October 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 th...
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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 t...
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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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November 20—Evil The word for today is evil. “But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die” (Gen. 2:17). “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and th...
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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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November 29—Commission The word for today is commission. “So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt” (Exod. 3:10). “The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s hou...
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December 10—Blessings The word for today is blessings. “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace” (Num. 6:24-26). “I will make you into a gr...
Continue ReadingDecember 23—Virgin Birth The words for today are virgin birth. “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel” (Isa. 7:14). “For nothing will be impossible w...
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December 24—Prophecies The word for today is prophecies. “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel” (Gen. 3:15). “Then God said, ‘Yes, but your ...
Continue ReadingThe word for today is temptation. “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate ...
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