November 13—Knowledge The word for today is knowledge. “For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ...
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November 15—Sincerity The word for today is sincerity. “For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well” (2 Tim. 1:5). “So that you may a...
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November 23—Integrity The word for today is integrity. “‘Did he not say to me, “She is my sister,” and didn’t she also say, “He is my brother”? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.’ Then God said to him in the dream,...
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December 26—A Pearl for Today “It is a true saying that if someone wants to be an elder, he desires an honorable responsibility. … He must be gentle, peace loving …” (1 Tim. 3:1, 3 NLT). GODLY LEADERS Don has stepped in to work with the offi...
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“But holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience” (1 Tim. 3:9). “… seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron” (1 Tim. 4:2). SEARED OR CLEAR CONSCIENCE Don and I have five children. They are all grown, married, and o...
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The word for today is gifts. “But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. … But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. … But now God has placed the...
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The word for today is contentment. “Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, ‘I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you’” (Heb. 13:5). “But godliness actually is a m...
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“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Ps. 139:23-24).
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The word today is goals. “Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Chri...
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The word for today is trusting. “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). “Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land a...
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