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[Talking about his second coming, Jesus continued,] "And since you don't know when that time will come, be on guard! Stay alert!" —Mark 13:33 NLT Key Thought Since we cannot know for sure the exact time of the Lord's return, our approach should be clear and without distraction. We are to stay...

Hebrews 13:6-8 Dear Father, Help me say with confidence: The Lord is my helper. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? I remember those who led me to Christ by speaking his word to me. Thank you for them. Bless them abundantly. Help me to imitate their faith. And most of all, thank...

Don't be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others — ignoring God! — harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's...

Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. —Leviticus 10:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's holiness is unapproachable except through the...

"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" —Hebrews 1:14 Morning Thought Angels are the unseen attendants of the saints of God; they bear us up in their hands, lest we dash our foot against a stone. Loyalty to their Lord leads them...

"He himself hath suffered being tempted." —Hebrews 2:18 Evening Thought It is a common-place thought, and yet it tastes like nectar to the weary heart-Jesus was tempted as I am. You have heard that truth many times: have you grasped it? He was tempted to the very same sins into which we fall...

[Talking about his second coming, Jesus continued,] "However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows." —Mark 13:32 NLT Key Thought The greatest secret of all time is the exact day and hour of the...

Hebrews 13:1-5 Dear Father, hospitable king, Fill me with brotherly love. Make me a generous provider of hospitality to strangers. Let angels find provision under my roof, even when I don't know who they really are. Help me remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them...

[God] has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant — not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. —2 Corinthians 3:6 NIV Key Thought With the coming of Jesus and the outpouring of the Spirit, God brought his promised new covenant (Jeremiah...

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. —Psalm 10:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God absolutely hates violence, intimidation, or any means used for the powerful to control, manipulate, or hound those who are weaker. He...

"The hope which is laid up for you in heaven." —Colossians 1:5 Morning Thought Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there. Here we are weary and...

"A man greatly beloved." —Daniel 10:11 Evening Thought Child of God, do you hesitate to appropriate this title? Ah! has your unbelief made you forget that you are greatly beloved too? Must you not have been greatly beloved, to have been bought with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb...

"He will give grace and glory." —Psalms 84:11 Evening Thought Bounteous is Jehovah in his nature; to give is his delight. His gifts are beyond measure precious, and are as freely given as the light of the sun. He gives grace to his elect because he wills it, to his redeemed because of his...

[Talking about his second coming, Jesus continued,] "Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear." —Mark 13:31 NLT Key Thought While heaven and earth will pass away, Jesus' words — his promise to return along with all of his other promises — will be fulfilled. We can...

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! —Isaiah 10:1-2 (KJV)...

Hebrews 12:29 Dear Father, who dwells in indescribable light, Living God, consuming fire, burn the sin from my life. Purify my heart's desire in the smelter of your holiness. I want to do your will, Father, so that whatever I do, in word or deed, it will be done in the name of the Lord...

We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit. —1 Corinthians 15:45 MESSAGE Key Thought Adam needed for God to breathe the breath of life into him. Jesus, "the Last Adam", triumphed over death and poured out life through the Spirit...

"Pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved." —Song of Solomon 7:13 Morning Thought The spouse desires to give to Jesus all that she produces. Our heart has "all manner of pleasant fruits," both "old and new," and they are laid up for our Beloved. At this rich...

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Dear Lord, I pray for myself and for other wives who struggle with initiating intimacy. I pray we would have the courage to pursue our husbands. I pray we would not let other excuses help us justify why we shouldn’t. I pray nothing steals our heart’s attention away from our husbands. May You...