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September 5
CHRIST the COURAGEOUS: “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20). I just read an incident about John Calvert, an Englishman among Fiji savages. The king’s daughter was ill, and Calvert was asked to provide medicine. But as she improved, the medicine men became involved. So Calvert stopped treatment, saying any improvement would be claimed for…
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September 5 Petition Mission
“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving” (Col 4:2). I recall hearing a musician say about his practicing what I could say about prayer. After a day missed, I know; after a few days missed, my wife knows; more than that, others know. Richard DeHaan gives this illustration: In one region of…
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September 5
Won’t God accept everyone, provided they are sincere? Sincerity is certainly important with God. In fact, insincerity is a sure way to be rejected by Him! But mere sincerity is not enough. It is possible to be sincere, but sincerely wrong. Remember the false prophets of Baal at the Battle of the Gods on Carmel.…
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September 4, 2026 — Creatorial Masterpiece
“The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.” —Louis Pasteur As with Psalm 103, in Psalm 104 the psalmist bookends his thoughts with the same call to action: “Bless the Lord, O my soul!” (vv 1, 35). This time he adds, “Hallelujah!” Before we see what the psalmist thinks we should…
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September 4
CHRIST the FRUIT-BEARER: “He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (Jn 15:5). The heart is often parched and dry. But Jesus can sweetly soften. “He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, like showers that water the earth” (Ps 72:6).…
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September 4 Petition Mission
“You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures” (Jas 4:2-3). Why pray? Doesn’t God know everything? Doesn’t He do what He wants anyway? R.A. Torrey suggests these reasons: Because there’s a devil, and by prayer we…