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September 2025

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

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“Be courteous.” One might think that true Christians would need no such exhortation, but that we would naturally, as believers in Christ, “be courteous” to one another, and even to all men. But such is not the case. Were the Corinthian believers showing courtesy when “brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers”? Were they manifesting courtesy when “there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions”? And how is our own courtesy? Do we show friendliness and kindness in the home, among our workfellows, and toward the saints, remembering that “he that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city”? How needful that we “put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” We manifest Christ in our lives “by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned.” So “be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,” and “see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.”
Be courteous to all you meet,
And tender and kind and true;
God will repay you in His way;
He will show grace to you.
1 Peter 3:8 ~ 1 Corinthians 6:6 ~ 1 Corinthians 3:3 ~ Proverbs 16:32 ~ Colossians 3:12‑13 ~ 2 Corinthians 6:6 ~ Ephesians 4:32 ~ 1 Peter 1:22

Monday, September 29, 2025

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“Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?” “Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. ... For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, Thou knowest it altogether,” and “neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” “(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringeth into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” “Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?” So “search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
He looks upon the hearts of men;
He sees the good and the bad;
He traces His children’s pathway;
He knows when we’re sad or glad.
Ezekiel 11:5 ~ Matthew 9:4 ~ Psalm 139:2 ~ Psalm 139:4 ~ Hebrews 4:13 ~ Jeremiah 17:9‑10 ~ 2 Corinthians 10:4‑5 ~ Job 31:4 ~ Psalm 139:23‑24

Sunday, September 28, 2025

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A Christian’s love for the Lord may be accurately measured by his love for the Word, for our Lord said, “If ye love Me, keep My commandments,” and “then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My word, then are ye My disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Let no one who neglects and lightly esteems the Word of God talk about his love for the Lord. If you would “delight thyself also in the Lord,” it must be because “Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my counselors,” for what can we know about the Lord Jesus, except what He has told us in His Word? He said that “the Scriptures ... are they which testify of Me.” If we truly love Him, we can say, “O how love I Thy law! It is my meditation all the day,” and “therefore I love Thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.” So “be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves,” for “whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
To know the Word and not do it
Brings reproach upon His name;
His Word is a light to our path;
Obeyed, it keeps us from shame.
Proverbs 13:13 ~ John 14:15 ~ John 8:31‑32 ~ Psalm 37:4 ~ Psalm 119:24 ~ John 5:39 ~ Psalm 119:97 ~ Psalm 119:127 ~ James 1:22 ~ James 1:25

Saturday, September 27, 2025

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Prayer not only brings blessing to those prayed for, it also brings blessing to those who pray, for, in order to pray effectually, we must be in close fellowship with the Lord. “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me,” for “whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.” Thus we “draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” By His provision through Christ, we “cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” So prayer brings blessing to the pray-er because it keeps us desirous of fellowship with God. Prayer also brings a blessing to the one who prays because it turns us from self-centeredness to concern for others, so that we no longer “look ... every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others,” as we seek in prayer to “bear ... one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Further, prayer makes us dependent upon God, causing us to realize that “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.” “My prayer returned into mine own bosom.”
To pray in the Spirit to God,
We must draw nigh unto Him;
Then His blessing comes to our hearts,
And things of the world grow dim.
Psalm 35:13 ~ Psalm 66:18 ~ 1 John 3:22 ~ Hebrews 10:22 ~ 2 Corinthians 7:1 ~ Philippians 2:4 ~ Galatians 6:2 ~ James 1:17

Friday, September 26, 2025

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Ezekiel was given a prophetic vision of the millennial temple, from whence our Lord Jesus shall reign over all the earth. Then “the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” But it will not detract from that future scene of blessing to remind ourselves that for us now, those waters picture God’s abounding grace toward His own. Our Lord told the Samaritan woman that “whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life,” and His gracious invitation to all is, “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters,” “and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” And as we come to Him and go on with Him, we learn that “where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” As we “grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” we learn that His grace is all-sufficient, “a river that I could not pass over ... waters to swim in.”
“Rivers of living water” flow
From the Person of our Lord;
“Waters to swim in,” depth untold,
Come forth from the living Word.
Ezekiel 47:1‑5 ~ Isaiah 11:9 ~ John 4:14 ~ Isaiah 55:1 ~ Revelation 22:17 ~ Romans 5:20 ~ 2 Peter 3:18

