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May 2026

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Sunday, May 31, 2026

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Everyone who knows Christ has been saved from sin’s penalty and “hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” And our Lord says of all such that “I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine,” and thus we are saved from sin’s power. And we await the time of completed salvation, when we shall be saved from sin’s presence, “and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” Though we possess a complete salvation, we do not have a completed salvation. For this we wait, and “now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” Already “our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself.” “Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.” We wait for the “salvation ready to be revealed in the last time, wherein we greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations.”
He shall come for His own one day,
Taking us home to glory;
We’ll sing His praises forever,
The sweet redemption story.
Romans 13:11 ~ John 5:24 ~ John 17:9 ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ~ Philippians 3:20‑21 ~ Romans 8:23 ~ 1 Peter 1:5‑6

Saturday, May 30, 2026

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Not only has the true believer been saved from sin’s penalty, we are also being continually saved from sin’s power in our lives, “seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for” us. He “delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us.” “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life,” for “it is Christ that died, yea rather that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.” Many times we must cry to Him for this present salvation from sin’s dominion, from pressure of trials, when we “are in heaviness through manifold temptations.” But we never cry in vain. “I am Thine, save me; for I have sought Thy precepts” ought to be our constant prayer. And whenever we cry or whatever circumstances we are under, His word comes to us: “Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”
Day by day He saveth me
From Satan, the world, and sin,
For Christ ever liveth above,
And the Spirit dwells within.
Hebrews 7:25 ~ 2 Corinthians 1:10 ~ Romans 5:10 ~ Romans 8:34 ~ 1 Peter 1:6 ~ Psalm 119:94 ~ Isaiah 43:1‑2

Friday, May 29, 2026

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“God ... hath saved us.” Salvation is the present possession of all who have trusted Christ. “He that hath the Son hath life” now. We do not need to wait until we stand before God to know if we are saved. “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life.” For the believer to doubt that he is saved is to doubt God’s Word, for “as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name, which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved,” and can say that “I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.” The Savior has said that “I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.” So “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.”
Saved by the blood of Jesus,
Saved from our ruin and sin,
Saved for all eternity
For all who will enter in.
2 Timothy 1:8‑9 ~ 1 John 5:12‑13 ~ John 1:12‑13 ~ Romans 10:9 ~ 2 Timothy 1:12 ~ John 10:28 ~ John 3:36

Thursday, May 28, 2026

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Many of us are like Martha, “cumbered about much serving,” and “careful and troubled about many things,” so much so that we forget or at least neglect the “one thing [that] is needful.” There are those “necessary things” which are connected with our life and welfare here on earth and which must claim our attention. Even with them we must be careful lest “the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful,” remembering that “a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth,” for when “thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?” But “that good part,” that “one thing ... needful,” chosen by Mary, “shall not be taken away.” She “sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard His word,” and “the word of the Lord endureth forever.” Do not, dear Christian, let “things” choke the Word of God in your life. “But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness,” and “seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you,” and all such God-provided “things are good and profitable unto men.”
“Things” loom large on the horizon
And occupy our time and strength,
But “things” will pass away someday;
Just “one thing” will abide at length.
Luke 10:41‑42 ~ Luke 10:40 ~ Acts 15:28 ~ Mark 4:19 ~ Luke 12:15 ~ Luke 12:20 ~ Luke 10:39 ~ 1 Peter 1:25 ~ 1 Timothy 6:11 ~ Matthew 6:33 ~ Titus 3:8

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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God does not force His redeemed children to walk with Him; the choice is left to us. He tells us what the consequences will be if we live for His glory, and what they will be if we do not. He tells us plainly that “we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live,” and, on the other hand, He tells us to “let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.” “Choose you this day whom ye will serve.” We may “fear the Lord, and serve Him in sincerity and in truth,” remembering His words that “if any man serve Me, him will My Father honor,” and also remembering that “if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.” So, “as ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him.”
We may walk with the Lord each day,
Or follow the leadings of self;
We may know His own peace and joy,
Or of them we may be bereft.
Hebrews 11:25 ~ Romans 8:12‑13 ~ Colossians 3:16‑17 ~ Joshua 24:14‑15 ~ John 12:26 ~ 1 Corinthians 11:31‑32 ~ Colossians 2:6

