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October 12, 2026 — Lord, Just 70 Things I’d Ask
The old preachers would say, “God is not impoverished by giving nor enriched by withholding.” So ask! Breathe in. Breathe out. Here’s the secret of healthy living. But for us it’s breathing out to God in prayer and breathing in heaven’s truth in His Word. While Psalm 119 is known for the theme of the…
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October 12
CHRIST the MERCIFUL: “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance” (Mt 9:13). “It comes to this, my dear friends: He is dying there because of His love for you, His love for me, His love for…
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October 12 Petition Mission
“That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun” (Eccl 1:9). In this age of moral relativism, there is a popular notion afoot: “No man ever steps in the same river twice.” But that quotation is its own refutation,…
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October 12
Peter Waldo (c. 1140 – c. 1218) lived in the darkest days of the Dark Ages. A wealthy merchant of Lyon, Waldo was enjoying dinner with friends one evening when one of them suddenly fell lifeless to the floor. This was such a shock that he abandoned his occupation, giving his attention completely to the…
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October 11
JESUS the GIFT of GOD: “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor 9:15). Adoniram Judson laid the foundation for a remarkable work of God in Burma. But as a young man he fell into Deism (God as absentee landlord) in college under the influence of a fellow student, Jacob Eames. But upon…
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October 11 Petition Mission
“Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty firmament! Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to His excellent greatness! Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the lute and harp! Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and…