Day 24. Scripture with Scripture, Day 25. The Lamb of God, Day 26. What Do You Want?, Day 27. Begin at Home, Day 28. Finding Christ, Day 29. The Wedding Feast
MARCH
Day 1. When Earth's Wine Runs Out!, Day 2. The Lord's Time, Day 3. Obedience, Day 4. Co-Workers with Christ, Day 5. Silent Change, Day 6. More and More of Blessing, Day 7. The First Miracle, Day 8. Secret Discipleship, Day 9. The Gospel, Day 10. He sat on the well, Day 11. Give Me a drink, Day 12. Earthly Joys, Day 13. A Living Spring, Day 14. True Worship, Day 15. Bread from Heaven, Day 16. Doing the Father's Will, Day 17. Fruit unto Life Eternal, Day 18. Sowing and Reaping, Day 19. Trials Leading us to Christ, Day 20. Death, the Gate of Life, Day 21. The Return to Nazareth, Day 22. Church Attendance, Day 23. Now is the Accepted Time, Day 24. Christ the Great Healer, Day 25. The First Disciples, Day 26. Fishers of Men, Day 27. At the Call of Christ, Day 28. Serving Christ, Day 29. Communion with God, Day 30. He Went about Doing Good, Day 31. Healing Sickness
APRIL
Day 1. Make me Clean, Day 2. The Master's Touch!, Day 3. He Could Not be Hid, Day 4., Day 5. Bearing One Another's Burdens, Day 6. Faith Seen in Our Works, Day 7. Strength Bestowed, Day 8. Blessed by Sickness, Day 9. Even So Send I You, Day 10. Immediately made Whole, Day 11. The Sabbath, Day 12. The Great Physician, Day 13. They Came to Him, Day 14. Transforming Power, Day 15. The Beatitudes, Day 16. Humility, Day 17. Comforted, Day 18. Meekness, Day 19. Spiritual Hunger, Day 20. The Golden Rule, Day 21. Purity of Heart, Day 22. Peacemakers, Day 23. Let Your Light Shine!, Day 24. The Two Testaments, Day 25. Promises and Prophecies, Day 26. Little Sins, Day 27. True Righteousness, Day 28. Angry Without Cause, Day 29. Acceptable Worship, Day 30. True Charity
MAY
Day 1. Secret Prayer, Day 2. Our Father, Day 3. Glorifying God, Day 4. Heaven Brought to Us, Day 5. Doing the Will of God, Day 6. Day by Day, Day 7. A Forgiving Spirit, Day 8. Enduring Temptation, Day 9. The Love of Money, Day 10. Do Not Worry, Day 11. A Lesson of Trust, Day 12. Useless Worries, Day 13. Lessons from Lilies, Day 14. God Will Provide, Day 15. One Day at a Time, Day 16. Judging of Others, Day 17. Finding Fault with Others, Day 18. A Self-Righteous Spirit, Day 19. Begin at Home, Day 20. The Prayer Promise, Day 21. Good Things from God, Day 22. Our Duty to Others, Day 23. Two Roads and Two Gates, Day 24. In Sheep's Clothing, Day 25. Doing the Father's Will, Day 26. The Safe Foundation, Day 27. Christ the Great Counsellor, Day 28. Loss of Faith, Day 29. Needless Doubts, Day 30. Jesus Always Answers, Day 31. Footprints of Christ
JUNE
Day 1. Waverers, Day 2. The Friend of Sinners, Day 3, Day 4. Free Forgiveness, Day 5. Peace with Pardon, Day 6. Right Enthusiasm, Day 7. A Beacon-Light, Day 8. Christ's Relatives, Day 9. Always on Duty, Day 10. Covetousness, Day 11. Heart Hardening, Day 12. Rootless Grace, Day 13. What of the Root?, Day 14. What are the Thorns, Day 15. Golden Grain, Day 16. Hidden Lights, Day 17. Profitable Hearing, Day 18. Christian Growth, Day 19. Progress, Day 20. Dropping Seeds, Day 21. The Other Side, Day 22. Life's Storms, Day 23. Faithless Fear, Day 24. The Hearer of Prayer, Day 25. Christ in the Storm, Day 26. Depart from Us, Day 27. Those Who Are Sick, Day 28. Joy in the Lord, Day 29. A New Garment, Day 30. At the Point of Death
JULY
Day 1. The Touch of Faith, Day 2. Jairus' Daughter, Day 3. Not Dead — but Sleeping, Day 4. Words of Wonder, Day 5. Only a Carpenter, Day 6. The Secret of Power, Day 7. What We can do for Others, Day 8. Home Missions, Day 9. The Missionary Spirit, Day 10. Herodia's Revenge, Day 11. A Royal Coward, Day 12. Death of John the Baptist, Day 13. Tell Jesus, Day 14. Quiet Resting-Places, Day 15. Divine Compassion, Day 16. The Barley Loaves, Day 17. Straining at the Oars, Day 18. Never Forgotten, Day 19. Christ Walking on the Sea, Day 20. Peace in Storm, Day 21. One Thing Needful, Day 22. The Work of Faith, Day 23. The Bread of Life, Day 24. Spiritual Food, Day 25. A Welcome for All, Day 26. Our Security, Day 27. Pharisaism, Day 28. Corban, Day 29. What Defiles?, Day 30. He Could Not Be Hidden, Day 31. Silence, Not Denial
