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August 18 Daily Bread Give us today our daily bread.—Matthew 6:11 Jesus often reminded His followers not to worry. He told them not to be anxious about tomorrow’s needs or potential problems (Matt. 6:25). Rather, Jesus stressed a daily reliance on the Father, who provides for His children day byRead More …
Proverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life. Proverbs 22:4 Read all of Proverbs 22
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 Read all of Ephesians 6
Philippians 1:21
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21 Read all of Philippians 1
Morning – August 18
Morning “Strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.” Jeremiah 51:51 In this account the faces of the Lord’s people were covered with shame, for it was a terrible thing that men should intrude into the Holy Place reserved for the priests alone. Everywhere about us we seeRead More …
What is Heaven Like?
Today’s Scripture Reading 1After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once IRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
August 18 My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Cor. 12:9. God’s way of answering His people’s prayers is not by removing the pressure, but by increasing their strength to bear it. The pressure is often the fence between the narrow wayRead More …
Evening – August 17
Evening “This sickness is not unto death.” John 11:4 From our Lord’s words we learn that there is a limit to sickness. Here is an “unto” within which its ultimate end is restrained, and beyond which it cannot go. Lazarus might pass through death, but death was not to beRead More …
Is a War Ever Holy?
Is a War Ever Holy? Joshua 11 Why did God order a ruthless military campaign? Joshua 11:6 The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them, slain, over to Israel.” Holy war. Ironically, the term applies toRead More …
Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible
August 17 Nehemiah 7:1-60 Psalm 99:1-9 Proverbs 20:13-15 Romans 9:27-10:15 The Power of Holiness Exalt the Lord our God; bow in worship at His footstool. He is holy. —Psalm 99:5 “No one can know the true grace of God,” said the great Bible teacher A. W. Tozer, “who has notRead More …
D5 Creation