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Daily Help – July 22
July 21 There are occasions when God’s servants shrink from duty. But what is the consequence? They lose the presence and comfortable enjoyment of God’s love. When we obey our Lord Jesus as believers should, our God is with us; and though we have the whole world against us, ifRead More …
Streams in the Desert – July 22
July 22 “And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you… blessed are all they that wait for him.” (Isa. 30:18.) WE must not only think of our waiting upon God, but also of what is more wonderful still, of God’s waiting upon us. The visionRead More …
The Need for Friendship
The Need for Friendship God designed believers to live in community, and we must rely on each other in times of need. July 22, 2022 2 Timothy 4:9-22 These days, many of us would rather rely on ourselves than on one another. It’s common for neighbors to treat each otherRead More …
Jealousy
July 22, 2022 Jealousy by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Like an anger-blind, half-starved rat prowling in the foul-smelling sewers below street level, so is the person caged within the suffocating radius of selfish jealousy. Trapped by resentment and diseased by rage, he feeds on the filth of hisRead More …
Blinded by the God of This Age
July 22 Blinded by the God of This Age Regarding them: the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.—2 Corinthians 4:4 When you are blinded, youRead More …
Morning – July 22
Morning “I am married unto you.” Jeremiah 3:14 Christ Jesus is joined unto his people in marriage-union. In love he espoused his Church as a chaste virgin, long before she fell under the yoke of bondage. Full of burning affection he toiled, like Jacob for Rachel, until the whole ofRead More …
John 11:25-27
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are theRead More …
The Promise of Resurrection and Life
The Promise of Resurrection and Life 7 In Jesus’ “I am” statement in verse 25—“I am the resurrection and the life”—he identified himself as the fulfillment of resurrection hope and expectations. This is the fifth of the seven “I am” claims in this Gospel. The promise of resurrection and lifeRead More …
Thoughts – July 22
July 22nd …Sinners of whom I am chief…. Now unto the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Tim. 1:15, 17. Only those who have struck the deepest note of penitence can reach the highest note of praise. —A.Read More …
Evening – July 21
Evening “Why go I mourning?” Psalm 42:9 Canst thou answer this, believer? Canst thou find any reason why thou art so often mourning instead of rejoicing? Why yield to gloomy anticipations? Who told thee that the night would never end in day? Who told thee that the sea of circumstancesRead More …
D5 Creation