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What My Obedience to God Costs Other People

Thursday January 11, 2024 Luke 23:26 They seized one Simon of Cyrene . . . and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. If we obey God it is going to cost other people more than it … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 13:5

Wednesday January 10, 2024 1 Corinthians 13:5 It [love] does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. In the dress of a Hindu woman, her graceful robe is fastened upon her person entirely by means … Continue reading

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Free Grace

Tuesday January 9, 2024 Ezekiel 36:32 “It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.” My God! I … Continue reading

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The Sum Total of Our Hungers

Monday January 8, 2024 Psalm 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? One of the big milk companies makes capital of the fact that their cows are all satisfied … Continue reading

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$5.50

Saturday January 6, 2024 Joshua 23:11 Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God. When James E. Carter was pastor of University Baptist Church of Fort Worth, he shared an experience from younger days that he called “the … Continue reading

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Luke 13:8-9

Friday January 5, 2024 Luke 13:8-9 “Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it … Continue reading

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Why Cannot I Follow Thee Now?

Thursday January 4, 2024 John 13:37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now?” There are times when you cannot understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings the blank space, … Continue reading

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Ezekiel 36:27

Wednesday January 3, 2024 Ezekiel 36:27 I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. The highest spiritual condition is one where life is spontaneous and flows without effort, like the deep floods of … Continue reading

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Faith In Perfection

Tuesday January 2, 2024 Psalm 138:8 The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. There is yet another confession in the text—the Psalmist’s confession that … Continue reading

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God’s Awesomeness

Monday January 1, 2024 Romans 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary lists 550,000 words. And it is a solemn and … Continue reading

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Sufficient For The Future

Saturday December 30, 2023 2 Corinthians 12:9 [The Lord] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” It’s hard for us to imagine the apostle Paul in a state of weakness, … Continue reading

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Matthew 11:6

Friday December 29, 2023 Matthew 11:6 “Blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” None of us can avoid feeling the offense which is inherent in the person of Jesus. Sooner or later we are confronted with this … Continue reading

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Continuous Conversion

Thursday December 28, 2023 Matthew 18:3 “Unless you are converted and become as little children.” These words of Our Lord are true of our initial conversion, but we have to be continuously converted all the days of our lives, continually … Continue reading

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Genesis 8:12

Wednesday December 27, 2023 Genesis 8:12 He . . . sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore. First, we have the dove going forth from the ark, and finding no rest upon the wild and … Continue reading

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The Vanguard and Rear Guard of the Church

Tuesday December 26, 2023 Isaiah 52:12 For the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. We shall soon launch into another year, and hitherto we have found our years to be years … Continue reading

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Thou Art Worthy

Monday December 25, 2023 Revelation 5:9 They sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; For You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every … Continue reading

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Ordinary Enough To Be Used

Saturday December 23, 2023 Luke 2:25 Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. Among the wondrous … Continue reading

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Numbers 6:24-25

Friday December 22, 2023 Numbers 6:24-25 “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.” Christmas will soon be here. But first comes the “Christmas rush.” To most people … Continue reading

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Experience or Revelation

Thursday December 21, 2023 1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received . . . the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. Reality is Redemption, not my … Continue reading

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Romans 15:16

Wednesday December 20, 2023 Romans 15:16 That I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God. This is a very beautiful and practical conception of missionary work. There is a great difference in … Continue reading

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