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Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible
August 12 Ezra 6:1-7:28 Psalm 96:1-9 Proverbs 20:1 Romans 6:1-23 Leave Nothing Behind How can we who died to sin still live in it? Romans 6:2 If we are to stay spiritually fresh we must break decisively with everything of which Christ cannot approve. We must get rid of everythingRead More …
Daily Light – August 12
August 12 MORNING The Lord will not cast off for ever: but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion. Lamentations 3:31,32 Fear thou not, … saith the Lord: for I am with thee; I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure. —Read More …
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
August 12 Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?—Luke 10:25. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.—Ecclesiastes 9:10. “What shall I do to gain eternal life?” “Discharge aright The simple dues with which each day is rife, Yea, with thy might.” F. VON SCHILLER.Read More …
Thankful For Your Handicaps
August 12. Thankful For Your Handicaps 2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. If you’ve gotRead More …
Daily Help – August 12
AUGUST 12 Whether we speak of the active or passive righteousness of Christ there is an equal fragrance. There was a sweet savor in His active life by which He honored the law of God, and made every precept to glitter like a precious jewel in the pure setting ofRead More …
Streams in the Desert – August 12
August 12 “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises.” (2 Peter 1:4.) WHEN a shipwright builds a vessel, does he build it to keep it upon the stocks? Nay, he builds it for the sea and the storm. When he was making it, he thought of tempestsRead More …
David: A Picture of God’s Sovereignty
David: A Picture of God’s Sovereignty Even when life doesn’t make sense, we can trust our good and loving heavenly Father. August 12, 2022 Psalm 103:1-22 Sometimes it’s hard to understand God’s purposes for adversity. In the midst of a personal tragedy, the Lord’s sovereignty may seem like a harsh,Read More …
Going . . . Not Knowing, Part Two
August 12, 2022 Going . . . Not Knowing, Part Two by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Isaiah 42:16 Yesterday we read about two great men of the faith, Abraham and the apostle Paul, who set out into the great unknown out of obedience to God. It is no easy thing toRead More …
The Fragrance of His Knowledge
August 12 The Fragrance of His Knowledge But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ, and spreads through us in every place the scent of knowing Him. For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among thoseRead More …
Hezekiah: The Art of Thanksgiving
Today’s Scripture Reading 9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: 10 I said, “In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?” 11 I said, “I will not again seeRead More …
D5 Creation