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August 13, 2026 — When Satan Quotes The Bible
Let’s enjoy all the good things given to those who trust. And in return? Let’s set our love on Him (Ps 91:14). We now turn to the second half of Psalm 91 (vv 9-16). After a personal ratification of his trust in God (vv 1-2) and a practical exhortation for others to trust Him (vv 3-8), we now have…
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August 13
CHRIST IS CALLING: “The Master has come and is calling for you” (Jn 11:28). Peter deeply appreciated the Lord’s calling on his life and made it a theme of his letters. He tells us that we have every reason to “proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light”…
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August 13 Petition Mission
“Your fruit is found in Me” (Hos 14:8). At the end of Hosea’s prophecy, this ray of hope shines on beleaguered Israel. From the opening command in Genesis, “Be fruitful,” to the scene in the Jerusalem Above, where a tree grows “which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month” (Rev 22:2), God…
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August 13
“Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean” (Lk 5:12). Bruce Olson was raised in a Lutheran family in Minneapolis. He heard sermons on the need for change, but never about the power to change. One night at age 14, he prayed, “Lord, everything is messed up around me. And its messed up…
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August 12, 2026 — “What Is Your Emergency?”
Some call the first verse of this psalm the believers 9-1-1 call. Safe in the secret place, under His shadow. As we noted in the previous psalm penned by Moses, no title divides these two psalms. As well, one theme links the two. Psalm 90 begins, “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.…