AUGUST
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Preface
The volume of a year's readings has been prepared in the hope that it may prove daily spiritual food to some earnest children of God in their life of care, struggle, and duty. It is made to cover the earthly life of our Lord, from its beginning to its close. The book thus provides a year's daily readings on the story and the words of Jesus.
The readings themselves are only fragments of thought suggested by the texts. They are neither exegetical nor expository — but are rather practical and devotional hints. The author's aim has been to put a life-thought on each page — a word that may give a little glimpse of some phase of the beauty of Christ, or unveil in some of our Lord's sayings — a suggestion of duty or of encouragement or of comfort. The book has but a single aim — to honour and glorify Christ in the eyes of those who follow its pages.
There is a tendency to leave the Bible out of the prayer-closet. We hear a great deal of earnest counsel concerning secret prayer. We are urged both to open and close the day at God's feet. We are taught that prayer is the Christian's vital breath. And not a word too much can be said on this subject. If we would live strong, noble, beautiful, radiant, and useful Christian lives — we must get seasons of secret prayer into all our busy days. But we must take our Bibles with us into the prayer-closet. While we talk to God — we must also listen to God talking to us. God feeds us through His Word. It is "into all truth" (John 16:13) that the Holy Spirit leads Christ's disciples. Seasons of prayer without meditation on some Word of God — cannot yield the full blessing that we need.
For devotional pondering it is well always, however much of the Scripture we may read besides, to fix our thought on some one verse or clause, taking it as a word for the day. It is in this way that it is hoped this book may prove a help in the prayer-closet. Its daily text, with the few words of practical suggestion which accompany it, may help the reader to make the day's life more beautiful, more victorious, more radiant, more beneficent.
Life is hard for most of us; at least, it is hard to live nobly, grandly, purely, Christianity. We can do so only by getting a great deal of help from Christ. We need, therefore, daily to heed His invitation, "Come with Me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." (Mark 6:31). In communion with Him we shall receive strength and blessing to enable us to fulfil our mission of obedience and ministry in His name. We shall rob ourselves therefore, of divine anointing and divine help — if we do not make room in our busiest days for quiet retreats from noise and strife — alone with Christ, where we may sit at His feet to hear His words; or lie on His bosom to absorb His spirit, for the refreshing and transforming of our own lives.
New England and Yale Review: This book is a treasure chest devotional reading. At the top of each page is a verse of Scripture, and the texts chosen are made to cover the earthly life of out Lord. The readings which follow each text are not intended to be exegetical nor expository — but practical and promotive of a devotional spirit. They are exceedingly full of suggestions to duty, and encouragements to a holy life. It is a good book to take into one's "inner chamber" as a help to devout meditation upon the words of our Saviour.
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