October 9—Truth The word for today is truth. “Then the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth’” (1 Kings 17:24). “He whose walk is blameless and who does what is r...
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October 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...
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October 11—Sowing The word for today is sowing. “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it. (Job 4:8) “Now this I say, he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap...
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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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October 16—King of Kings The words for today are King of kings. “The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land” (Ps. 10:16). “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of ...
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October 18—Future The word for today is future. “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jer. 29:11). “The Lord himself goes before you and...
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October 23—Delay The word for today is delay. “I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands” (Ps. 119:60). “Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and look on the ...
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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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October 30—Blindness The word for today is blindness. “I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things ...
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