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September 27 Don’t Be Offended “Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me” (Luke 7:23). It is sometimes very difficult not to be offended in Jesus Christ. The offenses may be circumstantial. I find myself in a prison-house–a narrow sphere, a sick chamber, an unpopular position–when I had hoped for wide opportunities. Yes, […] September 26 Unanswered “Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily” (Luke 18:6, 7). God’s seasons are not at your beck. If the first stroke of the […] September 25 Your Crown of Glory “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb . . . and they loved not their lives unto the death” (Rev. 12:11). When James and John came to Christ with their mother, asking Him to give them the best place in the kingdom, He did not refuse their […] September 24 He Knows Us “I know him, that he will command his children” (Gen. 18:19). God wants people that He can depend upon. He could say of Abraham, “I know him, that he will command his children . . . that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken.” God can […] September 23 Through Faith “Pressed out of measure” (2 Cor. 1:8). “That the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Cor. 12:9). God allowed the crisis to close around Jacob on the night when he bowed at Peniel in supplication, to bring him to the place where he could take hold of God as […] |
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