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Daily Help – October 15

OCTOBER 15 It is a happy thing when we can address the Lord with the confidence which David manifests; it gives us great power in prayer, and comfort in trial. “On thee do I wait all the day.” Patience is the fair handmaid and daughter of faith; we cheerfully waitRead More …

Streams in the Desert – October 15

October 15 “By reason of breakings they purify themselves.” (Job 41:25.) GOD uses most for His glory those people and things which are most perfectly broken. The sacrifices He accepts are broken and contrite hearts. It was the breaking down of Jacob’s natural strength at Peniel that got him whereRead More …

How to Build True Friendships

How to Build True Friendships Strong friendships require mutual respect, love, and commitment. October 15, 2022 1 Samuel 18:1-4 We all long to have good, reliable friends who love us, but how do we go about making these relationships? The biblical account of David and Jonathan helps us learn howRead More …

Peace Amidst an Uncertain Future

October 15, 2022 Peace Amidst an Uncertain Future by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Acts 19:32-41 If you live intimidated by people, then you need to come to terms with your lack of peace. God is bigger than any person. You don’t need to dread tomorrow. You don’t need to dread yourRead More …

Discouragement

October 15 Discouragement “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they’re looking for me to take my life.”—1 Kings 19:14 KingdomRead More …

Morning – October 15

Morning “But who may abide the day of his coming?” Malachi 3:2 His first coming was without external pomp or show of power, and yet in truth there were few who could abide its testing might. Herod and all Jerusalem with him were stirred at the news of the wondrousRead More …

Don’t Give In

Today’s Scripture Reading 10 My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them. PROVERBS 1:10 Today’s Devotional Reading Don’t Give In This verse applies to either a son or daughter and, like never before, we need to talk openly and age-appropriately about how sin is enticing.Read More …

Thoughts – October 15

October 15 Let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 1 Thess. 5:8. Faith, love, hope—these three form the defensive armor that guards the soul; and these three make self-control possible. Like aRead More …

Evening – October 14

Evening “And be not conformed to this world.” Romans 12:2 If a Christian can by possibility be saved while he conforms to this world, at any rate it must be so as by fire. Such a bare salvation is almost as much to be dreaded as desired. Reader, would youRead More …

Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible

October 14 Jeremiah 1:1-2:37 Psalm 119:12-16 Proverbs 24:23-25 Colossians 1:1-20 Wrong Places My people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned Me, the fountain of living water, and dug … cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.—Jeremiah 2:13 One of the major problems with which we are all confronted isRead More …