January 28 MORNING As thy days, so shall thy strength be. Deut. 33:25 When they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. Mark 13:11 Take no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matt. 6:34 The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. Psa. 68:35 He giveth power to the faint: and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Isa. 40:29 My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. II Cor. 12:9, 10 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Phil. 4:13 O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. Judges 5:21 EVENING Awake, O north wind, and ... blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Song 4:16 No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Heb. 12:11 The fruit of the Spirit. Gal. 5:22 He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. Isa. 27:8 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. Psa. 103:13 Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. II Cor. 4:16-18 Though [Jesus] were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. Heb. 5:8 In all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Heb. 4:15
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