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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 …
Morning – August 22
Morning “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.” Song of Solomon 5:8 Such is the language of the believer panting after present fellowship with Jesus, he is sick for his Lord. Gracious souls are neverRead 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 …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
August 22 He… began to wash the disciples’ feet. John 13:5. We forget that Jesus Christ is the same today, when He is sitting on the throne, as He was yesterday, when He trod the pathway of our world. And in this forgetfulness how much we miss! What He was,Read More …
Evening – August 21
Evening “I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain.” Isaiah 45:19 We may gain much solace by considering what God has not said. What he has said is inexpressibly full of comfort and delight; what he has not said is scarcely less rich in consolation.Read More …
Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible
August 21 Nehemiah 13:1-Esther 1:22 Psalm 102:12-17 Proverbs 20:24-25 Romans 13:1-14:12 “Wobbly Christians” So let us discard the deeds of the darkness and put on the armor of light. —Romans 13:12 The armor of God will not do us any good unless it is worn in its entirety. We mustRead More …
Daily Light – August 21
AUGUST 21 MORNING Thou art my portion, O Lord. Psalm 119:57 All things are yours; … and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s. — Our Saviour Jesus Christ … gave himself for us. — God gave him to be the head over all things to the church. — ChristRead More …
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
August 21 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.—Romans 15:1. The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary.—Isa. 50:4 IfRead More …
Transferred By Trust
August 21. Transferred By Trust Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him. By faith Enoch was translated and did not experience death. The word translated means transfer. In other words, Enoch actually received a transfer.Read More …
D5 Creation