OCTOBER 9 … Able to keep you from stumbling.Jude 1:24 In some ways the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is no more dangerous road. It is surrounded with difficulties. One false step (and how easy it is to take that if grace is absent), and down we go. What…
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OCTOBER 8 Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.(Luke 5:4) We learn from this narrative the necessity of human activity. The catch of fish was miraculous, but neither the fisherman nor his boat nor his fishing tackle were ignored; they all were used to take the fish. So in…
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OCTOBER 7 Why have you dealt ill with your servant?(Numbers 11:11) Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to test our faith. If our faith is worth anything, it will stand the test. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: The imitation gem dreads being touched by the diamond, but the true jewel…
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OCTOBER 5 And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights. (1 Kings 19:8) All the strength supplied to us by our gracious God is meant for service, not for indulgence or pride. When the prophet Elijah found the cake baked on the coals…
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OCTOBER 4 At evening time there shall be light.(Zechariah 14:7) We often look forward with anxiety to the time of old age, forgetting that at evening time it shall be light. To many saints, old age is the choicest season in their lives. A warmer breeze fans the sailor’s face as he nears the shore…
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OCTOBER 3 Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? (Hebrews 1:14) Angels are the unseen attendants of the children of God; they carry us in their hands and keep us from calamity. Loyalty to their Lord leads them to take a deep…
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OCTOBER 2 The hope laid up for you in heaven. (Colossians 1:5) Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy down here today. Our hearts will be stirred by thinking often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there. Here we are tired and…
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OCTOBER 1 Choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.(Song of Songs 7:13) The spouse desires to give to Jesus all that she produces. Our heart has all kinds of “choice fruits, new as well as old,” and they are reserved for our Beloved. In this…
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SEPTEMBER 30 Sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!(Psalm 66:2) It is not left to our own option whether or not we will praise God. Praise is God’s most righteous due, and every Christian, as the recipient of His grace, is bound to praise God from day to day. It is…
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SEPTEMBER 25 Just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.(Romans 3:26) Being justified by faith, we have peace with God. Conscience no longer accuses. Judgment now decides for the sinner instead of against him. Memory looks back upon past sins with deep sorrow for the sin, but yet without dreading any…
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