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May 25, 2026 — The Heart-Altar Reignited
We should never sin that grace may abound, but when forgiveness is found, praise should abound. In our last study of Psalm 51, we looked at the first two themes: the Problem (vv 1-6) and the Process (vv 7-12). We now want to see the Proclamation (vv 13-15) and the Praise (vv 16-19). It’s in God’s heart to restore…
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May 25
CHRIST the LAST ADAM: “‘The first man Adam became a living being.’ The last Adam became a life-giving spirit” (1 Cor 15:45). The Lord Jesus, through His incarnation, became “the second Man” (v 47) and “the last Adam.” As the second Man, He was a new kind of man: “the first man was of the…
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May 25 Petition Mission
“Remember the word to Your servant, upon which You have caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your word has given me life” (Ps 119:49-50). Does God remember? He is omniscient, of course, and never has memory lapses, as we often do. But as we noticed in comments on verses…
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May 25
“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life” (Deut 30:19). Col. and Mrs. George Clarke began the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago in 1877, a “doorway to heaven.” Mrs. Clarke also regularly visited the jail. One of those visited was John Callahan. After escaping a reformatory in New York,…
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May 24
CHRIST the WRATH-BEARER: “the ark…is also an antitype which now saves us…” (1 Pet 3:20-21). Just as the waters of judgment destroyed the unbelievers, it also lifted the ark and it’s inhabitants to safety. So death that once damned us to hell now lifts us up to glory! Catherine Booth (nee Mumford) was born in…
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May 24 Petition Mission
“He commands and raises the stormy wind…their soul melts because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses. He calms the storm…” (Ps 107:25-29). “At wits’…