DAY 133 Read Psalm 50; 53; 55; 62; 70.
Today's reading: One never ceases to be amazed at the universal appeal of the psalms. These poems, written in ancient times, still speak to the modern mind.
Memory gem: "Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God" (Psalm 50:23).
Thought for today:
Do you know that God speaks to the bad as well as to the good? Certainly He does.
I heard of a boy who played with his sister around their mother's chair. As they grew up, the sister became a Christian, but the brother became wild and wicked. He finally found himself in prison, but his sister never stopped praying for him.
One day, as he was led back to his cell from the courtroom, he was cursing God, cursing the judge, cursing the law, cursing himself and everybody else. While in this desperate mood, the first thing he saw as he walked into his cell was a Bible. It had been there before, but he had not noticed it. He just opened the good old Book, and his attention fell on Psalm 50:16. "Unto the wicked God said..." He was surprised. "Well," he said, "does God talk to the wicked? I thought He just talked to the good."
So he read on and came under conviction. Then he fell on his knees and turned back and forth through the Bible and read here and there. The Spirit of God must have guided him, for, before he arose from his knees, he had accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour. A wonderful peace came into his soul. He began to love the Bible and studied it every day for the eighteen months that he had to remain in prison. As soon as he was freed, he was baptized and became a faithful worker for Christ.
Yes, Christ's love brings a message to the wicked, and if a bad man will listen and respond to it, he will become a good man. God will not drive him--He will draw him 'with cords of a man, with bands of love," as we read in Hosea 11:4.
Today's reading: One never ceases to be amazed at the universal appeal of the psalms. These poems, written in ancient times, still speak to the modern mind.
Memory gem: "Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God" (Psalm 50:23).
Thought for today:
Do you know that God speaks to the bad as well as to the good? Certainly He does.
I heard of a boy who played with his sister around their mother's chair. As they grew up, the sister became a Christian, but the brother became wild and wicked. He finally found himself in prison, but his sister never stopped praying for him.
One day, as he was led back to his cell from the courtroom, he was cursing God, cursing the judge, cursing the law, cursing himself and everybody else. While in this desperate mood, the first thing he saw as he walked into his cell was a Bible. It had been there before, but he had not noticed it. He just opened the good old Book, and his attention fell on Psalm 50:16. "Unto the wicked God said..." He was surprised. "Well," he said, "does God talk to the wicked? I thought He just talked to the good."
So he read on and came under conviction. Then he fell on his knees and turned back and forth through the Bible and read here and there. The Spirit of God must have guided him, for, before he arose from his knees, he had accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour. A wonderful peace came into his soul. He began to love the Bible and studied it every day for the eighteen months that he had to remain in prison. As soon as he was freed, he was baptized and became a faithful worker for Christ.
Yes, Christ's love brings a message to the wicked, and if a bad man will listen and respond to it, he will become a good man. God will not drive him--He will draw him 'with cords of a man, with bands of love," as we read in Hosea 11:4.
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