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THE DAILY TASK FOR THE YEAR Praise the Lord Daily. Psa. 72:15. “ Daily shall He be praised.” Pray to the Lord Daily. Psa. 86:3. “ I cry unto Thee daily. Ponder the Scripture Daily. Acts 17:11. Please the lo rd Daily. Prov. .8:84. Profess Your Discipleship Daily. Duke 9:23. Persist in Brotherly Exhortation Daily. Hebrews 3:13. Preach the Gospel Daily. Acts 5:42. afe
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T O T h e King’ s Business Family WE WISH YOU ALL------
What shall it he? A Happy New Year? Yes, but Something more; isomething fuller, deeper, more satisfying,-—a Joyful New Year. Full of joy? Is it possible? Of course it is. It is a part of our heritage. Everything is possible that God has said is possible for the believer. How can it be pos sible to have a life full of joy?' Always, every day of the new year, by jlkimple obedience to the law of joy. The Lord always works according to jfwell-defined laws and this one is simple and plain, but not easy perhaps. l “ If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love; even as I have i . erf my Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things have I I en unto you that my joy might remain (or be) in you, and that your f y j might be full.” (John 15:10, 11.) Read the context. Abiding in the vine, which is Christ, keeping in touch with Him; doing His will; surrender ing your will to His will.- He speaks of His joy while the shadows of the >ss were upon Him. Jus before Him looms the cross with its awful tragedy. No human word can describe it, yet e speaks of joy, “ The joy which was set before Him.” He was perfectly obedient to the will of His Father. His soul was full of joy, in spite of the Garden of Gethsemane with its bitter trial, its awful gloom and lonesomeness and the cross where the face of God would be averted from Him ; full of joy in the conscious surrender of His w’jl to the will of His Father.' And He says, and it must be true, that the same joy,—His joy,—will fill us and our joy will be full, if we make the absolute surrender to Him of our wills. His joy will be in us. Our sorrows will be turned into joy, (John 16:20,) and best of all no man can take it from us, (John 16:22.) Don’t, allow any soul-destroying, joy-destroying higher Critic to entice you. Don’t allow any subtle temptation of Satan to allitce you. Don’t allow1 the flesh to snare you. Keep yourself in the love of Cod. Go through this article of death daily and let the joy of the Lord, th$l*>strange, wonderful joy of His, fill you and be your strength. This is our New Year’s wish for every member of our King’s Business Family. Nehemiah 8:10: “ The joy of the Lord is your strength.’ ’^ T . C. H.
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