Daily Devotion: You are Christ's by Charles Spurgeon

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 KJV 

Key Verse:  "And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's."
- 1 Corinthians 3:23 KJV

"You are Christ's." You are His by donation—for the Father gave you to the Son. You are His by His bloody purchase—for He paid the price for your redemption. You are His by dedication—for you have consecrated yourself to Him. You are His by relation—for you are named by his name, and made one of His brethren and joint-heirs.

Daily Devotion: Do You Have Ears To Hear? by J.C. Philpot

Bible Reading: Proverbs 20:23-30 KJV 

Key Verse:  "Man's goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?"
- Proverbs 20:24 KJV

Does not your heart sometimes quake with fear lest you have nothing but a nominal profession, lest the god of this world is blinding you, and lest your conscience be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin? It is good to have such fears. He who fears not, who has no solemn apprehensions, no anxious inquiries, who is never exercised with some internal trepidation of soul, it is much to be feared has never known what it is to have "the candle of the Lord searching the inward parts of the belly."

Daily Devotion: The Heavenly Warnings by Favell Lee Mortimer

Bible Reading: Matthew 2:7-14 KJV

Key Verse:  "And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way."
- Matthew 2:12 KJV

Twice in a very little space God sent messages to his faithful servants in the dreams of the night. One dream was to warn the wise men not to inform Herod that they had found the infant King; the other was, to warn Joseph not to remain in Bethlehem. We perceive how easily God can defeat the plans of the wicked, as it is written in the fifth chapter of Job—"He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their plans." There is a beautiful prayer in the liturgy, entreating God to exercise this power in our behalf. "Graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft, or subtlety of the devil or man, works against us may be brought to nothing, and, by the providence of your goodness, may be dissolved." We see how God dispersed those evils which Satan and Herod were working against the Son of God. Satan still stirs up wicked men to form plans against the children of God; and still the Lord, by his gracious providence, disperses these evils. Are we distressed at the thought of any malicious plan being formed against us, either by Satan or by our fellow-creatures? Let us pray to the Lord to defend us. No one can harm us, if we are followers of that which is good.

Daily Devotion: I Call You My Friends by J. R. Miller

Bible Reading: John 15:12-19 KJV 

Key Verse:  "Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you."
- John 15:15 KJV

If we ask, "What is the best that Christ's friendship can be to any soul?" We may answer, "It is shelter, comfort, rest, inmost refreshment, guidance, and far more. Christ is an atmosphere about us—an atmosphere of love, warm with all tender influences, all healthful inspirations, all holy impulses. Christ comes into all our life—as our friend—so really, so fully, that he becomes "an unconscious part of every true beat of our heart." As the summer sunbeams enter into the flowers, and reappear in their lovely hues and sweet fragrance—so does Christ enter into the lives of his people, and permeate and transform them, until they become like him in spirit, in character, in disposition, in every feature. "Christ, who is our life." Colossians 3:4. "Christ in you, the hope of glory." Colossians 1:27. "Until Christ is formed in you." Galatians 4:19

Daily Devotion: Thought Upon Thought by John MacDuff

Bible Reading: Isaiah 43:1-8 KJV 

Key Verse:  "For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee."
- Isaiah 43:3 KJV

What a library of "precious thoughts!" What an unlocking of the full heart of God do these verses contain! In reading them, we may say indeed with the Psalmist, "Many, O Lord my God, are Your thoughts into us." Each clause is in itself a volume! Well may the Divine speaker begin with the words, "Do not be afraid!" These tender thoughts and tender assertions remind us of the gush of parental affection when a child is in danger or is afraid, and when its most loving earthly friend heaps assurance on assurance to quiet and lull its misgivings.

Daily Devotion: The Soul's Enlargement On High by James Meikle

Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:11-18 KJV 

Key Verse:  "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 KJV

Here the soul, confined to to its clay tenement, is like a royal personage in prison, whose grand attendance is not seen, because he cannot come abroad. While this heaven-born excellency is here below, wisdom differs but a little from folly: understanding is but a few degrees removed from ignorance: and all the mental powers are feeble. But O the enlargement of the soul in heaven! This map of future glories, now folded up in flesh, shall be extended in breadth and length above. How penetrating then shall wisdom be! how active every power! how vigorous the flame of love! how enlarged the understanding! and how beautiful in the heights of glory shall the whole soul appear!

Daily Devotion: Salvation Test 9 of 10: God Disciplines His Children by J.E. Smith

Bible Reading: Hebrews 12:5-12 KJV 

Key Verse:  "But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons."
- Hebrews 12:8 KJV

When you sin, is there remorse, regret or a dark cloud hanging over you? When you continue in the same sin do bad things happen to you? Hebrews 12:8 tells us "But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons." God will not let his children live in sin. Often you will get gentle warnings in the form of remorse and regret, but if you continue in sin. God will ramp up the chastisement.