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June 15 A Godly Influence
June 15 A Godly Influence Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you [alone] are righteous before Me in this generation.”—Genesis 7:1 The children of Noah faced a significant decision. They lived in a world where everyone blatantlyRead More …
June 14 Streams in the Desert
Dewayne Smith · June 14 Streams in the Desert “I have prayed that your own faith may not fail.” (Luke 22:32.) CHRISTIAN, take good care of thy faith, for recollect that faith is the only means whereby thou canst obtain blessings. Prayer cannot draw down answers from God’s throne exceptRead More …
June 14 Noah Walked with God
Dewayne Smith · June 14 Noah Walked with God Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the Lord. These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God.—Genesis 6:8–9 No matter how ungodly the environment you may beRead More …
June 12 Streams in the Desert
Dewayne Smith · June 12 Streams in the Desert “In everything ye are enriched by him.” (1 Cor. 1:5.) HAVE you ever seen men and women whom some disaster drove to a great act of prayer, and by and by the disaster was forgotten, but the sweetness of religion remainedRead More …
June 12 The Keys of the Kingdom
Dewayne Smith · June 12 The Keys of the Kingdom “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven.”— Matthew 16:19 The keys of the kingdomRead More …
June 11 Streams in the Desert
Dewayne Smith · June 11 Streams in the Desert “The servant of the Lord must be gentle.” (2 Tim. 2:24.) WHEN God conquers us and takes all the flint out of our nature, and we get deep visions into the Spirit of Jesus, we then see as never before theRead More …
June 11 The Fruit of the Spirit
Dewayne Smith · June 11 The Fruit of the Spirit But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.—Galatians 5:22–23 An examination of the fruits of the Spirit can be intimidating. Working all nine of theseRead More …
June 10 Streams in the Desert
Dewayne Smith · June 10 Streams in the Desert “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” (Rom. 8:28.) HOW wide is this assertion of the Apostle Paul! He does not say, “We know that some things,” or “most things,” or “joyous things,”Read More …
June 10 As for Me and My House
Dewayne Smith · June 10 As for Me and My House “But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you areRead More …
June 9 Streams in the Desert
Dewayne Smith · June 9 Streams in the Desert “Feed on his faithfulness.” (Psalm 37:3, R. V.) I ONCE met a poor colored woman, who earned a precarious living by hard daily labor; but who was a joyous triumphant Christian. “Ah, Nancy,” said a gloomy Christian lady to her oneRead More …
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