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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Every blood-washed sinner is a priest, “having ... boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,” and is invited to “come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” As believer-priests, we “also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” And what are these “spiritual sacrifices” which we are “to offer up”? First of all, we are to offer ourselves, to “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.” Then, having offered ourselves, “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. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.” Such is to Him “an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.”
We offer ourselves to our God,
As sacrifices living;
We are transformed, our lives are changed;
Our lives now taste of heaven.
Revelation 1:5‑6 ~ Hebrews 10:19 ~ Hebrews 4:16 ~ 1 Peter 2:5 ~ Romans 12:1‑2 ~ Hebrews 13:15‑16 ~ Philippians 4:18

Monday, May 25, 2026

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The believer in Christ needs ever to remember that we are on earth as “strangers and pilgrims” and that “our conversation [citizenship] is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,” and “here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.” We are not only “strangers”—for our Lord said that “they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world”—we are also “pilgrims,” for we are journeying toward heaven and glory. How very much we need the Lord’s help to “abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.” Like David, we need to cry, “Hear my prayer, O Lord ... for I am a stranger with Thee, and a sojourner.” Truly, “I am a stranger in the earth: hide not Thy commandments from me.” Remembering our pilgrim character and that “all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world,” then “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.”
I am a stranger here on earth,
Journeying to heaven so fair;
Lord, keep me from loving the world
So that it may not be a snare.
1 Peter 2:11 ~ Philippians 3:20 ~ Hebrews 13:14 ~ John 17:14 ~ Psalm 39:12 ~ Psalm 119:19 ~ 1 John 2:16 ~ Matthew 6:19‑21

Sunday, May 24, 2026

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There is no such thing as a standstill in the life of a Christian. While the eternal salvation of the true believer is forever secured by the finished work of Christ, our fellowship with the Lord and our fruitfulness for Him depend largely upon our own application of the truth to our lives. So we are to “beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” This needed growth comes by the Word of God as it exercises our hearts, so, “as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby,” so “that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.” “Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection,” to that spiritual maturity which will bring honor to our Lord and blessing to us, “being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
“But grow in grace” is God’s command
To all who know and trust in Him;
Thus shall “we follow on to know,”
And thus shall things of earth grow dim.
Hosea 6:3 ~ 2 Peter 3:17‑18 ~ 1 Peter 2:2 ~ Ephesians 4:14‑15 ~ Hebrews 6:1 ~ Colossians 1:10

Saturday, May 23, 2026

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“Goodness and mercy shall follow” us always because the Lord Himself is with us, and He tells us to “let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Many of us are creatures of moods. Sometimes we feel like the Lord is near; at other times we feel that He is afar off. But our feelings have nothing to do with the facts of God’s Word. “The Lord, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.” These are the words of Him who is called “faithful and true,” for “God, that cannot lie,” has vouchsafed His presence always with His own. “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” To be sure, there are times when we are more than ordinarily conscious of His presence, but that does not make His abiding presence any more certain. It depends, not upon our consciousness of it, but upon His own Word. “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God.”
Our Lord never leaves His own;
He stands close by them, always;
Though burdens press and trials come,
He is with us all our days.
Psalm 23:6 ~ Hebrews 13:5 ~ Deuteronomy 31:8 ~ Revelation 19:11 ~ Titus 1:2 ~ Matthew 28:20 ~ Joshua 1:9 ~ Isaiah 41:10

