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October 23, 2026 — If It Had Not Been…
How many times has Israel needed rescuing? God says it’s times “without number” (Jer 2:32). It’s remarkable how memories can sweep in like waves. Imagine little knots of worshipers in their tent encampments outside the city walls, sharing a meal perhaps. There’s talk of the family, the crops, and the exciting events to take place during Israel’s…
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October 23
CHRIST the ONE CALLING YOU: “The Master has come and is calling for you” (Jn 11:28). What a wonder, when having no idea how to extricate yourself from the hopelessness of sin, to hear the Good Shepherd’s voice calling you “out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Pet 2:9). And from that very moment,…
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October 23 Petition Mission
“Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying…” (Neh 1:8). Nehemiah clearly was “instant in prayer.” His first-person narrative (one of the few in Scripture) is a running conversation with the Lord. Notice 4:1-6. When Sanballat and Tobiah started hurling mockery over the wall at his workers, Nehemiah simply included the…
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October 23
“That in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death” (Php 1:20). In the same spirit, Jim Elliot prayed: “Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be…
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Who’s the Fool?
If we’re patient enough, the Lord has a way of bringing things full circle. “For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged;” said the Lord, “and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you” (Matthew 7:2). There’s a boomerang effect in life, as this story illustrates, so watch what…
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October 22, 2026 — Eyes Lifted & Looking
See the link between the servant’s eye and the Master’s hand, between the servant’s hand and the Master’s will. It’s one thing to come up to Jerusalem—from whatever altitude or location, one NEVER goes DOWN to Jerusalem—it’s quite another to go up to heaven. The Lord has addresses in both locations. And so the psalmist…