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June 11, 2026 — The Flourishing Soul
When your body argues that there’s no good reason to continue, call on your spirit. It agrees with God. 1419. Is it possible to be a lush garden, full of fragrance and fruit—in a desert? Psalm 63 says, “Yes!” Penned while David “was in the wilderness of Judah” (title), he describes the secret of a flourishing soul.…
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June 11
CHRIST a PLANT of RENOWN (Ezek 34:29). Christianity is eternity in time. With the appearance of Christ a new sprig was planted into the withered ground of the world of man. And all who have been grafted into it have become partakers of eternal life. Thus Christians have found the fountain of eternal youth. The…
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June 11 Petition Mission
“Restore us, O God; cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved!” (Ps 80:3). Sanctification: the process by which weak, failing children of God are progressively conformed to be like the perfect Son of God. Henry Drummond writes: “Shall a mechanical experiment succeed infallibly and the one vital experiment of humanity remain a…
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June 10, 2026 — Unmoved!
What makes us “steadfast, immovable” (1 Cor 15:58)? Look back to the cross and ahead to the glory. Psalm 62 is in two main parts (vv 1-4 and 5-10), with a short conclusion (vv 11-12). Part 1 begins with a statement regarding trust in a thoroughly trustworthy God (vv 1-2), followed by a portrait of those causing…
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June 10
CHRIST OUR SUFFICIENCY: “Christ is all and in all” (Col 3:11). After his conversion in 1834, Isaac Marsden, a drygoods salesman, “went everywhere preaching the word” (Acts 8:4), in the streets, markets, pubs, wherever he could find a hearing. Often criticized for his bombastic style, he nonetheless saw thousands saved. Here is some of his…
