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December 10, 2025 — Hurtling Into Battle
Does Job, sitting in the ashes, understand that he is the battlefield between right and wrong? The Lord focused Job’s attention on the ostrich, the world’s largest bird (200-300 lbs). It’s the fastest two-legged land animal and can top 40 mph! Thus, says the Lord, “When she lifts herself on high, she scorns the horse and its rider” (Job…
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December 10
CHRIST the HORN of SALVATION (Lk 1:69): Dear Christian, rejoice today in the fullness of our provision as expressed in 1 Peter 1:3-6. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…”—we have a SHARED life, inextricably linked forever with the Godhead. “…who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again…”—we have…
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December 10 Petition Mission
“And now, O Lord, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have said. So let it be established, that Your name may be magnified forever” (1 Chron 17:23-24). Homer Lea (1876–1912) was rejected by the American military for health reasons.…
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December 10
David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and explorer of Africa, visited Cambridge on December 4, 1857. To the student body he said: “People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. Can that be called a sacrifice which is simply paid back as a small part of a…
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December 9, 2025 — No Reason To Be Proud
What a picture! The ostrich’s wings can’t fly, but that doesn’t keep her from lifting up in pride. It’s estimated there are roughly 10 to the power of 80 atoms in the universe. From quarks and neutrinos to the massive supernovas, all came from the hands of our Lord (Jn 1:3). He also fashioned the…
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December 9
CHRIST the SUPREME OFFERING: “Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God” (Eph 5:2). Leonard Sheldrake tells a story from the days when a plastic coin called a mill was used with purchases during rationing. One rolled at his feet at a bus stop, and he…