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October 2026

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Saturday, October 31, 2026

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Men have taken the doctrine of predestination and made it teach something entirely foreign to Scripture, namely, that God has predestined some people to be saved and some to be lost. Predestination, which means “to mark out the destiny beforehand,” is never mentioned in the Bible in connection with the unsaved. Always it is used to speak of that destiny of glory which God has marked out for those who have trusted His Son as Savior. He has “predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself,” that is, we are predestinated unto the full son-place, and we are “waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.” “And we know 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. Moreover, whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.” In Christ “we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will.”
Marked out to share His glory,
To inherit all with our Lord,
To receive with Him the son-place,
Promised to us in His Word.
Ephesians 1:5 ~ Romans 8:23 ~ Romans 8:28‑30 ~ Ephesians 1:11

Friday, October 30, 2026

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“The valley of Baca” means “the valley of weeping.” Most people feel that tears are a sign of weakness, not of strength. But “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” So God uses weeping and tears in the lives of His people to cause them to “go from strength to strength.” “His anger endureth but a moment; in His favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning,” and “though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.” Like Paul, we hear Him say to us by His Word that “My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” And with Paul let us answer, “Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” “Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee.” Such “go from strength to strength.” And, beholding in the Word “the glory of the Lord,” they “are changed into the same image from glory to glory.”
God uses tears in His people
To cleanse their spiritual sight,
That they may behold His glory
And live lives filled with His might.
Psalm 84:5‑7 ~ Isaiah 55:8‑9 ~ Psalm 30:5 ~ Lamentations 3:32‑33 ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 ~ 2 Corinthians 3:18

Thursday, October 29, 2026

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God no longer sees the believer in Christ “in the flesh, but in the Spirit.” This is our position in Christ, “to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the beloved,” His own beloved Son. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.” God “hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” But though we are “in the Spirit” positionally before God, we are to translate this into everyday experience. “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.” “Therefore, brethren, 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.”
The Spirit and the flesh war
For control of our daily life;
If we will follow the Spirit,
He delivers from fleshly strife.
Romans 8:9 ~ Ephesians 1:6 ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17‑18 ~ Ephesians 2:6 ~ Galatians 5:16‑17 ~ Romans 8:12‑13

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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When we received the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and were thus born again, we were then made “partakers of the divine nature” and “escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” Nevertheless, we need, in our daily walk in this world, to be, in practice, “partakers of the divine nature” and thus escape “the corruption that is in the world through lust,” and this we do by God’s “exceeding great and precious promises” given to us in His Word. “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.” As we go continually to God’s Word for help, claiming His promises, we learn by experience that “all the promises of God in Him [Jesus Christ] are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” It is “through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue” that we have “given unto us exceeding great and precious promises.” Never be afraid, dearly beloved, to trust the promises “which God, that cannot lie,” promised.
God has given us great promises
For needs of each passing hour,
Guaranteed by Christ our Savior,
Who has been given all power.
2 Peter 1:4 ~ Psalm 19:7‑8 ~ 2 Corinthians 1:20 ~ 2 Peter 1:3 ~ Titus 1:2

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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How very much and how very often we Christians need encouragement. And how very gracious is our Lord to encourage His own. He says to us, “Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord,” and “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.” Our discouragement is often caused by fear: fear of people, fear of circumstances, fear of the future. But “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?” There may be adverse circumstances, but “in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” The future may look bleak and foreboding, but “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.” “Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law. ... Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. ... 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.”
The Lord has never failed His own;
He helps them from day to day;
Take courage today, dear pilgrim,
Along your burdensome way.
Psalm 27:14 ~ Psalm 31:24 ~ Deuteronomy 31:6 ~ Psalm 27:1 ~ Romans 8:37 ~ Deuteronomy 31:8 ~ Joshua 1:7 ~ Joshua 1:9

