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Evening, September 17 Scripture: “Encourage him.”(Deuteronomy 1:38) God employs his people to encourage one another. He did not say to an angel, “Gabriel, my servant Joshua is about to lead my people into Canaan－go, encourage him.” God never works needless miracles; if his purposes can be accomplished by ordinary means, he will not use miraculous […] September 17 What’s The Good Of Temptation? “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 The word “temptation” has come down in the world; we are apt to use it wrongly. Temptation is not sin, it is the thing we are bound to meet if we […] Morning “Bring him unto me.” Mark 9:19 Despairingly the poor disappointed father turned away from the disciples to their Master. His son was in the worst possible condition, and all means had failed, but the miserable child was soon delivered from the evil one when the parent in faith obeyed the Lord Jesus’ word, “Bring […] Like Palm and Cedar The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (Psalm 92:12) These trees are not trained and pruned by man: palms and cedars are “trees of the Lord,” and it is by His care that they flourish. Even so it is with the […] September 17 Come Close to Him “He took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray, and as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering . . . they saw his glory” (Luke 9:29, 32). “If I have found […] |
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