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Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible – August 22
August 22 Esther 2:1-4:17 Psalm 102:18-22 Proverbs 20:26-27 Romans 14:13-15:13 Ostrich Christians The Lord’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life, searching the innermost parts.—Proverbs 20:27 Most of us (myself included) are not good at observing ourselves and reflecting honestly on what goes on beneath the surface of our lives.Read More …
Daily Light – August 22
AUGUST 22 MORNING None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. Romans 14:7 Whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. — Let no man seek hisRead More …
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
August 22 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.—Romans 12:1. Thou hast my flesh, Thy hallowed shrine, Devoted solely to Thy will; Here let Thy light forever shine, This houseRead More …
Time Spent Supremely
August 22. Time Spent Supremely Genesis 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughter. Enoch walked with God for 300 years. If you analyze your life and add up the time you spent in church, you might be shocked toRead More …
Daily Help – August 22
AUGUST 22 Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us never turns aside his mind from us, for it would be dreadful to exist for a moment beyond the observation of our heavenlyRead More …
Streams in the Desert – August 22
August 22 “And the rest, some on boards, some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that they escaped all safe to land.” (Acts 27:44.) THE marvelous story of Paul’s voyage to Rome, with its trials and triumphs, is a fine pattern of the lightsRead More …
Saying Yes (When We Want to Say No)
Saying Yes (When We Want to Say No) When we choose to trust God instead of our feelings, blessings follow. August 22, 2022 Jonah 3:1-10; Jonah 4:1-11 The book of Jonah doesn’t end the way we might expect. From the belly of a fish, Jonah recommitted himself to the Lord’sRead More …
The Church, Part Two
August 22, 2022 The Church, Part Two by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Ephesians 1:19-23 Yesterday, we discovered Dr. Jay Kesler’s five reasons why the church really is a big deal. No, it isn’t perfect (you’re a part of it, aren’t you?) and it hasn’t always modeled its message. But whatever isRead More …
The Meek
August 22 The Meek Blessed are the gentle, because they will inherit the earth.—Matthew 5:5 In popular thinking the term meek implies weakness. The word Jesus used had a different meaning. His picture of meekness is that of a stallion that has been brought into subjection to its master. WhereasRead More …
The Widow of Zarephath
Today’s Scripture Reading 7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow thereRead More …
D5 Creation