Monday, October 26, 2026

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“Religion” is not salvation, but refers rather to outward ceremonies and observances. Thus one may be “religious” without being saved. Paul testified that, before he ever knew the Lord Jesus as Savior, “after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee,” and “in time past in the Jews’ religion ... that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: and profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation.” Nevertheless, after we are saved, the Lord wants our outward lives to be right, and “pure religion and undefiled” is “to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction.” God has special concern for the “fatherless and widows,” those who are bereft of the fathers and husbands who would ordinarily care for them. “A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.” We therefore have a responsibility to look out for and to relieve such “in their affliction.” What our Lord will say in a future day to those Gentile believers of the tribulation period who have befriended His Jewish brethren is applicable to us: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these ... ye have done it unto Me.”
God sees the orphans and widows,
And they are His special care;
His Word to us is to help them,
Seeking their burden to share.
James 1:27 ~ Acts 26:5 ~ Galatians 1:13‑14 ~ Psalm 68:5 ~ Matthew 25:40

Sunday, October 25, 2026

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“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.” Nevertheless, our Lord’s word to His own is, “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” “Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.” He said that “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” So “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.” His word is, “Behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be,” and “behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.” “Knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” “Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
He shall come with trumpet sound,
To gather home His own,
Washed by His own precious blood,
To stand before the throne.
James 5:8 ~ 2 Peter 3:3‑4 ~ Revelation 3:11 ~ Hebrews 10:37 ~ John 14:2‑3 ~ Philippians 3:20‑21 ~ Revelation 22:12 ~ Revelation 22:7 ~ Romans 13:11 ~ Revelation 22:20

Saturday, October 24, 2026

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In the “prayer of David” found in Psalm 86, much is said about the attributes and character of God. He is “good,” that is, He is kindly disposed. “The Lord is good to all and His tender mercies are over all His works,” and He has designed that “the goodness of God leadeth ... to repentance.” And to those who turn to Him He is “ready to forgive,” “because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.” He is also “plenteous in mercy.” “The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.” It is further stated of our Lord in Psalm 86 that “Thou ... art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.” Not only is “the Lord ... long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance,” but also His “long-suffering” continues toward us after we have “come to repentance” and have been saved. He patiently leads and guides us, and forgives and restores us. Further, our psalm tells us, “Thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone,” for “who is like unto Thee, O Lord ... who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders.” And “this God is our God forever and ever.”
Tender and gracious is our God;
He lovingly guards His own;
Day by day He watches over them,
And will till we’re safely home.
Psalm 86:5 ~ Psalm 145:9 ~ Romans 2:4 ~ 1 John 2:12 ~ Psalm 145:8 ~ Psalm 86:15 ~ 2 Peter 3:9 ~ Psalm 86:10 ~ Exodus 15:11 ~ Psalm 48:14

Friday, October 23, 2026

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“The God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ.” “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.” “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. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, 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.” “By the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God.”
God works in the hearts of His own
To cause them to will and to do
That which will honor the Savior,
And refresh with heavenly dew.
Philippians 2:13 ~ Hebrews 13:20‑21 ~ 1 Thessalonians 2:13 ~ Romans 12:2‑3 ~ 1 Corinthians 15:10 ~ 2 Corinthians 3:5

Thursday, October 22, 2026

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Our Lord Jesus, after His death and resurrection, left this earth with His hands uplifted in blessing upon His own, “for Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us,” where “He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” Our Lord’s high priestly prayer on the night before the cross gives us a picture of His present intercession by which His own are continually blessed. He said, “I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine. ... Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are. ... I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” So now, up in heaven, He continually blesses us. “The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.”
He lives for us up in heaven;
He lives to bless His own;
Our names engraven on His hands,
We are loved by God’s dear Son.
Luke 24:50‑51 ~ Hebrews 9:24 ~ Hebrews 7:25 ~ John 17:9 ~ John 17:11 ~ John 17:15 ~ Numbers 6:24‑26

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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“Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.” “And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity [love]. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,” but shall thus “grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” “Hold fast the form of sound words ... in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus,” and “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” So “I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways,” for “blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart.” “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.”
So think upon the Word of God
That it may fill your heart,
And cling to it each passing day,
And ne’er from it depart.
1 Timothy 4:15 ~ 1 Timothy 4:16 ~ 2 Peter 1:5‑8 ~ 2 Peter 3:18 ~ 2 Timothy 1:13 ~ 2 Timothy 2:1 ~ Psalm 119:15 ~ Psalm 119:2 ~ Joshua 1:8

