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June 15, 2026 — The Giver God
“This is true faith—a living confidence in the goodness of God.” —Martin Luther The soul is overwhelmed with the endless provisions that flow from the heart of Elohim. Likewise, we are amazed at David’s ability to describe these treasures lavished on us. It is right when “Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion” (Ps 65:1). Sadly,…
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June 15
JESUS CHRIST…TODAY (Heb 13:8). No one is ever crushed by the burden of the day. It is when we add yesterday’s failures and tomorrow’s worries to our burden today that we are immobilized. The Lord is “a very present help.” Two important facts we need fastened like frontlets to our foreheads: Christ told us, “Sufficient…
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June 15 Petition Mission
“The beasts of the field also cry out to You, for the water brooks are dried up” (Joel 1:20). This is the closest, Joel suggests, that animals come to praying. “The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God” (Ps 104:21). In Job 38:41, it’s Jehovah, not Joel, who asks, “Who…
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June 15
William Booth (1829–1912), founder of The Salvation Army, labored for the Lord among the poor and destitute in London’s East End. He would “stumble home night after night haggard with fatigue; often his clothes were torn and bloody bandages swathed his head where a stone had struck,” wrote his wife Catherine. “‘Not called!’ did you…
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June 14
CHRIST the LORD of GLORY (1 Cor 2:8). Andrew Welwood, a young Scot, fled persecution to London, but there succumbed to tuberculosis. Before he headed Home, he left a book of personal letters titled A Glimpse of Glory. Here are some samples: “Death has a terrible face to those who place all their happiness in…
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June 14 Petition Mission
“In the Lord I put my trust; how can you say to my soul, ‘Flee as a bird to your mountain’?” (Ps 11:1). The psalmist had clearly learned that, if there is a place to flee in times of distress, it is to the Lord. This verse reminds me of a story about George Fisk,…