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August 13, 2026 — When Satan Quotes The Bible
Let’s enjoy all the good things given to those who trust. And in return? Let’s set our love on Him (Ps 91:14). We now turn to the second half of Psalm 91 (vv 9-16). After a personal ratification of his trust in God (vv 1-2) and a practical exhortation for others to trust Him (vv 3-8), we now have […]
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August 13
CHRIST IS CALLING: “The Master has come and is calling for you” (Jn 11:28). Peter deeply appreciated the Lord’s calling on his life and made it a theme of his letters. He tells us that we have every reason to “proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” […]
August 13 Petition Mission
“Your fruit is found in Me” (Hos 14:8). At the end of Hosea’s prophecy, this ray of hope shines on beleaguered Israel. From the opening command in Genesis, “Be fruitful,” to the scene in the Jerusalem Above, where a tree grows “which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month” (Rev 22:2), God […]
August 13
“Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean” (Lk 5:12). Bruce Olson was raised in a Lutheran family in Minneapolis. He heard sermons on the need for change, but never about the power to change. One night at age 14, he prayed, “Lord, everything is messed up around me. And its messed up […]
August 12, 2026 — “What Is Your Emergency?”
Some call the first verse of this psalm the believers 9-1-1 call. Safe in the secret place, under His shadow. As we noted in the previous psalm penned by Moses, no title divides these two psalms. As well, one theme links the two. Psalm 90 begins, “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. […]
August 12
JESUS the TRUTH (Jn 14:6): “And the governor asked Him, saying, ‘Are You the King of the Jews?’ So Jesus said to him, ‘It is as you say’” (Mt 27:11). A story is told in Today in the Word (Aug 5, 1993) about Henry Augustus Rowland. In 1876, he became the first occupant of the […]
August 12 Petition Mission
“He who is least among you all will be great” (Lk 9:48). Samuel Rogers wrote: “That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.” Paul understood this. The smallest movement of a believer ripples out into […]
August 12
“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me…and I will love him and manifest Myself to him” (Jn 14:21). The call of Christ is clear, comprehensive and compelling. He gave His life for me and now offers to live His life in and through me. I owe Him everything. […]