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May 18, 2026 — Money Troubles
If “the redemption of their souls is costly” (Ps 49:8), who can calculate the waste of a soul lost forever? As we read Psalm 49, we may have come upon the Preacher’s text. Was Solomon reading this as he penned Ecclesiastes? There he warns: If our Creator is ignored, all will be “vanity” (Eccl 2:1). The psalmist wants a…
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May 18
CHRIST who MEETS OUR NEEDS: “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Php 4:19). Riches in glory by Christ Jesus? For me? Then what need can Christ meet in your life today and, by this, glorify Himself? An author tells of waiting in his car…
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May 18 Petition Mission
“Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord—Your salvation according to Your word. So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in Your word” (Ps 119:41-42). How true this is! The Lord’s saving mercies become an apologetic to convince others of the truth of the Word and the…
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May 17
JESUS, FRIEND of SINNERS: “The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’” (Lk 7:34). Their bitterest words turned sweet in the presence of the Lord Jesus. Clearly He is the world’s Best Friend. “Greater love has no one…
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May 17 Petition Mission
“Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem” (Ezra 7:27). Ezra was flabbergasted that a Gentile king would want to participate in restoring the Lord’s temple. He had been given a blank…
