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He Delivers Life Afresh
August 25. He Delivers Life Afresh Psalms 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. When God gets ready to get something done, He will send somebody. For instance, when He got ready to start the human race, he got aRead More …
Daily Help – August 25
AUGUST 25 Prayer sometimes tarrieth like a petitioner at the gate, until the King cometh forth to fill her bosom with the blessings which she seeketh. The Lord, when he hath given great faith, has been known to try it by long delayings. He has suffered his servants’ voices toRead More …
Streams in the Desert – August 25
August 25 “Shut up to faith.” (Gal. 3:23.) GOD, in olden time suffered man to be kept in ward by the law that he might learn the more excellent way of faith. For by the law he would see God’s holy standard and by the law he would see hisRead More …
Praying for Change
Praying for Change When we pray, we can trust that our wise and loving Father will give the best answer. August 25, 2022 James 5:16 Hanging above the door in our house was my mother’s favorite plaque, which read, “Prayer changes things.” From an early age, I witnessed her prayingRead More …
Grandparenting, Part One
August 25, 2022 Grandparenting, Part One by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 78:1-7 It’s bad enough that, until recently, Webster omitted “parenting” in his dictionary . . . but continuing to disregard “grandparenting” is somewhere between incompetent and inexcusable! Okay, okay, so it isn’t an official word. So it lacks sufficient roots inRead More …
Abundant Life
August 25 Abundant Life A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance.—John 10:10 Jesus warns us to be on guard for thieves who will try to rob us of what God has forRead More …
Remembering Back
Today’s Scripture Reading 11I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. PSA.77.11 Today’s Devotional Reading Remembering Back The past can give you hope for the future. Married people make it their business to remember how love began. Anniversaries recall their weddingRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
August 25 Nevertheless, at thy word. Luke 5:5, Oh, what a blessed formula for us! This path of mine is dark, mysterious, perplexing; nevertheless, at Thy word I will go forward. This trial of mine is cutting, sore for flesh and blood to bear. It is hard to breathe throughRead More …
Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible – August 24
August 24 Esther 8:1-10:3 Psalm 103:1-5 Proverbs 21:1-3 Romans 16:1-27 Fullness—Only in God To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ—to Him be the glory forever! Amen. —Romans 16:27 The subject of God’s knowledge must be linked to His wisdom, and it is this aspect of the divine nature thatRead More …
Daily Light – August 24
AUGUST 24 MORNING I know their sorrows. Exodus 3:7 A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. — Touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. — Jesus being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. When Jesus … saw herRead More …
D5 Creation