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MORNING & EVENING
Babes in Christ. — 1 Corinthians 3:1 Are you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little, your love so feeble? Cheer up, for you have cause for gratitude. Remember that in some things you are equal to the greatest and most full-grown Christian. You are…
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THOUGHTS FOR THE QUIET HOUR
CALENDAR DEVOTIONAL October 18 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowlerPs. 91:3 He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. That is, from the little things, the hidden traps and nets that are set for us. Great sins frighten where little snares entangle. It is easier to escape the…
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MERCY AND JUDGMENT
Connect The TestamentsEzekiel 32:1–33:33; Revelation 16:1–21; Job 37:9–15 “God is judge,” we like to say—especially when someone is struggling with injustice. When we get to the book of Revelation, though, we might struggle to understand God’s judgment. Yet even as John describes God dispensing judgment, he emphasizes God’s righteousness and loving nature. He tells us…
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MERCY AND JUDGMENT
Connect The TestamentsEzekiel 32:1–33:33; Revelation 16:1–21; Job 37:9–15 “God is judge,” we like to say—especially when someone is struggling with injustice. When we get to the book of Revelation, though, we might struggle to understand God’s judgment. Yet even as John describes God dispensing judgment, he emphasizes God’s righteousness and loving nature. He tells us…
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PERSIST, DON’T JUST EXIST
Connect The TestamentsEzekiel 28:1–29:21; Revelation 13:11–14:13; Job 36:24–33 The phrase “patient endurance” brings to mind the pasted-on smile of a parent regarding a misbehaving child—a parent clinging to the hope that someday this stage will pass. In Revelation the term is used in a much different way. “Here is the patient endurance of the saints,…
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MORNING & EVENING
I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. — Philippians 3:8 Spiritual knowledge of Christ will be a personal knowledge. I cannot know Jesus through another person’s acquaintance with him. No, I must know him myself; I must know him on my own account. It will…
