January 4 "Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3: 18). Grow in grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fullness, constancy, and simplicity. Grow also in love. Ask that your love become extended, more intense, more practical, influencing every thought, word, and deed. Grow likewise in humility. As you grow in humility, seek also to grow nearer to God in prayer and experience more intimate fellowship with Jesus. May God the Holy Spirit enable you to "grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour." He who does not grow in the knowledge of Jesus, refuses to be blessed. To know Him is "life eternal," and to advance in the knowledge of Him is to increase in happiness. Absence from Christ is hell; but the presence of Jesus is heaven. Seek to know more of Him in His divine nature, in His human relationship, in His finished work, in His death, in His resurrection, in His present glorious intercession, and in His future royal advent. An increase of love for Jesus and a more perfect understanding of His love for us is one of the best tests of growth in grace.

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Day 14 Morning/John Baillie, A Diary of Private Prayer/You, the reflection of whose transcendent glory once appeared unbroken in the face of Jesus Christ, give me today a heart like His -- a brave heart, a true heart, a tender heart, a heart with great room in it, a heart fixed on Yourself; for His name's sake. Amen.

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