Thursday, September 25, 2025

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“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with His hand.” God is genuinely concerned about His redeemed children and wants to lead us “in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake,” and “if any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine.” So we are told to “be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” He has promised that “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye.” “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” “Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.” So “show me Thy ways, O Lord; teach me Thy paths. Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me: for Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day,” and He promises that when we “in all thy ways acknowledge Him ... He shall direct thy paths.”
I would walk in the ways of the Lord,
Trusting Him to lead and to guide,
For His Word is a lamp to my feet,
Trustworthy, whatever betide.
Genesis 24:27 ~ Psalm 37:23‑24 ~ Psalm 23:3 ~ John 7:17 ~ Romans 12:2 ~ Psalm 32:8 ~ John 8:12 ~ Deuteronomy 5:32 ~ Psalm 25:4‑5 ~ Proverbs 3:6

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

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What God has purposed and promised, He will fulfill, in spite of all the liberals and atheists and unbelievers. “Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee: the remainder of wrath shalt Thou restrain.” This is to say that God will fulfill His purposes in the world and with His own people in spite of all opposition. “We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth,” and He “worketh all things after the counsel of His own will.” He “is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working,” and “hath He said, and shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?” And all this is “according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places ... and hath put all things under His feet.” “The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.” “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning ... saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,” “for I will hasten My word to perform it.”
God’s Word is very, very sure;
What He promises, He’ll do;
Satan and men may oppose Him;
He’ll see His promises through.
Proverbs 21:30 ~ Psalm 76:10 ~ 2 Corinthians 13:8 ~ Ephesians 1:11 ~ Isaiah 28:29 ~ Numbers 23:19 ~ Ephesians 1:19‑20 ~ Ephesians 1:22 ~ Isaiah 14:24 ~ Isaiah 46:9‑10 ~ Jeremiah 1:12

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

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“The law of the Spirit,” the principle by which the Spirit works in our lives as Christians, is that “of life in Christ Jesus.” Though we are told that “if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” and that we are to “walk in the Spirit, and [so] shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh,” the Holy Spirit does not thus enable us to live for God’s glory by calling our attention to Himself. Rather, He directs our hearts to Another, the Lord Jesus Christ, and keeps us “looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.” The purpose of our being “strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man” is “that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.” Our Lord said that the Holy Spirit “shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you.” If we have “the righteousness of the law ... fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit,” it is because the Spirit is actualizing in us “life in Christ Jesus,” pointing us to “Christ, who is our life.”
The Spirit points us to the Lord,
By whose grace we’ve been made free;
His life within gives us the power
To live for eternity.
Romans 8:2 ~ Galatians 5:25 ~ Galatians 5:16 ~ Hebrews 12:2 ~ Ephesians 3:16‑19 ~ John 16:14 ~ Romans 8:4 ~ Colossians 3:4

Monday, September 22, 2025

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“God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord ... but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God.” “The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe,” so “be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” In all confidence, the redeemed child of God can say, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” And “though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.” We may rest our hearts on His promise: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” “I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.”
God has not put fear in our hearts;
He taketh our fears away;
He gives us His peace and quietness;
He changes our night to day.
Romans 8:15 ~ 2 Timothy 1:7‑8 ~ Proverbs 29:25 ~ Deuteronomy 31:6 ~ Psalm 27:1 ~ Psalm 23:4 ~ John 14:27 ~ Isaiah 41:13

Sunday, September 21, 2025

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“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.” “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. ... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us ... full of grace and truth.” He is “the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me,” and “he that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.” “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him,” “that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father which hath sent Him.” The Son of God said that “no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”
God’s only begotten Son
Came into the world to save,
Crucified for all our sins,
And raised by God from the grave.
Hebrews 1:1‑2 ~ John 1:18 ~ John 1:1‑4 ~ John 1:14 ~ Galatians 2:20 ~ 1 John 5:12 ~ 1 John 2:22‑23 ~ John 3:36 ~ John 5:23 ~ John 14:6

