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Daily Help – July 08.
July 8 As an encouragement cheerfully to offer intercessory prayer, remember that such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears, for the prayer of Christ is of this character. His intercession must be the most acceptable of all supplications—and the more like our prayer is to Christ’s, the sweeter itRead More …
Streams in the Desert – July 08
July 8 “They snail mount up with wings as eagles.” (Isa. 40:31.) THERE is a fable about the way the birds got their wings at the beginning. They were first made without wings. Then God made the wings and put them down before the wingless birds and said to them,Read More …
Dealing With Discouragement
Dealing With Discouragement When we face seasons of discouragement, God will respond to our cries for help. July 8, 2022 Nehemiah 1:1-11 Discouragement feels like a big weight on our shoulders. It steals motivation, makes work more difficult, and diminishes our enjoyment of life. The reasons for discouragement vary—general dissatisfactionRead More …
The Hammer, the File, and the Furnace
July 08, 2022 The Hammer, the File, and the Furnace by Pastor Chuck Swindoll James 1:2-4, 12 It was the enraptured Rutherford who said in the midst of very painful trials and heartaches: Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace! Let’s think about that. The hammer isRead More …
A Highway of Holiness
July 8 A Highway of Holiness A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for him who walks the path. Even the fool will not go astray.—Isaiah 35:8 The nation of IsraelRead More …
Luke 10:25-37
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heartRead More …
Thoughts – July 08
July 8 As thy days, so shall thy strength be. Deut. 33:25. No day without its duty; no duty without strength to perform it. —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – July 08.
Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible
July 7 2 Kings 22:1-23:37 Psalm 78:56-64 Proverbs 17:9-10 Acts 10:1-23 Choose to Forgive Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.—Proverbs 17:9 Jesus gives us stern and uncompromising warnings about forgiveness. But if forgiveness is so important and yet so difficult, how do weRead More …
Daily Light on the Daily Path
JULY 7 MORNING Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Matthew 4:1 In the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him fromRead More …
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
July 7 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?—Psalm 27:1. Thou hidden Source of calm repose, Thou all-sufficient Love divine, My Help and Refuge from my foes, Secure I am whileRead More …
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