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Daily Help – August 21
AUGUST 21 A little stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so sweet as toil. Our battered armor and scarred countenances will render more illustrious our victory above, when we are welcomed to the seats of those who have overcome the world. We should not haveRead More …
Streams in the Desert – August 21
August 21 “He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; because he delighted in me.” (Psa. 18:19.) AND what is this “large place”? What can it be but God Himself, that infinite Being in whom all other beings and all other streams of life terminate? GodRead More …
Where We Grow
Where We Grow Our relationships reveal our weaknesses and are also instrumental in our healing. August 21, 2022 To get the most out of this devotion, set aside time to read the scriptures referenced throughout. After the Last Supper, Peter made a grand proclamation of his devotion to Jesus, saying,Read More …
The Church, Part One
August 21, 2022 The Church, Part One by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Matthew 16:18 So, what’s the big deal about the church? Good question. And it deserves a good answer. Something more than, “You gotta have one to get married in,” or “It’s the place kids oughta be on Sunday.” OrRead More …
Hunger and Thirst
August 21 Hunger and Thirst Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.—Matthew 5:6 Hunger and thirst are the body’s way of telling us that we are “empty.” Our natural response to physical hunger and thirst is to seek food and water to satisfyRead More …
Morning – August 21
Morning “He that watereth shall be watered also himself.” Proverbs 11:25 We are here taught the great lesson, that to get, we must give; that to accumulate, we must scatter; that to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and that in order to become spiritually vigorous, we mustRead More …
Revolving Around Worship
Today’s Scripture Reading 1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2 “The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.”NUM.2.1-2 Today’s Devotional Reading Revolving Around Worship God prescribed a specific arrangement forRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
August 21 We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Eph. 2:10. No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. There is always work, and tools to work withal, forRead More …
Evening – August 20
Evening “And they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.” Nehemiah 3:8 Cities well fortified have broad walls, and so had Jerusalem in her glory. The New Jerusalem must, in like manner, be surrounded and preserved by a broad wall of nonconformity to the world, and separation from its customs andRead More …
Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible
August 20 Nehemiah 11:20-12:47 Psalm 102:1-11 Proverbs 20:22-23 Romans 12:1-21 Evil Is Bad for Us Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good. —Romans 12:9 In considering the words “Do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one,” here we concentrate onRead More …
D5 Creation