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July 18
CHRIST the SOVEREIGN: “The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand” (Jn 3:35). Leonard Strong (1797-1874), after attending Oxford, settled in British Guiana. Although sent to pastor an English church, he was deeply moved by the plight of the slaves. Because he insisted on bringing the gospel to them, he…
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July 18 Petition Mission
“You have wearied the Lord with your words; yet you say, ‘In what way have we wearied Him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,’ Or, ‘Where is the God of justice?’” (Mal 2:17). Isaiah 40:28 states that “the Creator of…
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July 18
Sam Hadley, a drunkard transformed by Christ, was used by God to see thousands reached in New York. On the way to California to preach, he stopped in Detroit, where an old couple asked him to pray for their drunkard son, whom they had discovered was living in San Francisco. One evening the Christians of…
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July 17, 2026 — Inside Out
“A generation that did not set its heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful to God” (Ps 78:8). We have laid out the general structure of Psalm 78. The Introduction (vv 1-11) declares how the Lord selected the family of Jacob, made a covenant with them, and revealed to them His words, works, and wonders. Their response? “They did not keep the…
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July 17
JESUS OUR INTIMATE: “At my first defense no one stood with me.…But the Lord stood with me” (2 Tim 4:16-17). Paul could only find one person to stand by him in his hour of need. Who? The Lord Himself! That’s the kind of friend everybody needs. Doesn’t it make sense, then, to respond to His…
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July 17 Petition Mission
“With what shall I come before the Lord?…Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, ten thousand rivers of oil?…He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:6-8). It isn’t…