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Why Mercy Triumphs over Judgment
To know God is the supreme privilege and responsibility of mankind. But what if we fail? Can there be mercy greater than judgment?...
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- Apr 23, 2017
The God Who Surprises Us
God often surprises us by His decrees and His ways. Read on to find out how God stunned a king and a social outcast with His grace and...
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- Jan 18, 2017
Why is God so Good?
Today’s reading Genesis 42-43; Matthew 13:33-58 Selected verses He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the...
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- Mar 28, 2016
The Sovereignty of God in Repentance
Today’s reading: 1 Samuel 1:21-4:22 Eli’s sons, though priests, were under the control of Satan, a liar and deceiver. He blinds the...
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- Feb 17, 2016
Traveling Prayers
Today’s reading: Numbers 8:1-10:36 The term “traveling mercies”, though quaint, reflects a dependence on God, similar to that which Moses...
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- Jan 7, 2016
Selfish or Selfless?
Today’s reading: Genesis 19:30-22:24 Anyone who thinks that people are basically good will find the Bible to show otherwise. The lives...
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- Jan 4, 2016
Covering for Sin
Today’s reading: Genesis 9:18-12:9 Now we come to the incident of Noah’s drunkenness and his sons’ reactions to it. Here is a poignant...
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- Dec 18, 2015
Lethal Sin
Without God’s grace to repent, we are prone to hold on to sin till it kills us. Today’s reading: Jonah 1-4; Revelation 9 And he asked...
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- Dec 15, 2015
The Day of Wrath
The day of wrath is coming, and no one will be spared. Today’s reading: Amos 4-6; Revelation 6 12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O...
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- Dec 10, 2015
A Cloud to a Kingdom
God, by the work of His Son, changed His elect people from a cloud to a kingdom Today’s reading: Hosea 5-8; Revelation 1 4 What shall I...
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- Dec 6, 2015
Overcoming Faith
Believers in Jesus Christ should expect changed lives and victory over the world. Today’s reading: Daniel 7-8; 1 John 5 14 And to him was...
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- Nov 28, 2015
The Sufferings of Christ
The sufferings of Christ not only ended the elaborate but futile Old Covenant sacrifices but actually bring sinners to God. Today’s...
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