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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It is not possible for us to understand the troubles and problems of others unless we ourselves have undergone similar trials. Then we can “rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep,” and “be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” Then we can truthfully say with Job, “Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?” It is written of our Lord that “Jesus wept,” when “Mary ... fell down at His feet,” and “Jesus ... saw her weeping,” “for we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,” “for in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succor them that are tempted.” We need spiritual discernment to “know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary,” for “as he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.” There are times when we need to be like Job’s three friends, who “sat down with him ... and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.” So “remember ... them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.”
If you would be a blessing
And to others help impart,
Think of His comfort to you
When you were weary in heart.
Ezekiel 3:15 ~ Romans 12:15 ~ 2 Corinthians 1:4 ~ Job 30:25 ~ John 11:35 ~ John 11:32‑33 ~ Hebrews 4:15 ~ Hebrews 2:18 ~ Isaiah 50:4 ~ Proverbs 25:20 ~ Job 2:13 ~ Hebrews 13:3

Monday, October 19, 2026

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“We know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but 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.” Even “if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness,” and “we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.” “We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith,” for “now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath prepared for them a city.” “I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.” “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,” and “then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“We walk by faith, and not by sight,”
As we wait for that glad time,
When we shall be up there with Him,
And see His glory sublime.
2 Corinthians 5:6 ~ Romans 8:22‑23 ~ Romans 8:10 ~ 2 Corinthians 5:4 ~ Galatians 5:5 ~ Hebrews 11:16 ~ Philippians 1:23 ~ Philippians 3:20‑21 ~ 1 Corinthians 15:54

Sunday, October 18, 2026

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So spoke our blessed Lord Jesus Christ. They who come to Him in faith, trusting Him as their Savior, are His forever. He will never expel them; He will not drive them out or send them away. He said that “this is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” We are “kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,” and “the God of all grace ... hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus,” “in whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory.” He “shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ,” and “He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” We who know the Lord Jesus, unworthy as we are in ourselves, “are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.” Therefore “grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
Saved forever by His grace,
No power can pluck me away;
Saved and kept by God’s power,
Until that eternal day.
John 6:37 ~ John 6:40 ~ 1 Peter 1:5 ~ 1 Peter 5:10 ~ Ephesians 1:13‑14 ~ 1 Corinthians 1:8 ~ Philippians 1:6 ~ Jude 1 ~ Ephesians 4:30

Saturday, October 17, 2026

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It is sadly possible for us to be “speaking the truth,” but not “in love,” and “though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity [love], I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.” There are some things which are true, but which are better left unspoken. We who know the Lord are told that “above all things have fervent charity [love] among yourselves: for [love] shall cover the multitude of sins.” We are also told to be “laying aside ... all evil speakings,” that is, things spoken with intent to hurt others, even if such things are true. “He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.” And the same principle of “speaking the truth in love” applies to our proclamation of God’s Word, which “word is truth.” The Word of God is not our personal weapon to be used thoughtlessly or carelessly. It is “the sword of the Spirit ... the word of God.” We are not to speak it in a contentious way, but rather to be “speaking the truth in love,” regarding it “not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God.” Thus shall the truth of God be usable as we speak it, and thus shall we, “speaking the truth in love ... grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.”
When we speak “the truth in love,”
God clothes it with His power;
Results will be eternal;
It brings forth bud and flower.
Ephesians 4:15 ~ 1 Corinthians 13:1 ~ 1 Peter 4:8 ~ 1 Peter 2:1 ~ Proverbs 17:9 ~ John 17:17 ~ Ephesians 6:17 ~ 1 Thessalonians 2:13

Friday, October 16, 2026

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“Blessed are they which hear the word of God, and keep it.” “If any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh unto 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.” The Lord told Ezekiel of the professed believers of his day that “they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as My people, and 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.” And “to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” God has given us His Word, not merely for information, but for the transformation of our lives, and “blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in His ways.” So “order my steps in Thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.”
The Word of God is full of power,
To cleanse and keep and guide;
God asks for our obedience,
No matter what betide.
James 1:22 ~ Luke 11:28 ~ James 1:23‑25 ~ Ezekiel 33:31 ~ James 4:17 ~ Psalm 119:2‑3 ~ Psalm 119:133

