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Daily readings for 07/20/2024

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With God at Dawn — Day 251 of 427 I Have Remembered Thy Name in the Night, July 20 Meditation Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law. Psalm 119:54, 55 . God’s messengers must tarry long with Him, if they would have success in their work. The story is told of an old Lancashire woman who was listening to the reasons that her neighbors gave for their minister’s success. They spoke of his gifts, of his style of address, of his manners. “Nay,” said th...

Daily readings for 07/19/2024

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With God at Dawn — Day 249 of 426 I Will Meditate in Thy Precepts, July 19 Meditation I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. Psalm 119:15, 16 . Thoughts and meditations upon the goodness of God to us would close the avenues of the soul to Satan’s suggestions. God’s love for us is proved daily; yet we are thoughtless of His favors and indifferent to His entreaties. He seeks to impress us with His Spirit of tenderness, His love and forbearance; but we scarcely re...

Daily readings for 07/18/2024

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With God at Dawn — Day 247 of 425 Commune with Thine Own Heart, July 18 Meditation Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Psalm 4:4 . Closely examine your own heart, and the state of your affections toward God. Inquire, Have I devoted the precious moments of today in seeking to please myself, seeking for my own amusement? or have I made others happy? Have I helped those connected with me to greater devotion to God and to appreciate eternal things? Have I brought my religion into my home, and there revealed the grace of ...

Daily readings for 07/17/2024

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With God at Dawn — Day 245 of 424 In the Night His Song Is with Me, July 17 Meditation Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Psalm 42:8 . If you have given yourself to God, to do His work, you have no need to be anxious for tomorrow. He whose servant you are, knows the end from the beginning. The events of tomorrow, which are hidden from your view, are open to the eyes of Him who is omnipotent.— Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 100 . Worry is blind...

Daily readings for 07/16/2024

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With God at Dawn — Day 243 of 423 Blessed Is He that Readeth, July 16 Meditation Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is it hand. Revelation 1:3 . When a real love for the Bible is awakened, and the student begins to realize how vast is the field and how precious its treasure, he will desire to seize upon every opportunity for acquainting himself with God’s Word. Its study will be restricted to no special time or place. And this continuous study is one of the ...

Daily readings for 07/15/2024

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With God at Dawn — Day 241 of 422 Faith and Belief Are Necessary, July 15 Our God Will Answer But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6 . In some instances of healing, Jesus did not at once grant the blessing sought. But in the case of leprosy, no sooner was the appeal made than it was granted. When we pray for earthly blessings, the answer to our prayer may be delayed, or God may give us something other than we ask; but not so when w...

Daily readings for 07/14/2024

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With God at Dawn — Day 239 of 421 If Two Shall Agree, It Shall Be Done, July 14 Our God Will Answer Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 18:19 . The earnest prayers of this faithful few will not be in vain. When the Lord comes forth as an avenger, He will also come as a protector of all those who have preserved the faith in its purity, and kept themselves unspotted from the world. It is at this time that God has promised to avenge ...