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JANUARY 16 — Rests Are Important—In Music and Life

Today’s passage:
Take time to be holy,
Speak oft with the Lord,
Abide in Him always,
And feed on His word.
—W. D. Longstaff

Today’s prayer: Lord, when I grow anxious, help me see Your timing in my life.

JANUARY 15 — Russell Conwell Was Right

Today’s passage: “Thou wilt shew me the path of life; in Thy presence is the fullness of joy; at Thy right hard are pleasures for evermore.” (Psalms 16:11)

Today’s prayer: Show me, Lord, where You want me, and there I’ll find serenity.

JANUARY 14 — Don’t Be A Hoarder

Today’s passage: “For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36)

Today’s prayer: Lord, help me remember to put You first, others second and me third.

JANUARY 13 — The Heck with the Torpedoes—Full Speed Ahead!

Today’s passage: “If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31)

Today’s prayer: Give me the courage to believe, Lord, when my doubts are strong and my faith is weak.

JANUARY 12 — Using Your Eternal Flashlight

Today’s passage:
Come to the Light, ’tis shining for thee,
Sweetly the Light has dawned upon me;
Once I was blind, but now I can see,
The Light of the world is Jesus.
—P. P. Bliss

Today’s prayer: Thank You, Father, for Your protecting power which will see me through any dark hour.

JANUARY 11 — Starfish Want To Live Too

Today’s passage: “. . . I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)

Today’s prayer: Open my eyes wide to the need around me, Lord. Fill me with sensitivity and compassion.

JANUARY 10 — Birds of a Feather Survive Bad Weather

Today’s passage: “Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?” (Matthew 6:26)

Today’s prayer: Thank You for supplying my needs, Lord; forgive me when I grow anxious.

JANUARY 9 — Control Your Tongue and the Battle’s Half Won

Today’s passage: “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called; with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love.” (Ephesians 4:1,2)

Today’s prayer: Let my words reflect the love You give me, Father.

JANUARY 8 — Stop Tugging On Seedlings

Today’s passage: “Add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness.” (II Peter 1:5,6)

Today’s prayer: Teach me Lord how to wait — and joyously anticipate.

JANUARY 7 — To Hear Even When Deaf

Today’s passage: “We always find that those who walked closest to Christ our Lord were those who had to bear the greatest trials.”     —St. Theresa

Today’s prayer: Lord, teach us to trust You, and to give thanks in all things.