Thursday, October 15, 2026

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Thus said our blessed Lord. He also said, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled,” “for He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.” We read that our Savior also said that “if any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Our reaction ought to be that “I stretch forth my hands unto Thee: my soul thirsteth after Thee, as a thirsty land.” “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” And His answer is that “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty,” and “the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought ... and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”
He, the Fount of living waters,
Bids us come to Him and take;
He will quench our deepest longings;
He our deepest thirst will slake.
John 4:14 ~ Matthew 5:6 ~ Psalm 107:9 ~ John 7:37‑38 ~ Isaiah 55:1 ~ Psalm 143:6 ~ Psalm 42:1‑2 ~ Isaiah 44:3 ~ Isaiah 58:11

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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God’s Word contains many “ifs,” telling of certain things that will be done “if” certain conditions are met. The above verse having to do with our salvation is a good example. “Thou shalt be saved,” then, “if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead.” After we are saved, too, there are many applicable “ifs” in our lives. Our Lord said that “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.” Furthermore, it is said to us Christians that “if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us,” for “if I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.” But also, thank God, “if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” And, “if any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine.” Our Lord said, “If ye love Me, keep My commandments,” and “if ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.”
God’s Word is full of promises
For those who trust and obey;
“The Lord will give grace and glory”
And will help us day by day.
Romans 10:9 ~ John 8:31‑32 ~ 1 John 1:8 ~ Psalm 66:18 ~ 1 John 1:9 ~ John 7:17 ~ John 14:14‑15

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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God wants His children to be “obedient children.” “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.” God desires His children to obey His Word, for “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path,” and “the entrance of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple,” “that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries.” God’s will is “that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,” but rather that we “walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor.” “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.”
The Christian should always obey,
For blessing from the Lord;
Thus will his life be filled with joy,
With peace and sweet accord.
1 Peter 1:14 ~ 1 Samuel 15:22‑23 ~ Psalm 119:105 ~ Psalm 119:130 ~ 1 Peter 4:2‑3 ~ Ephesians 4:17 ~ Ephesians 5:2 ~ Romans 12:2

Monday, October 12, 2026

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“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city,” and “he that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.” “It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling,” and “a man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again,” for his temper gets him into continual trouble. So “he that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.” Therefore “let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.” On the other hand, “he that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.” So “above all things have fervent charity [love] among yourselves: for [love] shall cover the multitude of sins,” for “hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.” So “if thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.”
Words spoken in haste and anger
Carry with them hurt and sting;
The one who speaks them shall reap them;
Sadness to his heart they’ll bring.
Proverbs 19:11 ~ Proverbs 16:32 ~ Proverbs 14:17 ~ Proverbs 20:3 ~ Proverbs 19:19 ~ Proverbs 14:29 ~ James 1:19‑20 ~ Proverbs 17:9 ~ 1 Peter 4:8 ~ Proverbs 10:12 ~ Proverbs 25:21‑22

Sunday, October 11, 2026

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“We are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight).” “Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed,” for “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Moses “endured, as seeing Him who is invisible,” and we likewise, for “we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” And “though now ye see Him not,” except by the eye of faith, one day faith will be changed to sight, “for now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” “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,” for “they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.”
“We walk by faith,” and “not by sight”;
We do not yet see our Lord,
“But we know ... when He shall appear,”
“We shall see Him,” says the Word.
1 Peter 1:8 ~ 2 Corinthians 5:6‑7 ~ John 20:29 ~ Hebrews 11:1 ~ Hebrews 11:27 ~ Hebrews 2:9 ~ 1 Corinthians 13:12 ~ 1 John 3:2 ~ Revelation 22:4

Saturday, October 10, 2026

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Ever since “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,” this world has been “the valley of the shadow of death.” Even “the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope.” Now, apart from the saving work and grace of Christ, all men are “dead in trespasses and sins.” And for us who know the Lord, even “if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin.” Death is stamped on everything in this life, and every true believer can truthfully say that “I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.” But I need “fear no evil, for Thou art with me.” His word to us is, “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.” Meanwhile, “Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me,” “for,” He tells us, “as many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” “We went through fire and through water: but Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.”
He keeps me safely every day,
And He guides me by His grace;
I need fear no evil ever,
Since I shall see His face.
Psalm 23:4 ~ Romans 5:12 ~ Romans 8:20 ~ Ephesians 2:1 ~ Romans 8:10 ~ Isaiah 41:10 ~ Revelation 3:19 ~ Psalm 66:12