Friday, May 22, 2026

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“The God of peace shall bruise Satan under [our] feet” when the Lord Jesus comes again. Until that time, we are exhorted to “put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil,” watching “lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” Chief among “his devices” is his effort to cast doubt upon the Word of God and the Son of God. His first recorded utterance in the Old Testament was to question the Word of God: “Yea, hath God said?” His first recorded utterance in the New Testament was to question the Son of God: “If Thou be the Son of God.” Satan’s methods have not changed. He still denies the veracity of God’s Word. He still raises questions about the deity of God’s Son. And he is a master of deception. He is “that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world,” yea, “Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” May we, like the church at Philadelphia, be those to whom our Lord can say that thou “hast kept My word, and hast not denied My name.” “Forever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven.” “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Satan hates the Word of God,
For the Bible spells his doom;
His power was broken by Christ,
Who died and rose from the tomb.
Romans 16:20 ~ Ephesians 6:11 ~ 2 Corinthians 2:11 ~ Genesis 3:1 ~ Matthew 4:3 ~ Revelation 12:9 ~ 2 Corinthians 11:14 ~ Revelation 3:8 ~ Psalm 119:89 ~ Matthew 16:16

Thursday, May 21, 2026

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There will be a special reward at the judgment seat of Christ for “all them ... that love His appearing.” It is dear to the heart of the Lord when His people “love His appearing.” He wants us to understand “what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.” He wants us to understand what it will mean when His prayer is answered “that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me.” This special reward for “all them ... that love His appearing” is called “a crown of righteousness,” for the hope of the Lord’s coming, held in the heart, produces righteousness in the believer’s life. “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.” “The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.”
How will it be when He cometh,
And we look on His shining face?
Will we be eagerly waiting
For Him who has saved us by grace?
2 Timothy 4:8 ~ Ephesians 1:18 ~ John 17:24 ~ 1 John 3:2‑3 ~ Romans 13:12

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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It is clear from our text that “the fruits of righteousness ... are by Jesus Christ,” and by Him alone. He said, “I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without Me ye can do nothing.” There must be continued fellowship with Him, if we bear “the fruit of the Spirit [which] is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.” And this delight in the Lord which brings fruitfulness in our lives comes from our delight in His Word. “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” For “blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh ... neither shall cease from yielding fruit.”
I would bear fruit for His glory;
I would walk with Him day by day;
I would always show forth His praise,
To those whom the Lord sends my way.
Philippians 1:11 ~ John 15:5 ~ Galatians 5:22‑23 ~ Psalm 1:1‑3 ~ Jeremiah 17:7‑8

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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Many times when we pray, God does not give us an immediate answer, but exercises and enlarges our own hearts while we are “praying in the Holy Ghost” before He gives us that which we have prayed for. There are other times when our prayers are not answered because of unjudged sin in our lives, for “if I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.” Surely “the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear: but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear.” Disobedience to God’s Word cuts off our fellowship with God, for “he that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination,” while “the prayer of the upright is His delight.” Could it be true of us that “ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts”? So, “when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive; neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
We are to pray in the Spirit,
With hearts freshly cleansed by the Word;
We may then expect His answer,
While deep heart peace prayer affords.
Psalm 88:13‑14 ~ Jude 20 ~ Psalm 66:18 ~ Isaiah 59:1‑2 ~ Proverbs 28:9 ~ Proverbs 15:8 ~ James 4:3 ~ Mark 11:25‑26

Monday, May 18, 2026

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The Bible often calls the Christian’s daily pilgrimage a “walk,” and we are told to “walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,” and “if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” When we walk, we take one step at a time. Our days are made up of “steps,” one by one, and “the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.” He delights to guide our steps, as we look to Him. And He does so by His Word. “Order my steps in Thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me,” and “hold up my goings in Thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.” It is written that when “the law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.” Thus “righteousness shall go before Him; and shall set us in the way of His steps.” Let us walk each step in humble dependence upon the Lord, praying Him to “show me Thy ways, O Lord; teach me Thy paths,” knowing that “all the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies” and that “Thou wilt show me the path of life.” By His Word He shows us the right paths and steps for us, for “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
The Lord leads us a step at a time,
As we look to Him through the Word;
Step by step, day by day, He guideth,
Until we are home with the Lord.
Psalm 37:23 ~ Colossians 1:10 ~ Galatians 5:25 ~ Psalm 119:133 ~ Psalm 17:5 ~ Psalm 37:31 ~ Psalm 85:13 ~ Psalm 25:4 ~ Psalm 25:10 ~ Psalm 16:11 ~ Psalm 119:105

