September 8—Test The word for today is test. “Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, ‘Abraham!’ ‘Here I am,’ he replied. Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifi...
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September 10—Manhood The word for today is manhood. “A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished” (Prov. 28:20). “Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams o...
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September 12—A Pearl for Today “Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line ...
Continue ReadingSeptember 14—Refining The word for today is refining. “And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times” (Ps. 12:6). “Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will conti...
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September 15—Desire The word for today is desire. “Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it de...
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September 18—Counterfeit The word for today is counterfeit. “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity” (Prov. 11:3). “Holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; and avo...
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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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September 29—Revival The word for today is revival. “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your unfailing love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation” (Ps. 85:6-7). “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn u...
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October 2—Foundation The word for today is foundation. “My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together” (Isa. 48:13). “Father, I desire that they also, whom T...
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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 Tyle...
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