Saturday, September 20, 2025

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“Jehovah-jireh” means “Jehovah will provide,” or “the Lord will provide.” And not only did He provide Abraham with a ram for a burnt offering, He continually provides all His own with all that they need, spiritually and materially. “God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” “The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly,” for “the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waiteth for the Lord: He is our help and our shield.” “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content,” for “my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” “O fear the Lord, ye His saints: for there is no want to them that fear Him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.” “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
He provideth all that we need,
As we journey from earth to heaven;
Graciously and abundantly
It from His hand is given.
Genesis 22:14 ~ 2 Corinthians 9:8 ~ Psalm 84:11 ~ Psalm 33:18‑20 ~ Philippians 4:11 ~ Philippians 4:19 ~ Psalm 34:9‑10 ~ Psalm 23:1

Friday, September 19, 2025

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Just as one may see his face reflected in water, so, as he looks into his own heart, he sees that which is also in the hearts of others. As far as any inherent righteousness is concerned, we “are all under sin; as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God,” “for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” As for us who are saved by God’s grace, we all still have to confess that “I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not.” Do we excuse things in ourselves which we condemn in others? If things are sinful in others, they are sinful in us also. If things permitted by others seem hateful or questionable, they are hateful and questionable in us too. “Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man ... for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.” And as we long in our own hearts for understanding and comfort and encouragement, let us remember that others have the same needs, “knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
Do we look upon others with scorn,
Thinking we’re better than they?
Forgetting we’re all as nothing,
Needing God’s grace every day?
Proverbs 27:19 ~ Romans 3:9‑11 ~ Romans 3:23 ~ Romans 7:18 ~ Romans 2:1 ~ 1 Peter 5:9

Thursday, September 18, 2025

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A good runner does not have his eye upon the other contestants in the race, but on the goal, and we who know the Lord as Savior, and are thus in the Christian race, should be constantly “looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. ... I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ... but I keep under my body and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” for a reward. “None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy.” “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” “Draw me, we will run after Thee.”
I would run the race with patience,
To honor my Savior-Friend,
Looking off always to Jesus,
A reward for Him to win.
Hebrews 12:1 ~ Hebrews 12:2 ~ 1 Corinthians 9:24‑27 ~ Acts 20:24 ~ Philippians 3:13‑14 ~ Song of Solomon 1:4

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

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“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,” for “we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” So “by Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name,” for “it is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O Most High: to show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night.” It behooves us who have been redeemed to praise His name, for “He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.” So “rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright,” and the Lord says that “whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.” Let us then, by His enabling grace, “in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” “I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.”
“Praise is comely for the upright,”
From the heart that’s been made new,
Praise for mercies freely given,
Sent down on us as the dew.
Psalm 34:1 ~ Ephesians 5:20 ~ Romans 8:28 ~ Hebrews 13:15 ~ Psalm 92:1‑2 ~ Psalm 40:3 ~ Psalm 33:1 ~ Psalm 50:23 ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ~ Psalm 104:33

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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The Christian who will not be reproved shows that he is “wise in his own conceit,” for “he is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth,” and “whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.” “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored,” and “he that regardeth reproof is prudent.” While “a scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise,” yet “when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.” So “hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.” The Lord says that “because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out My hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at naught all My counsel, and would none of My reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh,” for “he, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for ... reproof.”
Will you not let your soul hear truth
That reproves and shows the way?
Will you stubbornly resist it,
As God pleads from day to day?
Proverbs 6:23 ~ Proverbs 26:5 ~ Proverbs 10:17 ~ Proverbs 12:1 ~ Proverbs 13:18 ~ Proverbs 15:5 ~ Proverbs 15:12 ~ Proverbs 21:11 ~ Proverbs 19:20 ~ Proverbs 1:24‑26 ~ Proverbs 29:1 ~ 2 Timothy 3:16

