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13 December 2024 |
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Today God says:
"The day will come when you will have no more pain, tears, death or sorrow".
He promises me:
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away". (Rev. 21:4)
My response to the word:
In the heavenly kingdom, where I will live with God and my fellow-believers throughout eternity, there will be no more crying, pain, sorrow or death. What a place that will be! Throughout this day I will remember that God has two dwelling places - one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.
My prayer:
Father, thank you for the promise of living with you forever in the kingdom of heaven. I greatly look forward to that blessed time of everlasting joy and peace in your presence.
Today's scriptures:
"Through Christ, God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing that heaven has to offer". (Eph. 1:3 GW) "God has brought us back to life together with Christ Jesus and has given us a position in heaven with Him". (Eph. 2:6 GW) "The Lord will rescue me from all harm and will take me safely to His heavenly kingdom". (2 Tim. 4:18 GW)
Quote for today:
Christ has turned all our sunsets into dawns. (Clement of Alexandria)
On this day:
"Scriptures are taken from the King James Bible or those marked (GW) are from the God's Word Translation, used with permission".
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On 13th December 1835, Phillips Brooks, American Episcopal clergyman, was born. Though he produced ten volumes of sermons, he is better remembered today as author of the Christmas carol, "O Little Town of Bethlehem," written in 1868 for the children of his Sunday School.
On 13th December 1851, E.O. Excell, American sacred chorister, was born. Excell published 50 gospel songbooks and wrote and composed 2,000 hymns, including "Since I Have Been Redeemed, "Count Your Blessings" and "I'll Be a Sunbeam for Jesus."