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 5—Direction The word for today is direction. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” (Prov. 3:5-6). “The integrity of the uprigh...
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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 8—Oneness The word for today is oneness. “‘And I am no more in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, the name which Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, even as We a...
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October 9—Truth The word for today is truth. “Then the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth’” (1 Kings 17:24). “He whose walk is blameless and who does what is r...
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October 10—A Pearl for Today “And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the day drawing near...
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October 11—Sowing The word for today is sowing. “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it. (Job 4:8) “Now this I say, he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap...
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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 13—Justice The word for today is justice. “For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what h...
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