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Daily Help – August 01
August 1 Communion with Christ is a certain cur for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one, and satiety from the other. Live near to Jesus, Christian, and itRead More …
Streams in the Desert – August 01
August 1 “Surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead.” (Romans 6:13.) (Weymouth.) I WENT one night to hear an address on consecration. No special message came to me from it, but as the speaker kneeled to pray, he dropped this sentence: “ORead More …
Set Apart for God
Set Apart for God Believers are set apart to be reflections of Christ in the world. August 1, 2022 Romans 12:1-3 When a person places faith in Jesus Christ and becomes a believer, he is sanctified—that is, set apart for God’s purpose. Unlike salvation, which takes place in a singleRead More …
Relevance
August 01, 2022 Relevance by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Matthew 10:24-39 He was a hated man. He was therefore maligned, threatened, publicly criticized, and privately rebuked. By his own admission he struggled vigorously with sins of the flesh. Especially outrageous anger. His debating disposition, wrote one biographer, caused his writings toRead More …
A Loyal Heart
August 1 A Loyal Heart “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His. You have been foolish in this matter, for from now on, you will have wars.”—2 Chronicles 16:9 If your heart is loyal to God,Read More …
Morning – August 01
Morning “Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn.” Ruth 2:2 Downcast and troubled Christian, come and glean today in the broad field of promise. Here are abundance of precious promises, which exactly meet thy wants. Take this one: “He will not break the bruised reed,Read More …
Job 2:12-13
12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. 13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him,Read More …
With Friends Like These
With Friends Like These *Think of the last time you tried to comfort someone who was hurting. What did you do right? What did you do wrong? *What will you do differently next time? One way God comforts hurting people is to put caring friends in their lives. And ifRead More …
Thoughts – August 01
August 1 Continue in prayer. Col. 4:2. The greatest and the best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer. And the best usury that any man or woman brings back to God when He comes to reckon with them atRead More …
Evening – July 31
Evening “And these are the singers … they were employed in that work day and night.” 1 Chronicles 9:33 Well was it so ordered in the temple that the sacred chant never ceased: for evermore did the singers praise the Lord, whose mercy endureth forever. As mercy did not ceaseRead More …
D5 Creation