October 11 “If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swellings of Jordan?” (Jeremiah 12:5) This is a good verse to challenge us when…
October 10 “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking he put away from you, with all malice.” (Eph. 4:31) Life brims with provocative situations that tempt a person to lose his temper. Perhaps you can identify with some of the following scenarios. A waiter spills hot coffee on you or…
October 9 “.. .keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good.” (Deut. 10:13) Notice the last three words of today’s verse—“for thy good.” All the commandments of the Lord are for our good. Many people do not realize this. They think of God as a…
October 8 “Speak not evil one of another, brethren.” (James 4:11) While the word “gossip” is not found in the King James Version of the Bible, the idea is certainly included in such words as backbiting, evil speaking, and whispering. And it goes without saying that the practice is uniformly condemned. To gossip means to…
October 7 “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended.” (Phil. 3:13) The Apostle Paul did not think that he had arrived, and neither should we. We are all in need of change. Liu Shao-chi said, “Men should regard themselves as being in need of and capable of being changed. They should not look upon…
October 6 “He is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.” (Song of Solomon 5:16) The devoted, loyal, steadfast love of the Shulamite maiden for her beloved pictures the kind of love which we should have for the Eternal Lover of our souls. Notice the following particulars.…
October 5 “Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.” (Joshua 1:3) God had given the land of Canaan to the people of Israel. It was theirs by divine promise. But they still had to make it their own. They had…
October 4 “Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity.” (Psa. 119:37) The first and last words of this short prayer begin with the letters TV, and the verse is especially appropriate when applied to television. Most of the programs on TV are vanity. They picture a world that doesn’t exist and a life that is…
October 3 “And he healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons.” (Mk. 1:34 NASB) Some Christians tend to think of demon-possession as a phenomenon that existed when our Lord was on earth but is no longer present today. That is a misconception that should be corrected. Almost every day’s…
October 2 “There shall not be found among you…any one that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.” (Deut. 18:10, 11) God warned His people Israel against any dabbling in the world of the…