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Weekly Devotionals
A Transformed Marriage
Those of you who pray for God's working through my speaking will be glad to know of one who had...
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Strength for What’s Coming
“You shall observe all that I command you this day, so that you may have strength to enter and occupy...
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Rich Enough For The Need
Can God possibly do anything about the matter that troubles me most today? Isn’t it really a bit much to...
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Strength for Anything
Paul writes to the Christians in Philippi about his prison experience, but without any descriptive detail. He might have dwelt on...
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The Calm Spirit of Christ
Today is moving day. There will be plenty of reason for fretting and stewing, impatience and turbulence. I am one who seems...
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No Reservations
Obedience to the call of God must be wholehearted. That is, we can lay down no conditions, withhold no part of ourselves...
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Take Strength
These strong, simple words can be spiritual adrenaline for us when we need them. They were written by a man...
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Something Much Smaller
Has it ever happened with you that you have asked God to show you what He wants done about a...
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Small Change
We have promised the Lord our loyalty and lifelong obedience, “at any cost.” We imagine perhaps having to pay the...
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Sudden Change
Suddenly it happens that a source of life or joy or refreshment is cut off? The supply dries up and...
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A Life’s Work
Few women today are concerned about ironing sheets, but it is still possible to let many other things take precedence...
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Where to Begin
To be transformed into the image of Christ, we must know His character, love His obedience to the will of...
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Nothing is Lost
A pastor's wife asked, "When one witnesses a work he has poured his life into 'go up in flames' (especially...
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The Supremacy of Christ
Last October I received a copy of the Auca (now known as Waorani) translation of the New Testament. The orthography has been greatly...
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A Strange Peace
Shortly before my daughter Valerie, my only child, went off to college as a freshman, a “sudden tide” came over...
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Learning the Father’s Love
When my brother Dave was very small, we spent a week at the seaside in Belmar, New Jersey. In vain...
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Interruptions, Delays, Inconveniences
Emily, wife of America's first foreign missionary, Adoniram Judson, wrote home from Moulmein, Burma, in January 1847: "This taking care of...
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How to Discover What God Wants
A young woman came in great perplexity to a Scottish preacher, asking how she could resolve the question of her...
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The Future Is Not Our Province
While a new year offers us a fresh start, it can also bring anxiety. Questions crowd into our minds. Will...
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The Absence of Feeling in the Devotional Life
“I am sporadic in my devotions” writes a Newsletter reader (who happens to be my daughter!), “though I am up...
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Hints for Quiet Time
Having a quiet time with the Lord every day is absolutely essential if you expect to grow spiritually. But you have...