Monday, September 15, 2025

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How spiritually profitable it is for the Christian to muse and ponder over God’s Word. “Blessed is the man” whose “delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.” Thus “my meditation of Him shall be sweet,” for the Word speaks of our blessed Lord and Savior who, journeying with the two Emmaus disciples, “expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” So when we meditate upon the Word, we are, in fact, meditating upon Him. “I remember Thee upon my bed, and meditate on Thee in the night watches.” “I meditate on all Thy works; I muse on the work of Thy hands.” So, “give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my meditation,” and “I will meditate also of all Thy work, and talk of Thy doings.” Meditation then produces prayer and testimony and contributes to a godly life, for “I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways.” “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” “O how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.”
Ponder well the Word of the Lord;
Muse and meditate therein,
For God’s Word turned o’er in the heart
Will armor the soul from sin.
Psalm 104:34 ~ Psalm 1:1‑2 ~ Luke 24:27 ~ Psalm 63:6 ~ Psalm 143:5 ~ Psalm 5:1 ~ Psalm 77:12 ~ Psalm 119:15 ~ Joshua 1:8 ~ Psalm 119:97

Sunday, September 14, 2025

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“The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.” “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble,” and “the eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” “Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in Thee: yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.” “Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us,” for “in God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.” So “I will sing of Thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning: for Thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.” We “have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us ... even Jesus, made a high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.” “O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction.” “I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust.”
He is my refuge in trouble;
To Him I can flee for aid;
He giveth His grace to succor,
He on whom my sins were laid.
Psalm 142:5 ~ Psalm 9:9‑10 ~ Psalm 46:1 ~ Deuteronomy 33:27 ~ Psalm 57:1 ~ Psalm 62:7‑8 ~ Psalm 59:16 ~ Hebrews 6:18 ~ Hebrews 6:20 ~ Jeremiah 16:19 ~ Psalm 91:2

Saturday, September 13, 2025

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There are many things in life of which we may partake without committing sin. But some of these seemingly harmless things may impede our spiritual progress and therefore “are not expedient.” Certain attitudes and habits and companionships do not contribute to our spiritual well-being; they are not conducive to a close walk with the Lord. “For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.” “As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God,” making sure that we are not “choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.” “No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” “Take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.” “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.” “Do all to the glory of God.”
I have liberty in the Lord
To live a life that is free,
But His love holds me in bondage,
And constrained my life must be.
1 Corinthians 10:23 ~ Galatians 5:13 ~ 1 Peter 2:16 ~ Luke 8:14 ~ 2 Timothy 2:4 ~ 1 Corinthians 8:9 ~ 1 Corinthians 6:12 ~ 1 Corinthians 10:31

Friday, September 12, 2025

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Asaph had been sorely troubled about “the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.” It seemed to him that “I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For,” he says, “all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.” It was not until he “went into the sanctuary of God” that he “understood ... their end.” But though these doubts arose in his mind, he kept them to himself, lest “I should offend against the generation of Thy children.” How well it is that we believers keep our doubts and fears to ourselves, lest we should offend others who are seeking to walk with the Lord. “If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.” Share your joys and victories; keep your doubts to yourself. “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man,” and “let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” Tell your doubts to the Lord alone; “pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us.”
Do doubts and fears distress your soul?
Cast them on the Lord in prayer;
Tell not to men your heart’s doubtings;
God alone can bear your care.
Psalm 73:15 ~ Psalm 73:12‑14 ~ Psalm 73:17 ~ Proverbs 30:32 ~ Colossians 4:6 ~ Ephesians 4:29 ~ Psalm 62:8

Thursday, September 11, 2025

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“The man that endureth” under trials and testings, who suffers patiently, will have due reward at the judgment seat of Christ, “when he is tried,” for it is written of us Christians that “every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.” And for the enduring believer, “when he is tried,” then “he shall receive the crown of life.” This is not eternal life itself, for we do not earn that by enduring; we receive it as a gift. “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord,” and “he that hath the Son hath life.” It is rather “the crown of life,” a reward for faithfulness under trial, “which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him,” for there must be such love in our hearts to enable us to be “rejoicing that” we are “counted worthy to suffer shame for His name,” and “if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God,” for “all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
The Lord looks down upon His own,
Who patiently toil and weep;
“The crown of life” is promised them;
His Word He will surely keep.
James 1:12 ~ 1 Corinthians 3:13 ~ Romans 6:23 ~ 1 John 5:12 ~ Acts 5:41 ~ 1 Peter 2:20 ~ 2 Timothy 3:12

