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Fellow-workers; November 6, 2025


Philemon 1:7 Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people. We tend to think of Paul as some sort of “Christian Superman,” given all that he did for the Gospel … Continue reading

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Sowing and Reaping; September 23, 2025


John 3:36 “Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.” There is joy in sowing, and joy in reaping. In terms of evangelism, … Continue reading

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God’s Supply; September 22, 2025


John 3:34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. This was written specifically about Jesus, but it actually applies to everyone whom God sends. Problems in ministry are never because of … Continue reading

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Spiritual Alertness; August 20, 2025


Isaiah 60:1 “Arise, shine, for your light has come,    and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.” It strikes me that everything in this well-loved and glorious chapter is about things God does for His people, not things we have to do. The one thing … Continue reading

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God’s Miracles; August 14, 2025


Isaiah 51:2 Look to Abraham, your father,    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.When I called him he was only one man,    and I blessed him and made him many. Verse 11 of this chapter has been joyfully set to music, and it … Continue reading

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Discouragement; August 13, 2025


Isaiah 49:4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,    and my reward is with my God.” It is in a way very comforting to find … Continue reading

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Old Age; June 23, 2025


Psalm 71:18 Even when I am old and gray,    do not forsake me, my God,till I declare your power to the next generation,    your mighty acts to all who are to come. This Psalm has no attribution, but it certainly sounds like something … Continue reading

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Doing God’s Will; June 11, 2025


Psalm 40:8 “I desire to do your will, my God;    your law is within my heart.” Once again we have a Psalm in which every verse cries out for meditation, but then, that is a characteristic of good poetry: compressing deep meaning … Continue reading

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Focus; June 2, 2025


Psalm 21:1, 13 The king rejoices in your strength, Lord.    How great is his joy in the victories you give!Be exalted in your strength, Lord;    we will sing and praise your might. Again, this was either written for/about David or he wrote it in the … Continue reading

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Mortality; April 4, 2025


2 Peter 1:13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body. Since contemporary records tell us that Peter was martyred, this statement by him isn’t quite the same as … Continue reading

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