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October 10
CHRIST the WILLINGLY POOR ONE: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery (harpagmos, a thing to be seized) to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation…and…humbled Himself…” (Php 2:5-8). Jim Elliott, who gave his life…
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October 10 Petition Mission
“I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you” (2 Ki 20:5). It doesn’t seem that Hezekiah prayed for a longer life, although that goes without saying if the Lord healed him! But 15 years extra? Some think he shouldn’t have asked for more time on earth because during…
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October 10
Hy Pickering, born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, was raised in a religious home, but after being christened and confirmed, found he had not been converted. Not far from where he lived, some meeting began in a barn. He said the preacher “made no pretense at eloquence, wore no surplice, used no notes, and feared no man. The…
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October 9, 2026 — Whole-Hearted
To be holy simply means to be wholly the Lord’s. God is all in on the project of us; He wants us all in as well. Jesus said to the Jews of His day, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me” (Jn 5:39).…
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October 9
CHRIST BEGOTTEN: “The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You’” (Ps 2:7). This is the first occasion where our Lord is spoken of as begotten of the Father. Christ’s “begottenness” is a matter for serious thought, but some modern translations are clearly wrong when they translate the last…
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October 9 Petition Mission
“Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you’” (Heb 13:5). In our verse, discontentment is seen in a glaring light. The things we “have” obviously include the One who is everything we could ever need and…