Tag Archives: Practical Living

No Wonder, No Holy Fear

Monday November 21, 2022 Leviticus 9:24 And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. We of … Continue reading

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Heavy Backpacks

For Sunday November 20, 2022 Psalm 68:19 (NIV) Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Pediatricians are concerned that many children are carrying too much weight in their school backpacks. Lugging too heavy … Continue reading

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Matthew 25:1-2

Friday November 18, 2022 Matthew 25:1-2 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.” Jesus speaks … Continue reading

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The External Goal

Thursday November 17, 2022 Genesis 22:16-17 “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing . . . blessing I will bless you.” Abraham has reached the place where he is in touch with the … Continue reading

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Matthew 25:13

Wednesday November 16, 2022 Matthew 25:13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.” Jesus illustrates the unexpectedness of His coming by the figure of a thief entering a … Continue reading

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Awake! Awake!

Tuesday November 15, 2022 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. “Let us watch.” There are many that never watch. They never watch against sin; they never watch against … Continue reading

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The One Thing

Monday November 14, 2022 Revelation 3:17, 19 “Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked . . . As many as I … Continue reading

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Life Lesson

For Sunday November 13, 2022 James 4:6 “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Few people would dare write a book on the subject of humility—we feel innately disqualified. But one man did write a wonderful book … Continue reading

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John 6:37

Friday November 11, 2022 John 6:37 “The one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.” Here we have a description of God’s children which is very clear and very profound. You who doubt whether you are … Continue reading

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Fellowship In The Gospel

Thursday November 10, 2022 1 Thessalonians 3:2 Fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ. After sanctification it is difficult to state what your aim in life is, because God has taken you up into His purpose by the Holy Ghost. … Continue reading

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John 14:19

Wednesday November 9, 2022 John 14:19 “Because I live, you will live also.” After having become adjusted to our Living Head and the source of our life, now our business is to abide, absorb and grow, leaning on His strength, … Continue reading

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The First and Great Commandment

Tuesday November 8, 2022 Mark 12:30 “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.” We are bound to … Continue reading

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We Belong To God

Monday November 7, 2022 Revelation 4:11 “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.” Every soul belongs to God and exists by … Continue reading

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Serve With Joy

For Sunday November 6, 2022 Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works. Recently a young man wrote to a noted business magazine, seeking advice about his job. He said he had fallen into … Continue reading

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Philippians 4:4

Friday November 4, 2022 Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! It is as though Paul cannot find words that are strong enough to express to his friends this admonition to rejoice. He mentions his … Continue reading

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A Bond-Slave of Jesus

Thursday November 3, 2022 Galatians 12:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. These words mean the breaking of my independence with my own hand and surrendering to the … Continue reading

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2 Corinthians 10:5

Wednesday November 2, 2022 2 Corinthians 10:5 Bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. If we would abide in Christ we must have no confidence in self. Self-repression must be ever the prime necessity of divine fulness … Continue reading

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The Security of The Church

Tuesday November 1, 2022 Psalm 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever. As the Church always has been preserved, the text assures us she always will be, henceforth even … Continue reading

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The Self-Existent God

Monday October 31, 2022 Psalm 99:1 The LORD reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! In this context, I confess a sadness about the shallowness of Christian thinking in our day. Many … Continue reading

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Osmosis and Inertia

For Sunday October 30, 2022 Philippians 3:14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Consider a couple of concepts from the world of science: osmosis is the gradual transfer of … Continue reading

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