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May 17, 2012
His Ascension and Our Access
It came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven —Luke 24:51
We have no experiences in our lives that correspond to the events in our Lord's life after the trans...
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May 17, 2012
A Place For You
— by David C. McCasland
Read: John 13:36–14:4
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. —John 14:3
A couple who brought their elderly a...
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May 15, 2012
Seeing Near And Far
— by Julie Ackerman Link
Read: Psalm 145
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him. —Psalm 145:18
Having two healthy eyes is not enough to see clearly. I know this from experience. After a series of eye surgeries ...
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May 14, 2012
The Habit of Enjoying Adversity
. . . that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body —2 Corinthians 4:10
We have to develop godly habits to express what God's grace has done in us. It is not just a question of being saved from...
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May 14, 2012
The Old Windmill
— by David H. Roper
Read: Galatians 6:6-10
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. —John 7:38
A man who grew up on a ranch in West Texas tells about a rick...
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May 7, 2012
Building For Eternity
Which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it . . . —Luke 14:28
Our Lord was not referring here to a cost which we have to count, but to a co...
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May 7, 2012
God's Timing
— by Dave Branon
Read: Exodus 13:17-22
For every matter there is a time and judgment. —Ecclesiastes 8:6
Pastor Audley Black's church near the south coast of Jamaica has been in a building program since at least 2005. That...
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May 2, 2012
The Patience To Wait for the Vision
Though it tarries, wait for it . . . —Habakkuk 2:3
Patience is not the same as indifference; patience conveys the idea of someone who is tremendously strong and able to withstand all assaults. Having th...
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May 2, 2012
Are You Tuned In?
— by Cindy Hess Kasper
Read: John 16:7-15
The Holy Spirit . . . will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. —John 14:26
When I was growing up, I stayed with my grandparents...
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April 29, 2012
Gracious Uncertainty
. . . it has not yet been revealed what we shall be . . . —1 John 3:2
Our natural inclination is to be so precise—trying always to forecast accurately what will happen next—that we look upon uncertainty as a ba...
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April 29, 2012
A Long And Winding Path
— by David H. Roper
Read: Psalm 142
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. —Psalm 142:3
Sometimes the path of life seems impossibly steep and lengthy. I have no strength and no will...
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April 24, 2012
The Warning Against Desiring Spiritual Success
Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you . . . —Luke 10:20
Worldliness is not the trap that most endangers us as Christian workers; nor is it sin. The trap we fall into ...
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April 24, 2012
Cutting A Trail
— by David C. Egner
Read: Proverbs 4:1-7
Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding. —Proverbs 4:1
The Native Americans of Michigan were the state's first highway route ...
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April 22, 2012
The Light That Never Fails
We all, with unveiled face, beholding . . . the glory of the Lord . . . —2 Corinthians 3:18
A servant of God must stand so very much alone that he never realizes he is alone. In the early stages of the Christ...
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April 22, 2012
Undiscovered Country
— by Cindy Hess Kasper
Read: 2 Timothy 3:14-17
The Word of God is living and powerful. —Hebrews 4:12
I studied the map as my husband and I drove up the east coast of Virginia. We were looking for any road that ...
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April 21, 2012
Don't Hurt the Lord
Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? —John 14:9
Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us-astounded at how "un-simple" we are. It is our own opinions that make us dense and slow to ...
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April 21, 2012
Investment Advice
— by Anne Cetas
Read: 2 Peter 1:1-11
If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. —2 Peter 1:8
"I want to help you invest wisely in you...
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April 19, 2012
Beware of the Least Likely Temptation
Joab had defected to Adonijah, though he had not defected to Absalom —1 Kings 2:28.
Joab withstood the greatest test of his life, remaining absolutely loyal to David by not turning to follow after ...
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April 19, 2012
God's Unfailing Love
— by David C. McCasland
Read: Hosea 10:9-15
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; . . . for it is time to seek the Lord. —Hosea 10:12
The Old Testament book of Hosea is the story of God's faithful lo...
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April 18, 2012
Readiness
God called to him . . . . And he said, 'Here I am' —Exodus 3:4
When God speaks, many of us are like people in a fog, and we give no answer. Moses' reply to God revealed that he knew where he was and that he was ready. Readine...
