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August 5, 2026 — I Was Born There
What is the city listed on your heavenly Birth Certificate? It will be Zion, the City of God. When we first read Psalm 87, we think, “I can tell this psalm has some wonderful things to say—if I can understand it!” The author begins, “His foundation is in the holy mountains” (Ps 87:1). To whom is he…
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August 5
CHRIST the LINK to EVERY BLESSING: “Your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Col 3:3). The believer, in what seems to be a heart-wrenching beginning to our relationship, has been crucified together with Christ (Gal 2:20). Through this, His death becomes the way all charges against us have been cleared. And, having been executed…
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August 5 Petition Mission
“My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God” (Ps 84:2). O to be soul-hungry for the Lord! David Brainerd (1718–1747), one of the earliest missionaries to Native Americans in the U.S, lived and died all-out for God. His single-minded devotedness,…
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August 5
“The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Lk 19:10). “It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found” (Lk 15:32). As soul-winner Charles H. Spurgeon passionately wrote about the lost:…
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August 4, 2026 — Getting Up To Business
Normally we get down to business, but there are many times we have to look in the other direction. Only five psalms have “prayer” in their title (17, 86, 90, 102, and 142), although many prayers are found throughout the Psalter. Psalm 86 is filled not only with prayer requests, but with praise as well. Notice how many times…
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August 4
CHRIST the FRAGRANCE of GOD: “Your name is ointment poured forth” (Song 1:3). Here’s the amazing thing: unlike the holy anointing oil in Israel, which could not “be poured on man’s flesh” under penalty of being “cut off” (Ex 30:25-33), today we can share the same fragrance (see 2 Cor 2:14)! Let me give a…