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January 21, 2026 — Pick Three
Christian faithfulness isn’t heroics or theatrics. It’s the dogged commitment to not give up on God. If you were going to pick three outstanding Bible characters, who would they be? Here are the three the Lord identifies. He says: “‘When a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it;…
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January 21
CHRIST our DELIGHT: “And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight” (Mal 3:1). Neglect is the parent of desert lives. Only too well do we know that the less we pray, the less inclined we become to pray; the less we…
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January 21 Petition Mission
“With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!” (Ps 119:10). Webster defines “wandering” as “to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal.” To everyone else around us, we may seem to be focused and disciplined. But the Lord knows that a life aimed at anything…
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January 21
Whatever you know of God’s truth, do it. That is what the disciples were told in John 2:5, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” Above all, it is what the Lord says, “You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you” (Jn 15:14). We never read of purifying our souls in hearing…
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January 20, 2026 — The Unanswered Question
Job’s unanswered questions lead him to one unquestioned answer: The Lord knows, and that’s enough. You’ve doubtless heard people say that the theme of the Book of Job is “the mystery of suffering.” Well, if it’s a mystery at the beginning, wrenching a “Why?” from Job’s lips, it’s still a mystery to him at the…
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January 20
CHRIST the COMING ONE: “For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not tarry” (Heb 10:37). F.E. Marsh writes: There is a pathos-filled incident in the life of Hugh Miller. He tells how, after his father had left home on his ship, he used to go and watch for…