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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Every saved person has a responsibility toward every other true believer, for “we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” Therefore we are to “bear ... one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ,” remembering both to be “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints,” and to “rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep,” and to be “exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” This will cause us to seek after those “things wherewith one may edify another,” and to “look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” God’s Word tells us to “be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous.” We are to “observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.” We “have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.” Let us then be “forbearing one another in love,” not forgetting to “be ... kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”
“Bear ye one another’s burdens,”
Our dear Lord says to His own;
It will make your heart more tender
Than living for self alone.
Galatians 3:28 ~ Romans 12:5 ~ Galatians 6:2 ~ Ephesians 6:18 ~ Romans 12:15 ~ Hebrews 10:25 ~ Romans 14:19 ~ Philippians 2:4 ~ 1 Peter 3:8 ~ 1 Timothy 5:21 ~ Galatians 5:13 ~ Ephesians 4:2 ~ Ephesians 4:32

Saturday, May 16, 2026

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Our Lord Jesus is “the image of God,” being “the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person.” He is also “the firstborn” of all creation. The word “firstborn” means either first in time or first in importance. In our Lord’s case, of course, it means first in importance or rank. As far as time is concerned, “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” He could say that “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” But He is “the firstborn” in importance or rank. The highest place of honor in the universe belongs to Him, not only as the eternal Son of God, but also as the exalted Son of Man. God “raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.” For “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 ... and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father,” “that in all things He might have the preeminence.”
He’s above all in heaven and earth,
The One whose right it is to reign;
Is He Lord of all to us e’en now,
As we wait for Him to come again?
Colossians 1:15 ~ 2 Corinthians 4:4 ~ Hebrews 1:3 ~ John 1:1 ~ Revelation 1:8 ~ Ephesians 1:20‑21 ~ Philippians 2:9‑11 ~ Colossians 1:18

Friday, May 15, 2026

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“Salvation is of the Lord,” and we have been saved altogether by God’s grace. “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” But He has not only saved us that we “should not perish,” though this is blessedly true; He has saved us also from that eternal doom “according to His purpose.” Elsewhere we read that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.” The purpose, then, for which God has called us is that we might “be conformed to the image of His Son.” The full consummation of this will be at His coming, for “we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.” But even now, God is making “all things work together for good” to that end. And as we look upon our Lord in the Word, “with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, [we] are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
Changed more and more into His image,
As we gaze upon Him in the Word,
Reflecting His likeness to others,
Showing forth to them our dear Lord.
2 Timothy 1:8‑9 ~ Jonah 2:9 ~ Romans 6:23 ~ John 3:16 ~ Romans 8:28‑29 ~ 1 John 3:2 ~ 2 Corinthians 3:18

Thursday, May 14, 2026

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For the believer to “live godly in Christ Jesus,” “to walk in the Spirit, and ... not fulfill the lust of the flesh,” and to “put ... on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh,” there must be godly determination to know and do the will of God, well expressed in the above prayer of David: “Teach me Thy way. ... I will walk in Thy truth.” “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 even when we desire to know and do His will, how fitting is the prayer to “unite my heart to fear Thy name,” for we must remember that in the saved person there is not only “the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness,” but there is also “the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.” We must be able to say that “I have chosen the way of truth: Thy judgments [ordinances] have I laid before me. I have stuck unto Thy testimonies.” Thus will we find the heart united “to fear Thy name.” This will be our one purpose, and we can say with David that “one thing have I desired of the Lord,” and with Paul, “This one thing I do.”
“Unite my heart to fear Thy name,”
O Thou my Savior and Lord;
I would that I might walk in truth,
In obedience to Thine own Word.
Psalm 86:11 ~ 2 Timothy 3:12 ~ Galatians 5:16 ~ Romans 13:14 ~ Psalm 25:4‑5 ~ Ephesians 4:24 ~ Ephesians 4:22 ~ Psalm 119:30‑31 ~ Psalm 27:4 ~ Philippians 3:13

