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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 …
Morning – August 25
Morning “His fruit was sweet to my taste.” Song of Solomon 2:3 Faith, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It is sight: “Look unto me and be ye saved.” It is hearing: “Hear, and your soul shall live.” Faith is smelling: “All thyRead 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 …
Evening – August 24
Evening “If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.” Exodus 22:6 But what restitution can he make who casts abroad the fire-brands of error, orRead 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 …
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
August 24 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.—Luke 8:14. Preserve me from my calling’s snare, And hide my simple heart above, Above theRead More …
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