Friday, October 9, 2026

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Our Lord Jesus Christ is not only identified in the New Testament as “the good shepherd [who] giveth His life for the sheep,” but also as “our Lord Jesus Christ, that great shepherd of the sheep,” who was “brought again from the dead ... [to] make you perfect in every good work to do His will,” and as “the chief Shepherd [who] shall appear” to give to His faithful servants “a crown of glory that fadeth not away.” In the past, He is the Good Shepherd, dying for us; in the present, He is the Great Shepherd, living for us; in the future, He is the Chief Shepherd, coming for us. “Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.” And how gracious and tender is His shepherd care for those for whom He died. “He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him: for they know His voice.” “And ye, My flock, the flock of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God,” and “I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.” Every true believer in Christ can say with all confidence, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
The Good Shepherd laid down His life
That we from sin might be free;
The Great Shepherd arose from death;
The Chief Shepherd will come for me.
John 10:11 ~ Hebrews 13:20‑21 ~ 1 Peter 5:4 ~ 1 Peter 2:25 ~ John 10:3‑4 ~ Ezekiel 34:31 ~ Ezekiel 34:15 ~ Psalm 23:1

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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It is sometimes hard for us to realize that “the old man” in the Christian “is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,” and to “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.” “The old man” or “the flesh” in a Christian is no different than the flesh in an unsaved person. “That which is born of the flesh is flesh” and can never be made otherwise. And while it is blessedly true that “if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new,” along with that new nature there is still in us “the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.” But that “old man” has been dealt with in the cross of Christ. “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him,” so that now we are told to “reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh,” and “put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.”
The flesh and the Spirit battle
To control my life each day;
When all is yielded to Jesus,
The Spirit leads in His way.
Ephesians 4:22 ~ Romans 7:18 ~ John 3:6 ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 ~ Romans 6:6 ~ Romans 6:11 ~ Galatians 5:16 ~ Romans 13:14

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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The believer in Christ is to be God-fearing, standing in reverence and awe before the Almighty, acknowledging His holiness and power, yet conscious of our own sinfulness and weakness. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do His commandments: His praise endureth forever.” “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear,” for “in the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and His children shall have a place of refuge. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death,” and “the fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.” So “better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith.” Moreover, “the fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil,” and “by humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honor, and life.” “Let not thine heart envy sinners; but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.”
Walk before Him in godly fear,
And your life He’ll surely bless;
He’ll guard your life from Satan’s harm,
And fill it with joy and rest.
1 Peter 1:17 ~ Psalm 111:10 ~ Hebrews 12:28 ~ Proverbs 14:26‑27 ~ Proverbs 8:13 ~ Proverbs 15:16 ~ Proverbs 19:23 ~ Proverbs 22:4 ~ Proverbs 23:17

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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The Book of Proverbs has much to say about wisdom. This is not self-wisdom, but rather godly wisdom, centered in “Christ ... the wisdom of God.” “A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.” We are told to “be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil,” “for the Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding,” and He admonishes us to “get wisdom, get understanding ... neither decline from the words of My mouth.” “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding,” not forgetting that “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding,” for “the fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility,” because “when pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.” “A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.” So “buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,” for “how much better is it to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver.” The Lord assures us that “My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and My revenue than choice silver.”
Wisdom is better than fine gold;
With silver it can’t compare;
It keeps our feet in right pathways,
Makes us of evil beware.
Proverbs 8:11 ~ 1 Corinthians 1:24 ~ Proverbs 24:5 ~ Proverbs 3:7 ~ Proverbs 2:6 ~ Proverbs 4:5 ~ Proverbs 4:7 ~ Proverbs 9:10 ~ Proverbs 15:33 ~ Proverbs 11:2 ~ Proverbs 14:16 ~ Proverbs 23:23 ~ Proverbs 16:16 ~ Proverbs 8:19