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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The believer is in a continual warfare; he is never a soldier on parade or on furlough. We are called to “fight the good fight of faith,” to “be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist steadfast in the faith.” Let us remember always that “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” We must ever be on the alert, “lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” Therefore, if we would resist Satan and please our Lord “who hath chosen” us, we must not be entangled “with the affairs of this life.” There is a difference in being engaged in “the affairs of this life” and being entangled with them. Even in right and legitimate things we must observe caution lest “the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful” in the life, for “ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
We are in a war with the devil,
But victory is on our side,
For we trust not in fleshly weapons,
But rely on the Crucified.
2 Timothy 2:4 ~ 1 Timothy 6:12 ~ 1 Peter 5:8‑9 ~ Ephesians 6:12 ~ 2 Corinthians 2:11 ~ Mark 4:19 ~ Matthew 6:24

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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The Bible often likens the Christian life to a race, in which every believer is a participant. And “seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 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.” If we would run so as to “obtain” a reward when we stand before Him, it will be because we are constantly looking away from ourselves and other people and circumstances, and “looking unto Jesus.” He is the Goal upon which the eyes of the runner must be steadfastly fixed. “I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” With Paul, may we be able to say that “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.”
Let us run with patience the race,
Looking to Jesus our Goal,
Until we shall look on His face
And walk on the streets of gold.
1 Corinthians 9:24 ~ Hebrews 12:1‑2 ~ Psalm 16:8 ~ Philippians 3:13‑14

Monday, May 11, 2026

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It is said that the Word of God contains enough “fear nots” or the equivalent to give us a new one for each day of the year. Why are there so many? Is it not because fear is so common among God’s people? It is indeed good to be able to say, “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid,” but there are times, many of them, when we need His Word to “fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.” Our Lord wants us to have peace in our hearts at all times and under all circumstances, and peace is the opposite of fear and worry. He said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you. ... Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” It is His never-changing presence with us that calms our fears. “Fear thou not; for I am with thee,” so “I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me.” He has said that “My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest,” and, “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
“I will fear no evil” or hurt,
For “Thou art with me” each hour,
Leading “in paths of righteousness,”
And keeping me by Thy power.
Isaiah 41:13 ~ Isaiah 12:2 ~ Isaiah 41:10 ~ John 14:27 ~ Psalm 23:4 ~ Exodus 33:14 ~ Joshua 1:9

Sunday, May 10, 2026

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Could our text be true of any of us, as it was with Israel when Isaiah (29:13) spoke it and when our Lord quoted it to the Jews of His day upon earth? We live in a day when there is much profession of lip, but little godliness of life. Churchanity has taken the place of Christianity in many quarters. The name of the Lord is often heard, but the manifestation of Him in the life is too little seen, for “they say, and do not.” Such “profess that they know God; but in works they deny Him.” Assuredly, “my brethren, these things ought not so to be.” We who know the Savior “have received mercy ... [and ought to] have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.” May it not be true of us that “they hear Thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.” So “be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
Professing to know the Lord Jesus,
Yet living for time and for men,
What will it mean when we see Him
Whose blood has redeemed us from sin?
Matthew 15:8 ~ Matthew 23:3 ~ Titus 1:16 ~ James 3:10 ~ 2 Corinthians 4:1‑2 ~ Ezekiel 33:31 ~ James 1:22

Saturday, May 9, 2026

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Notice that Paul mentions his “doctrine” before he speaks of his “manner of life.” In fact, his “manner of life” came as a result of his “doctrine,” that which he believed. Let none of us make the foolish and unscriptural statement, so often heard, that it matters not what we believe, as long as we live right. The fact is that we cannot live right unless we believe right, and we cannot believe right unless we indoctrinate ourselves with the Word of God. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” Before the Word of God reproves, corrects and instructs us, we must know its doctrine—we must know what it teaches. “God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.” So “give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine,” being “rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving,” and “hold fast the form of sound words.”
Taught from God’s Word by His Spirit,
The truth that has made me free,
From sin’s dominion and power,
That praise unto Him might be.
2 Timothy 3:10 ~ 2 Timothy 3:16‑17 ~ Romans 6:17‑18 ~ 1 Timothy 4:13 ~ Colossians 2:7 ~ 2 Timothy 1:13

