December 4
Today’s Verse
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (KJV)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. (BSB)
Today’s Verse
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (KJV)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. (BSB)
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. (WEB)
For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope. (NET)
KJV - King James Version, BSB - Berean Study Bible, WEB - World English Bible, NET - New English Translation
Today’s Quote
God’s gifts often take the place of God Himself and the whole course of the man’s life is upset by the monstrous substitution!
— A.W. Tozer
Spurgeon’s Daily Help
If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."—1 John 2:1.
What words of tenderness, what sentences of persuasion, will the anointed use when he stands up to plead for me! "Jesus Christ the righteous." This is not only his character, But his plea. It is his character,
and if the Righteous One be my advocate, then my cause is good, or he would not have espoused it. It is his plea, for he meets the charge of unrighteousness against me by the plea that He is righteous. He declares himself my substitute, and puts his obedience to my account. My soul, you have a friend well fitted to be your advocate; he cannot but succeed; leave yourself entirely in his hands.
Public domain content from Daily Help by Charles Spurgeon.
The Spurgeon Birthday Book
December 4
The astronomer believes that the most erratic comet will yet accomplish its journey, and revisit our sphere; but Christian people often give up backsliders for lost when they have not wandered one-half the distance from the center of light and life. We
find an excuse for inaction in the imagined hopelessness of sinners; while our fastidious delicacy pleads the fear of pollution, seeking to mask at once our indolence and pride. If we had right views of ourselves, we should judge none too base to be reclaimed.
Public domain content from The Spurgeon Birthday Book by Charles Spurgeon
Spurgeon’s Quote
Has there not been, sometimes, this temptation to do a great deal for Christ, but not to live a great deal with Christ?
— Charles Spurgeon
Mount Sinai, Saint Catherine, Egypt
Daily Devotionals
December 4