August 19—Weariness The word for today is weariness. “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint” (Jer. 31:25). “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, ...
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August 25—Soldier The word for today is soldier. “Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier...
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August 26—Secret Sin The words for today are secret sin. “He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy” (Prov. 28:13). “My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their s...
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September 9—Shepherd The word for today is shepherd. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want” (Ps. 23:1). “Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever” (Ps. 28:9). “Then I will give you shephe...
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October 4—Correction The word for today is correction. “You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth—each man is but a breath. Selah” (Ps. 39:11). “Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teac...
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October 6—Roots The word for today is roots. “But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves a...
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October 7—Examination The word for today is examination. “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve” (Jer. 17:10). “Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart...
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October 12—Youth The word for today is youth. “For you write down bitter things against me and make me inherit the sins of my youth” (Job 13:26) “For you have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth. … Since my youth, O God,...
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October 18—Future The word for today is future. “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jer. 29:11). “The Lord himself goes before you and...
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October 27—Law The word for today is law. “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commands I have written for their instruction’” (Exod. 24:12). “Do not ...
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