Friday, May 8, 2026

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God greatly desires that the believer “be clothed with humility,” and this must be genuine, that which will stand “in the sight of the Lord,” not the put-on “voluntary humility” of one “vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind.” Humility is just the opposite of pride and haughtiness, and “before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.” Verily “pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” He “whose name is Holy” says that “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones,” for “whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.” That being the case, “humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.” And how do we thus “humble [ourselves] under the mighty hand of God”? The succeeding verse tells us. It is by “casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” When we do this, we are confessing that we ourselves cannot handle our cares, and we will find that “He giveth more grace ... unto the humble.”
Humble yourself in His presence,
That blessing from Him you may know;
His grace He will pour upon you,
For grace He does love to bestow.
James 4:10 ~ 1 Peter 5:5 ~ Colossians 2:18 ~ Proverbs 18:12 ~ Proverbs 16:18 ~ Isaiah 57:15 ~ Matthew 23:12 ~ 1 Peter 5:6‑7 ~ James 4:6

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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We have here not only Jehovah’s instructions to Israel “to make a difference between the unclean and the clean ... the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten,” but also “whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning.” The clean animal “parteth the hoof ... and cheweth the cud.” Both things must be true. If the animal had one of the characteristics but not the other, it was unclean. The foot and the mouth must both be right. It is not enough to say that we know and love the Lord; our daily walk must demonstrate it. Nor is it sufficient to try to walk uprightly, without confessing the Lord Jesus with our mouth. “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise.” “Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” God calls His own to “walk in newness of life,” and also that “your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” He tells us to “speak thou the things which become sound doctrine” and to “make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.”
Our feet in paths of His choosing,
Our lips filled with words of His grace,
Will point others to Christ Jesus,
Who saves all who look on His face.
Leviticus 11:2‑3 ~ Leviticus 11:47 ~ Romans 15:4 ~ Ephesians 5:15 ~ Galatians 5:16 ~ Romans 6:4 ~ Colossians 4:6 ~ Titus 2:1 ~ Hebrews 12:13

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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Notice how intensely personal is the prayer of Jabez: “Bless me ... enlarge my coast ... be with me ... keep me from evil.” His name, Jabez, means “to grieve,” but he did not want evil to grieve him. Certainly we are to “pray one for another” and “bear ... one another’s burdens” and to “look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” But how good it is that we can take our personal needs to the Lord, asking Him to “remember me, O Lord, with the favor that Thou bearest unto Thy people: O visit me with Thy salvation.” Like Jabez, we can ask the Lord to “bless me indeed,” and “blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust.” We need to request from Him enlargement in our spiritual lives, in our testimony and in our joy, for He asks us that we “be ... also enlarged.” We need that “Thine hand might be with me” continually and to pray for His enablement to “abstain from all appearance of evil.” Our personal needs are His concern, so “cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.”
He takes our testings and burdens,
When we are weary and frail;
He gives us His grace and mercy,
From His place “within the veil.”
1 Chronicles 4:10 ~ James 5:16 ~ Galatians 6:2 ~ Philippians 2:4 ~ Psalm 106:4 ~ Psalm 40:4 ~ 2 Corinthians 6:13 ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:22 ~ Psalm 55:22

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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God wants His redeemed ones to “grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” and as we learn of Him our faith will be increased. For we “grow in grace” by the Word of God received into our hearts and lives, and we are admonished to “desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.” The faith of the Thessalonians grew exceedingly because, as Paul tells them, “ye received the word of God which ye heard of us ... not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.” For “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” There is no growing faith or growth in grace apart from love for and obedience to the Word of God. And many times God permits troubles to come into our lives to test our reliance upon His Word, “that He might humble thee, and that He might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end,” and “that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.” It is thus that our “faith groweth exceedingly.”
We grow as we feed on His Word;
We grow in knowledge of the Lord,
For we find Him there revealed to us,
On the pages of God’s holy Word.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 ~ 2 Peter 3:18 ~ 1 Peter 2:2 ~ 1 Thessalonians 2:13 ~ Romans 10:17 ~ Deuteronomy 8:16 ~ Deuteronomy 8:3

