August 6
CHRIST the GREAT DIVIDE: The word “shed” meaning “poured out” is rarely used today. One exception is the term “watershed,” referring to the line separating drainage basins. The most famous is the Great Divide, determining the rainfall that flows to...
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August 5
CHRIST the LINK to EVERY BLESSING: “Your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Col 3:3). The believer, in what seems to be a heart-wrenching beginning to our relationship, has been crucified together with Christ (Gal 2:20). Through this, His...
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August 4
CHRIST the FRAGRANCE of GOD: “Your name is ointment poured forth” (Song 1:3). Here’s the amazing thing: unlike the holy anointing oil in Israel, which could not “be poured on man’s flesh” under penalty of being “cut off” (Ex 30:25-33),...
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August 3
CHRIST REVEALED: “It pleased God…to reveal His Son in me” (Gal 1:15-16). Andrew Murray writes, “In all our study and worship of Christ, we find our thoughts gathering round five points: the incarnate Christ, the crucified Christ, the enthroned Christ,...
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August 2
CHRIST the BEGINNING and the END: “I am…the Beginning and the End” (Rev 1:8; 21:6; 22:13). In Gen 1:1, the heavens and the earth were created; in Rev 21:1, they pass away, to be replaced. In Gen 1:5, the bounds...
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August 1
CHRIST OUR POSSESSION: “Be content with such things as you have” (Heb 13:5). What does this mean? To be content with a dilapidated house or an old car, slowly corroding with rust? Although being thankful for everything is an evidence...
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July 31
CHRIST the STABILIZER: “Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved” (Php 4:1). It’s a wobbly world out there and the foundations of society are being purposefully undermined by those who...
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