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October 24
CHRIST the EPITOME of UNSELFISHNESS: “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Mt 20:28). ‘Easy’ Eddie O’Hare was gangster Al Capone’s lawyer. As crooked as his boss, Eddie had one son. As the boy grew, his father realized he had…
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October 24 Petition Mission
“Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God” (2 Chron 33:12-13). This…
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October 24
George Watmough hitchhiked across America, witnessing to thousands. Once leaving Tucson on his way to Phoenix, he was given a ride by a young man who stopped his witnessing by saying, “I was raised in a preacher’s home and have no time for religion.” “Isn’t that strange,” Watmoungh replied, “I don’t have much time for…
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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…