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August 31, 2026 — Soul Trouble
“Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down” (Ps 102:10, KJV). We have our ups and downs—but the last one’s UP! The heading provided for Psalm 102 by the Bible editors seems to contradict the inspired title. One reads, “The Lord’s Eternal Love.” The other says, “A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and…
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August 31
JESUS the TENDER-HEARTED: “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd” (Mt 9:36). Deep beneath the city of Rome are the Catacombs, a maze of corridors and burial vaults that, if strung together, would stretch out some 600 miles.…
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August 31 Petition Mission
“Who can say, ‘I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin’?” (Prov 20:9). No one, of course. But millions can give testimony that the blood of Jesus Christ has cleansed them from all unrighteousness! Merely feeling sorry will not do. There is a great difference between remorse and repentance. One regrets…
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August 31
Who has heard of “engineer missionary” to Uganda Alexander Mackay? Against tremendous obstacles, he built 230 miles of road to Uganda from the coast, built several boats to traverse Lake Victoria, and translated Matthew’s Gospel into Luganda. He lived constantly under the threat of violence from Arab slave traders whom he resisted at every turn.…
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August 30
CHRIST the TRUE: “They said to Him, ‘Teacher, we know that You are true’” (Mk 12:14). The word “true” here means literally “not hidden.” Of course He had nothing to hide: “That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world” (Jn 1:9). He not only had nothing to hide…
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August 30 Petition Mission
“Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession” (Ps 2:8). What a petition is this! Here Jehovah is suggesting to His Son, the King, an appropriate request to make of Him. Yes, He, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, is…