November 1—Rock The word for today is rock. “He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. … You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth” (Deut. 32:4, 18). “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God” (1 Sam. 2:2). “Liste...
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October 31—A Pearl for Today “… For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God” (Rom. 13:1). “The Lord forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed” (1 Sam. 26:11 NASB). PASTORAL CARE We need more Christians today with hearts like David. He respected God’s anointed leader, Saul, even though Saul was not always wor...
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October 30—Blindness The word for today is blindness. “I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them” (Isa. 42:16). “Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man,...
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October 29—Separation The word for today is separation. “‘Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘And do not touch what is unclean; And I will welcome you. And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,’ Says the Lord Almighty” (2 Cor. 6:17-18). “Throughout the period of his separation he is consecrated to the Lord” (Num. ...
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October 28—Reconciliation The word for today is reconciliation. “And might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity” (Eph. 2:16). “Leave your offering there before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering” (Matt. 5:24). “For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled ...
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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 let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then yo...
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October 26—Unbelief The word for today is unbelief. “And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief” (Matt. 13:58). “What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?” (Rom. 3:3). “Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from the living God. … And so we...
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October 25—Deliverance The word for today is deliverance. “But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance” (Gen. 45:7). “‘The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.’ Saul said to David, ‘Go, and the Lord be with you’” (1 Sam. 17:37)....
Continue ReadingOctober 24—A Pearl for Today “… and you may be sure that your sin will find you out” (Num. 32:23). BE SURE YOUR SINS WILL FIND YOU IN THE OUTHOUSE My older sister Ardith led me astray one day. Actually, I am not sure which one of us first had the idea of taking a jar of canned sauerkraut from the cellar. Both of us enjoyed eating the stolen kraut, for a little while. We ate and we ate an...
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October 23—Delay The word for today is delay. “I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands” (Ps. 119:60). “Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest” (John 4:35). “We must work the works of Him who sent Me, as long as it is day; night is coming, when...
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