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The Good Things in Life

The Good Things in Life Knowing and pursuing God gives us our best life. October 18, 2022 Psalm 34:1-22 How do we achieve the good life? Well, it depends on what you pursue and what you consider “good.” The world defines good things as items and experiences that make usRead More …

God’s Attitude toward Defiance

October 18, 2022 God’s Attitude toward Defiance by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Kings 11:6, 9-13 Solomon planted seeds of willfulness and independence that reaped a harvest of age-old rebellion in his heart. Let’s see what God did in response to Solomon’s defiance. Read 1 Kings 11:9–11. His very first reactionRead More …

Seeing with Your Eyes

October 18 Seeing with Your Eyes I had heard rumors about You, but now my eyes have seen You.—Job 42:5 In his time, Job was the most righteous person on earth. He was so godly that the Lord took pleasure in pointing him out to Satan (Job 1:8). Yet, despiteRead More …

Morning – October 18

Morning “Thy paths drop fatness.” Psalm 65:11 Many are “the paths of the Lord” which “drop fatness,” but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, “My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me.” Starving souls live atRead More …

Don’t-Mean-It Sins

Today’s Scripture Reading 27 “‘If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, when they realize their guilt 28 and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a femaleRead More …

Thoughts – October 18

October 18 Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. Psa. 91:3. He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. That is, from the little things, the hidden traps and nets that are set for us. Great sins frighten where little snares entangle. It isRead More …

Evening – October 17

Evening “He shall gather the lambs with his arm.” Isaiah 40:11 Our good Shepherd has in his flock a variety of experiences, some are strong in the Lord, and others are weak in faith, but he is impartial in his care for all his sheep, and the weakest lamb isRead More …

Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible

October 17 Jeremiah 6:22-8:13 Psalm 119:25-27 Proverbs 24:30-34 Colossians 3:18-4:18 Various Forms of Prayer Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.—Colossians 4:2 Today we ask ourselves: what does it mean to “pray always with all prayer and supplication”? The phrase “praying always” presents no difficulty; quite clearly,Read More …

Daily Light on the Daily Path

OCTOBER 17 MORNING In thy name shall they rejoice all the day; and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. Psalm 89:16 In the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shallRead More …

Marriage Morality

October 17. Reading 290. Marriage Morality 1 Corinthians 7 “But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband” (1 Cor. 7:2). Marriage is intended to be a joy—and a lifelong commitment. Background Confusion in Corinth. Paul didn’t spell outRead More …