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

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“The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding,” and “when wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee.” “The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.” “Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,” and “of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom.” “Be not wise in your own conceits.” “For this cause we ... pray for you ... that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,” “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.” “Where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding. ... Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.” “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!”
Wisdom is found only in Him;
It is not native to man;
He wants to guide and direct us,
And as we submit He can.
James 1:5 ~ Proverbs 2:6 ~ Proverbs 2:10‑11 ~ James 3:17 ~ Colossians 2:2‑3 ~ 1 Corinthians 1:30 ~ Romans 12:16 ~ Colossians 1:9 ~ Ephesians 1:17 ~ Job 28:12 ~ Job 28:28 ~ Romans 11:33

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

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“Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” “Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into Thy lips: therefore God hath blessed Thee forever,” for “being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” “His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places. ... And hath put all things under His feet.” “Never man spake like this Man.” “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God,” and “my Lord and my God,” “who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” “I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save,” “a just God and a Savior; there is none beside Me.” “What then shall I do with Jesus which is called Christ?”
The dear and lovely Son of God
Bore our sins upon the tree;
What then will you do with Jesus,
Who suffered to set you free.
Song of Solomon 5:10 ~ Isaiah 9:6 ~ Psalm 45:2 ~ Philippians 2:8‑11 ~ Ephesians 1:19‑20 ~ Ephesians 1:22 ~ John 7:46 ~ Matthew 16:16 ~ John 20:28 ~ Galatians 2:20 ~ Isaiah 63:1 ~ Isaiah 45:21 ~ Matthew 27:22

Monday, September 8, 2025

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This was Pharaoh’s response to the request of Moses to let the children of Israel “go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as He shall command us.” The “three days” speak of death and resurrection, and God wants those who have been “redeemed ... with the precious blood of Christ” to “reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Satan will say to us regarding our separation that “ye shall not go very far away.” In other words, “Don’t be too spiritual.” But God says, “Go three days’ journey into the wilderness,” remembering that by “the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ ... the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”
How close to the world may I walk,
And still bring glory to God?
The world that crucified God’s Son
And hates those who trust God’s Word.
Exodus 8:28 ~ Exodus 8:27 ~ 1 Peter 1:18‑19 ~ Romans 6:11 ~ Galatians 6:14 ~ Romans 12:1‑2 ~ Ephesians 5:11

Sunday, September 7, 2025

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“Ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.” “This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,” for “if we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin,” so “that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.” “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him,” for “we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” So shall “ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,” and “walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto His kingdom and glory.” “He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.”
If we “walk in newness of life,”
Looking carefully how we tread,
We honor and glorify Him,
Our Lord who was raised from the dead.
Ephesians 5:15‑16 ~ Ephesians 5:8 ~ Ephesians 4:17 ~ 1 John 1:6‑7 ~ Colossians 1:10 ~ Colossians 2:6 ~ Romans 6:4 ~ Galatians 5:16 ~ Ephesians 4:1 ~ 1 Thessalonians 2:12 ~ 1 John 2:6

Saturday, September 6, 2025

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The stones for Solomon’s temple were sized and shaped before being brought to the temple site, “before it was brought thither.” God is presently building a temple also, a temple made of “lively stones ... built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” We believers, “as lively stones,” are being “built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord.” One day these stones will be “brought thither,” at “the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and ... our gathering together unto Him,” and then it will be seen that each “living stone” was “made ready before it was brought thither.” This is why God sometimes permits His redeemed ones to be “troubled on every side ... distressed ... perplexed ... persecuted ... cast down.” So “think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you ... but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.”
A temple built of living stones
Has God designed us to be,
Shaped by the pressures of this life,
Fitted for eternity.
1 Kings 6:7 ~ 1 Peter 2:5 ~ Ephesians 2:20‑21 ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:1 ~ 2 Corinthians 4:8‑9 ~ 1 Peter 4:12‑13

