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September 11, 2026 — The 7 Secrets Of Success
Success is not the key to happiness. As David explains, true happiness is one of the keys to success. Bookstores are full of titles like “3 Things Successful People Do” and “The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People.” Psalm 108 beats them all. David went from an unknown shepherd to the world’s best-known king. He…
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September 11
JESUS RULER OF ALL: We are told that God “will manifest in His own time, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords” (1 Tim 6:15). What a discovery that will be to the unbelieving world, that Jesus is “the ruler over the kings of the earth” (Rev…
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September 11 Petition Mission
“I called on the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me…” (Ps 118:5). The Clapham Sect, prominent evangelicals, united to seek the abolition of the slave trade and press gangs, the reform of the penal system, improvements in the care of the mentally ill, the regulation of factory conditions, and the promotion of schools in…
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September 11
Two great sins are marked out in Scripture by other sinners being threatened with having “their portion with hypocrites” (Mt 24:51), and that God “will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers” (Lk 12:46). Who can say which is greater? Certainly the Lord reserved His most scathing words for hypocrites. As He said, “Woe to…
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September 10, 2026 — Rescue & Recovery
It’s true the Lord rescued them from their distress, but He actually rescued them by their distress, too. It’s Psalm 107 in crisis! We need a wilderness extraction (vv 4-9), a jail break (vv 10-16), a medical miracle (vv 17-22), and a rescue at sea (vv 23-32). All in a day’s work for the Lord! Do you have any…
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September 10
CHRIST the PEACEMAKER: “My peace I give you; not as the world gives…” (Jn 14:27). During her second year in Yangchen, Gladys Aylward, a London parlor maid who went to China in 1930, was summoned by the Mandarin. A riot had broken out in the prison. She found the soldiers afraid to intervene. The warden…