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, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds” (Ps. 71:5, 17). “Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured...
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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 bountifully. … Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harves...
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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” (Heb. 10:24-25). “For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ But if you bi...
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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 righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart” (Ps. 15:2). “Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach ...
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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 are. … that they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in Us; that the world may believe that Th...
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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 and my mind; for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth” (Ps. 26:2-3). “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test...
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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 are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit” (Jer. 17:7-8). “I am the vine, you are the branches; h...
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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 upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity” (Prov. 11:3). “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determin...
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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 teaches man lack knowledge?” (Ps. 94:10). “Correct me, Lord, but only with justice—not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing” (Jer. 10...
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October 3—A Pearl for Today “And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men” (Acts 24:16 KJV). GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? My daughter Donna and I were shopping at the mall in our hometown of Tyler, Texas. Donna found a dress she wanted and, after she had paid for it, we started out of the store. Suddenly a loud buzzer sounded. People turn...
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