August 17—Conformity The word for today is conformity. “That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Phil. 3:10). “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bea...
Continue ReadingAugust 19—Weariness The word for today is weariness. “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint” (Jer. 31:25). “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, ...
Continue ReadingAugust 20—Gentleness The word for today is gentleness. “But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children” (1 Thess. 2:7). “And the Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, ab...
Continue ReadingSeptember 1—Consequences The word for today is consequences. “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have rusted; and t...
Continue ReadingSeptember 3—Burdens The word for today is burdens. “Casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you” (1 Pet. 5:7). “I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on them. The...
Continue ReadingSeptember 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...
Continue ReadingOctober 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...
Continue ReadingOctober 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...
Continue ReadingOctober 19—Holy Spirit The words for today are Holy Spirit. “Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” (Gal. 3:3). “Now the earth was a formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep,...
Continue ReadingOctober 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 ...
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