August 16—Purpose The word for today is purpose. “The Lord will fulfill [his purpose] for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands” (Ps. 138:8). “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’...
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September 7—Urgency The word for today is urgency. “We must work the works of Him who sent Me, as long as it is day; night is coming, when no man can work” (John 9:4). “O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For your sake, O my G...
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September 21—Consistency The word for today is consistency. “Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot ...
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September 25—Darkness The word for today is darkness. “Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains” (Ps. 107:10). “Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous ma...
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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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November 5—Creation The word for today is creation. “Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind” (Isa. 65:17). “So that people may see and know, may consider and understa...
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November 18—Divorce The word for today is divorce. “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord” (Prov. 18:22). “But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of unchastity, makes her commit...
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The word for today is accountability. “So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another” (Rom. 14:19). “Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to his edification” (Rom. 15:2). “A friend loves at ...
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The word for today is judgment. “Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?” (Gen. 18:25b). “Because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by ra...
Continue ReadingThe word for today is joy. “For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 14:17). “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full”...
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