Day: 12 April 2024

Friday, April 12, 2024

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Leviticus 19:1-20:27; Psalms 120:1-123:4; Mark 7:1-23

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. Ecclesiastes 2:20

If there’s one word which summarizes Ecclesiastes, and also the lives of many people today, it’s the word “despair”. This pervasive hopelessness hangs very heavy at times, and the world can only cope by pursuing various distractions. The Christian once walked in those paths (Eph. 2:12) but no longer needs to. Even when the heartaches of life abound, we sorrow not as those who have no hope (1 Thess. 4:13). We have a salvation that conquers all. —Rick Morse

In hope we lift our wishful, longing eyes,
Waiting to see the Morning Star arise.  —James G. Deck

April 12

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DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 19:1-20:27; Psalms 120:1-123:4; Mark 7:1-23

When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.” John 19:30

The story is told of a Christian man who had an unsaved friend who was a cabinet maker. The unsaved friend could not understand how Christ finished the work of redemption and why he could not do something for his own soul’s salvation. One day in the man’s shop, his Christian friend picked up a plane and walked toward a beautiful finished cabinet. As he pretended to make some finishing touches, the cabinet maker let out a yell, “Don’t touch that, it’s finished!” The same is true for Christ’s work; it is finished and cannot be added to. —W. Ross Rainey

Lifted up was He to die, “It is finished”, was His cry; Now in
heaven exalted high! Hallelujah! What a Saviour! —Philip P. Bliss