Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous. I Peter 3:8   The word “pitiful” must have had a different meaning back in Peter’s day. However think about the passage and how your own happiness depends on the way other people treat you. The…

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Hear me Oh Lord, for thy loving kindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies. – Psalms 119:76.   During Lent give some thought to the times when you thought your world was about to end, and it turned out to be a good thing, perhaps the best thing…

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Ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. – Psalms 62:8 Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer, and prayer driveth away trouble and perplexity. – P. Melanchthon   Whatever bothers you, whatever troubles you, “Go directly, do not pass Go, do not collect $200,” and tell God. You…

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He that abideth with me, and I in him, bringeth forth much fruit. – John 15:5   As some rare perfume in a vase of clay Pervades it with a fragrance not its own, So, when Thou dwellest in a mortal soul, All heaven’s own sweetness seems around it thrown. – H.B. Stowe   Do…

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Oh Love, how cheering is Thy ray! All pain before thy presence flies; Care, sorrow, anguish, melt away, Where’er Thy healing beams arise. Oh Father, nothing may I see, Nothing desire, or seek, but Thee. — P. Gerhardt   We learn during Lent that when there is a faith in God, it gives to the…

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