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June 23, 2026 — Two Battle Scenes
The battle in Judges 4 and 5, explains the psalmist, is a prototype of the great battle at Calvary! Reading Psalm 68, you can’t help but hear the hoofbeats of Heaven galloping across history. Stanza 1 (vv 1-6) shows God leaving His throne room and riding “on the clouds” (v 4) to rescue His fallen creation. Stanza 2 (vv 7-10) reveals…
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June 23
CHRIST OUR BENEFACTOR: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you” (1…
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June 23 Petition Mission
“You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes” (Ps 119:68). In other words, “Lord, I love both who You are and what You do.” The Lord’s statutes are what give us the true measurement of the good. Clearly, what God does is determined by who He is, and He always acts consistently with…
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June 23
One treasure for which the heart longs is the security of unchanging love. It is the believer’s certainty that there is nothing that “shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:39). George Matheson, in spite of a deteriorating eye condition, graduated from Glasgow…
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June 22, 2026 — The Great Rescue Mission
“You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold” (Ps 68:13). As noted in our overview of Psalm 68, Stanza 1 (vv 1-6) portrays the God of heaven riding forth on His great rescue mission. “Let God arise,” and let no one stand in His way (v 1). Defeat is not…
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June 22
CHRIST the BELIEVER’S PASSION: “Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him” (2 Cor 5:9). The passion of Christ is the only passion we can give ourselves to wholeheartedly and it won’t corrupt us. Instead, it will enlarge our hearts and refine our desires. Jim Elliot (1927–1956)…