Friday, September 5, 2025

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“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” So “honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.” “The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.” “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” “There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.” “Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
What we lay in store in heaven
Is secure forevermore;
It cannot be marred or stolen;
Thieves cannot enter that door.
Proverbs 11:24 ~ Matthew 6:19‑21 ~ 1 Timothy 6:7‑8 ~ Proverbs 3:9‑10 ~ Proverbs 11:25 ~ 2 Corinthians 9:6‑7 ~ Proverbs 13:7 ~ Acts 20:35

Thursday, September 4, 2025

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There come times of perplexity in the lives of all of God’s children, when we know not which way we should turn, nor what we should do. The above verse does not apply to one who refuses God’s will, but to one “that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of His servant,” who is the Lord Jesus Christ. He said, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” There are times when we must have immediate light on a situation, and we pray, “Bow down Thine ear to me; deliver me speedily.” At other times, for our good and His glory, He permits us to be “in darkness” and to have “no light.” In such times as that, “Thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.” Beware of trying to make your own light by human wisdom and ingenuity. “Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of Mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.” So “wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.”
Are we groping in the darkness,
With no light to show us the way?
Wait upon “the God of all grace”;
He will change your night into day.
Isaiah 50:10 ~ John 8:12 ~ Psalm 31:2 ~ Psalm 18:28 ~ Isaiah 50:11 ~ Psalm 27:14

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

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Apart from Christ, all are spiritually “dead in trespasses and sins.” In the Garden of Eden, “the Lord God commanded the man, saying ... of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” But “the woman ... took of the fruit ... and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned,” so we hear the Savior saying, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” “And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,” and “we know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.” So “neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.”
Dead to God, without any hope,
In Adam, condemned and lost,
But now alive in Christ Jesus,
Redeemed at so great a cost.
Ephesians 2:1 ~ Genesis 2:16‑17 ~ Genesis 3:6 ~ Romans 5:12 ~ John 5:24 ~ Colossians 2:13 ~ 1 John 3:14 ~ Romans 6:13

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

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That little favor shown to one in need, that kind word spoken to a discouraged soul, that word of witness to our Lord, quietly spoken, that time spent in secret prayer, how much are these small things worth? They are worth much to Him who said that “whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in My name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.” We live in a day of so-called big things in spiritual circles. There are so-called “super-churches” with multitudes of people in them. Many evangelists tabulate figures to show their success. Bigness is equated with spirituality, and Christians are told that unless they are “productive” they are failures. Many is the one “who hath despised the day of small things.” But God has not “despised the day of small things.” Whatever little thing is done for the Lord, He still says, as He did of Mary of Bethany, “She hath done what she could,” and “inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much,” and “God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward His name.”
That little deed done for the Lord,
Perhaps unnoticed by men,
Stands eternally in heaven,
And does His approval win.
Zechariah 4:10 ~ Mark 9:41 ~ Mark 14:8 ~ Matthew 25:40 ~ Luke 16:10 ~ Hebrews 6:10

Monday, September 1, 2025

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Note that the twelve apostles were chosen first “that they should be with Him,” and then “that He might send them forth to preach.” Sad to say, many of us Christians seek to go out in service for the Lord before we have been in His presence in fellowship and worship, and thus our service is fleshly, and also without any abiding results. Our Lord said, “I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” It was only after Isaiah said that “mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts,” that he could say, “Here am I, send me.” Is this not the reason for much of our spiritual powerlessness? We think that we must always be doing something. We forget that the Lord not only said, “Go ye”; He also said, “Come ye yourselves apart.” “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” They “shall go in and out.” Let us be sure that we go in unto Him before we go out to others. Then we can say, “I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of Thine only.”
We have no message to carry,
Except it come from the Lord,
As we tarry in His presence,
And feed our hearts on His Word.
Mark 3:14 ~ John 10:9 ~ Isaiah 6:5 ~ Isaiah 6:8 ~ Mark 16:15 ~ Mark 6:31 ~ Isaiah 40:31 ~ Psalm 71:16
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