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June 9, 2026 — Return Of The Exile
Safe on the Rock, dwelling in His tabernacle, under His wings—mixed metaphors never sounded so good! It seems appropriate that this sweet little psalm should be accompanied by “a stringed instrument,” as the title of Psalm 61 suggests. Although the Selah in the middle marks a transition, it isn’t a sharp one. The first four verses begin with “Hear my…
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June 9
CHRIST the HOPE of ISRAEL (Jer 17:13). As David Baron writes, the Great Intercessor “bears also ‘His own’ nation Israel on His heart. It was for them primarily that He prayed on the cross. And now at God’s right hand He still pleads for them: ‘For Zion’s sake I will not hold My peace, and…
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June 9 Petition Mission
“The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy; teach me Your statutes” (Ps 119:64). Beautiful, isn’t it! What a positive way of acknowledging that the world is actually full of broken-hearted sinners, of the wreckage of the wrong actions we have committed against God and one another. The psalmist focuses instead on God’s amazing…
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June 9
“There is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee” (Ps 73:25). In his book Heaven’s Cure for Earth’s Care, George Henderson tells the following story: A Christian woman who had just finished reading T.H. Huxley’s Life and Letters was asked with some anxiety by a friend whether her faith had suffered any eclipse under…
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June 8, 2026 — Victory Through Virtue
How ready God is to give us another chance! Like His wisdom, He is “easy to be entreated” (Jas 3:17, KJV). The psalmist clearly thinks that Psalm 60 should be kept for posterity, hung on our walls and hidden in our hearts. It’s given to the Concert Master for public use. He calls it “A Michtam of David.…
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June 8
CHRIST the LORD of the HARVEST: “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest” (Mt 9:37-38). Andrew Murray writes, “Christ meant to teach us that, however large the field may be, and however few the laborers, prayer is the…