Monday, May 4, 2026

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Perhaps no verse of Scripture has brought more comfort and hope and peace to the hearts of God’s redeemed than has Romans 8:28. No wonder that it has been called “a soft pillow for the weary heart.” How do we know “that all things work together for good to them that love God”? Many times our circumstances are such that we feel with Jacob that “all these things are against me,” yet God’s Word assures us that “all things are for your sakes.” And we know it is true, not because we feel it, nor because we see it, but because God says so. His care for us is such that no testing or trial can come into our lives except by His permission. He “who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will” permits chastening “for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness.” This is His purpose, and “all things work together for good ... to them who are the called according to His purpose,” and this “according to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
“All things”? Even the things that are bad,
The things that bruise our hearts and bring tears?
Yes, “all things” allowed and planned by Him,
Who sees both time and eternal years.
Romans 8:28 ~ Genesis 42:36 ~ 2 Corinthians 4:15 ~ Ephesians 1:11 ~ Hebrews 12:10 ~ Ephesians 3:11

Sunday, May 3, 2026

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We cannot give to others that which we do not ourselves possess. If we would give comfort and encouragement to others, we must first receive it ourselves from God. And before we can receive it, we must be in circumstances where we ourselves need comfort and encouragement. “God, that comforteth those that are cast down,” then “comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort” others “by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God,” for, being “comforted of God,” we are able to extend the “comfort of the Scriptures” to others. How very much God’s people need encouragement, exhortation and consolation. “Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God.” He desires “that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ.” Our Lord came “to comfort all that mourn.” May He help us to know and impart the “comfort of love” and to “comfort yourselves together.”
Comfort, how much it is needed,
To encourage those in despair,
But how can we give it to them,
Unless we have ourselves been there?
2 Corinthians 1:3‑4 ~ 2 Corinthians 7:6 ~ Romans 15:4 ~ Isaiah 40:1 ~ Colossians 2:2 ~ Isaiah 61:2 ~ Philippians 2:1 ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Saturday, May 2, 2026

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When we Christians think of what we are by God’s grace—“accepted in the Beloved,” and now “made ... to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” and “made the righteousness of God in Him”—when we think of these blessed things, let us never forget what we were apart from God’s grace. To remember our former estate will cause one “not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” Let us not forget that “ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.” Praise God, “He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” “Who is like unto the Lord our God. ... He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; that He may set him with princes.” We remember, and we give thanks to “the Lamb that was slain.”
Lost and undone, condemned forever,
This was our state, apart from His grace;
Now cleansed, forgiven, accepted in Him,
One day we shall see Him, face to face.
Ephesians 2:11‑12 ~ Ephesians 1:6 ~ Ephesians 2:6 ~ 2 Corinthians 5:21 ~ Romans 12:3 ~ 1 Peter 2:25 ~ Psalm 40:2 ~ Psalm 113:5 ~ Psalm 113:7‑8 ~ Revelation 5:12

Friday, May 1, 2026

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Job spoke the above words to his three friends, who “had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him,” in his great time of distress and grief and suffering. Each of the three told Job why he was suffering, why God had permitted his afflictions to come, and what Job must do to find relief and help, though none of them had ever experienced like circumstances. No wonder that Job said to them that “ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value,” and “miserable comforters are ye all.” But are we not many times guilty of the same thing as Job’s friends? Do we not set ourselves up as being wise in situations concerning which we have no personal knowledge? God’s Word tells us to “judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” This will keep us from passing hasty or unfair judgment on others, without knowing something of the background of their circumstances or their heart’s exercises. “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me,” “considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”
It seems that my friend is now straying,
And that his pathway is not right,
But what do I know of his heartaches,
And tears he has shed o’er his plight?
Job 12:2 ~ Job 2:11 ~ Job 13:4 ~ Job 16:2 ~ John 7:24 ~ Psalm 131:1 ~ Galatians 6:1
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