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Streams in the Desert – November 25
November 25 “Take the arrows…. Smite upon the ground. And he smote twice and stayed. And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times.” (2 Kings 13:18, 19.) HOW striking and eloquent the message of these words! Jehoash thought heRead More …
Quenching the Spirit
November 25 Quenching the Spirit Don’t stifle the Spirit.—1 Thessalonians 5:19 We cannot prevent God from accomplishing His work in the world around us, but we can quench His Spirit in our lives. God has given us the freedom to withstand the Holy Spirit’s activity in our lives. When weRead More …
Morning – November 25
Morning “To preach deliverance to the captives.” Luke 4:18 None but Jesus can give deliverance to captives. Real liberty cometh from him only. It is a liberty righteously bestowed; for the Son, who is Heir of all things, has a right to make men free. The saints honour the justiceRead More …
Thoughts – November 25
November 25 Call to remembrance the former days. Heb. 10:32. The former days—times of trial, conflict, discouragement, temptation. Did we oftener call these to remembrance, with how much more delight would we make the covert of God’s faithfulness our refuge, exclaiming with the psalmist, “Because Thou hast been my help,Read More …
Evening – November 24
Evening “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.” Proverbs 24:33-34 The worst of sluggards only ask for a little slumber; they would be indignant if theyRead More …
Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible – November 24
November 24 Ezekiel 26:7-27:36 Psalm 130:1-8 Proverbs 28:12-14 1 Peter 1:1-21 Organizing a Quiet Time I wait and put my hope in His word. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning.—Psalm 130:5-6 Someone has described the morning quiet time as “turning the dial until we tuneRead More …
Daily Light on the Daily Path – November 24
NOVEMBER 24 MORNING My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. Luke 8:21 Both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren: saying, I will declare thyRead More …
Unfinished Business
November 24. Reading 328. Unfinished Business Titus 1-3 “I left you in Crete… that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town” (Titus 1:5). Titus summarized the things that we too should teach—and must learn. Biography: Titus Little is known of Titus. He isRead More …
Daily Strength for Daily Needs – November 24
November 24 Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.—Psalm 31:24. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.—John 14:27. In heavenly love abiding, No change my heart shall fear; And safe is such confiding, For nothing changesRead More …
D5 Creation
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Philemon
Philemon Introduction This brief, intensely personal letter was written to Philemon, a wealthy Christian slave-owner in Asia Minor’s Lycus Valley. In it Paul appealed to Philemon to welcome back Onesimus, a runaway slave who had been converted under Paul’s ministry. The letter is a dramatic example of how the GospelRead More …
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