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February 10, 2026 — Hitting The High Note
When He makes you lie down, even in green pastures (see Ps 23:2), it helps you to look up. With Psalm 6, we come to the first of the Penitential Psalms (6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143). The title indicates the use of stringed instruments for this moving psalm, but adds another word…
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February 10
“The Lord Jesus CHRIST, our HOPE” (1 Tim 1:1). Charles Spurgeon tells of visiting with the Earl of Shaftsbury who had taken his dying daughter to Menton on the French Riviera in hopes of her regaining some strength. Spurgeon writes: “That day he was particularly cast down about the general state of society. He thought…
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February 10 Petition Mission
“And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites…” (Mt 6:5). How often there is a serious gap in our prayers and platitudes between what we profess and what we possess. Prolific English author Thomas Fuller warned people like me: “How easy is pen-and-paper piety! I will not say it costs nothing, but…
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February 10
John Townsend was born into a well-to-do family in Exeter, England. At the age of 20, while studying to become a clergyman, he realized to his shock that he was an unconverted man himself. He abandoned the ambition of his life which he had chosen, feeling he could not lead others to Christ until he…
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February 9, 2026 — The Joy Of The Devoted Soul
Eternity strides toward us. Finding joy in Christ now prepares us for the unbroken joy of heaven. Do you “direct” your prayers? David did. “My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up” (Ps 5:3). To “direct” (Heb, ‘ârak) means “to arrange, set in order.”…
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February 9
CHRIST the ANTITYPE: In His passion to reveal the fullness of God in Christ, the Spirit inspired many “types” to picture Him. The “anti” in antitype does not mean the opposite of, but the comparison of. It does not mean “against” but “over against” as a portrait and its subject would be placed side-by-side to…