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March 30, 2026 — Troughs & Crests
“The psalm is like an April day, in which sunshine and rain chase each other across the plain.” —A. MacLaren In Psalm 31, David seems to play every note, both in the major and minor keys. In verses 1 and 2, we have David’s plea for help. “Deliver me in Your righteousness. Bow down Your ear…
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March 30 Petition Mission
“The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore…” (Lk 12:7). Dr. Helen Roseveare tells of a young woman who died at a Congolese mission hospital, leaving a premature baby and a two-year-old daughter. They had no incubator. A midwife went to fill the hot water bottle, but it burst! The…
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March 30
Robert Candlish (1806-1873), renowned Scottish preacher, was described thus by his biographer, William Wilson: “Destitute of natural oratorical gifts and somewhat ungainly in his manner,” he nevertheless “riveted the attention of his audience by a rare combination of intellectual keenness, emotional fervor, spiritual insight and power…of character and life.” In his book, Prayer of a…
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March 29
CHRIST is called “the EVERLASTING FATHER” (Isa 9:6). What can this mean? Some have suggested that these words were changed slightly by some biased Jewish scribe to confuse the reader into thinking this verse is describing God the Father and not His Messiah, the Child born and the Son given. But the words could well…
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March 29 Petition Mission
“My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together” (Ps 34:2-3). “It is told in the Old Testament to the blame of Jeroboam, that ‘he made an house of high places, and made…