Monday, October 5, 2026

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Just as silver and gold ores are refined by fire in order to remove the impurities, so “the Lord trieth the hearts” of His redeemed people by the fires of trials and testings. “Thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou laidst affliction upon our loins. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.” Yes, “the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins,” and “He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver,” “and refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried.” So, “beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto 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,” “that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.” “Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”
The fires of trials and afflictions
Roll o’er the heads of His saints;
He tenderly watches each one;
But for His grace we would faint.
Proverbs 17:3 ~ Psalm 66:10‑12 ~ Psalm 7:9 ~ Malachi 3:3 ~ Zechariah 13:9 ~ 1 Peter 4:12‑13 ~ 1 Peter 1:7 ~ Isaiah 48:10

Sunday, October 4, 2026

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“But now”! Now that Christ has died and has risen from the dead, now that the gospel of a finished redemption is proclaimed, now that God’s righteousness has been upheld and maintained, “now in Christ Jesus ye ... are made nigh by the blood of Christ.” “In time past ... ye were without Christ ... having no hope, and without God in the world.” “But now,” how different it is. “But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested ... even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe.” “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept,” and we have “the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest,” and this “according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began; but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ.” “Ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.” “But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”
Then I was lost and doomed in my sin,
“But now” I have been “made free,”
For Christ has died and risen again;
I’m saved for eternity.
Ephesians 2:13 ~ Ephesians 2:11‑12 ~ Romans 3:21 ~ 1 Corinthians 15:20 ~ Romans 16:25‑26 ~ 2 Timothy 1:9‑10 ~ Ephesians 5:8 ~ Romans 6:22

Saturday, October 3, 2026

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We often hear Christians say that we should crucify ourselves, but God’s Word never tells us to do that. All four references to the believer’s crucifixion are in the past tense, indicating that this crucifixion has already taken place, once for all, when we died with Christ on the cross. “I am crucified with Christ,” “and they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” Moreover, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world,” and “knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” God never tells us to crucify ourselves, but He does tell us to keep the flesh in that place of death to which He assigned it on the cross. “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.” “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.”
I died with my Lord on the cross,
When Christ my Savior there died;
Now sin shall not reign over me;
With Him I was crucified.
Galatians 2:20 ~ Galatians 5:24 ~ Galatians 6:14 ~ Romans 6:6 ~ Romans 6:11‑12 ~ Romans 13:14

Friday, October 2, 2026

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There are those who would limit the “whosoever” of John 3:16 and tell us that it means only the elect. They say that Christ did not die for all, but for certain chosen people. What a strange and Christ-dishonoring teaching this is, for God’s Word tells us that “He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world,” and that “we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” Further, “the man Christ Jesus ... gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” If Christ did not die for all, then we must conclude also that all men did not become sinners by Adam’s sin. “As by the offense of one [Adam] judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [Christ] the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.” Thank God that, without exception, “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” “And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
Christ died for all men everywhere;
Whosoever will may come;
His blood will cleanse you from your sins,
And His grace will take you home.
John 3:16 ~ 1 John 2:2 ~ Hebrews 2:9 ~ 1 Timothy 2:5‑6 ~ Romans 5:18 ~ Romans 10:13 ~ Revelation 22:17

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Blessed is that Christian who trusts God to perform all things for him, for he will be found praying about all things, in obedience to God’s Word to “be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Thus praying, he can say of God confidently that “He performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with Him.” He can also say that “the Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth forever: forsake not the works of Thine own hands.” The Lord says to His own that “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” He who can truthfully say, “My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him,” can be sure that He who is “wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working” will undertake in his every need. Our Savior, whose “delights were with the sons of men” and who “delighteth in mercy,” loves to be trusted and prayed to, and He tells us to “commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.”
He loves to undertake for those
Who cast their care upon Him,
Who rest and rejoice in His Word,
By faith, though our sight be dim.
Psalm 57:2 ~ Philippians 4:6 ~ Job 23:14 ~ Psalm 138:8 ~ Jeremiah 29:11 ~ Psalm 62:5 ~ Isaiah 28:29 ~ Proverbs 8:31 ~ Micah 7:18 ~ Psalm 37:5
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