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07/05/2025 – “Called to be saints.” / Romans 1:7


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We are very apt to regard the apostolic saints as if they were “saints” in a more especial manner than the other children of God. All are “saints” whom God …

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07/04/2025 – “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: It is dearness only that gives every thing its value.” Thomas Paine -The American Crisis


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Once again, complacency is a friend of the devil and his minions. Once again, by God’s grace alone…

Soli Deo Gloria!

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07/04/2025 – “Independence Day, the greatest revolution …” / Comment: A paradox of human existence.


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https://americanminute.com/blogs/todays-american-minute/independence-day-greatest-revolution-that-has-ever-taken-place-in-the-worlds-history-ronald-reagan-american-minute-with-bill-federer

The great paradox of human existence: Suffering makes us stronger individually and collectively, whereas, ‘good times’ make us weaker, even up to the point of total collapse. …

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07/04/2025 – “One of God’s Great ‘Don’ts” / “Do not fret – it only causes harm”(Psalm 37:8) / Aim high by seeking His presence continuously!


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“Fretting means getting ourselves ‘out of joint’ mentally or spiritually. It is one thing to say ‘Do not fret,’ but something very different to have such a nature that …

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07/03/2025 – Evening devotion – “If we suffer, we shall also reign with him.” 2 Timothy 2:12


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“We must not imagine that we are suffering for Christ, and with Christ, if we are not in Christ. Beloved friend, are you trusting to Jesus only? If not, whatever …

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07/03/2025 – Day 347 – Psalm – Chapters 143 – 145 / Charles Spurgeon commentary (link below) / Chapter Titles in order: “A Prayer for Guidance and Deliverance” / “A Mighty Fortress” / “God’s Unsearchable Greatness”


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https://www.bibliaplus.org/en/commentaries/9/spurgeon-bible-commentary/psalms/145/1-20

The link is set to the last of the three Psalms in our reading but you can just toggle back from there to get to his commentary on the …

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07/03/2025 – “The Practice of the Presence of God” by Brother Lawrence , a 17th century Carmelite monk assigned to a monastery in Paris.


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From the Third Letter – 1685

“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and more delightful than that of continual walk with God; those only can …

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07/03/2025 – “The ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven wellfavoured and fat kine.”Genesis 41:4


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Pharaoh’s dream has too often been my waking experience. My days of sloth have ruinously destroyed all that I had achieved in times of zealous industry; my seasons of coldness …

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07/02/2025 – “Our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in his holy name.” Psalm 33:21


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“Blessed is the fact that Christians can rejoice even in the deepest distress; although trouble may surround them, they still sing; and, like many birds, they sing best in their …

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07/01/2025 – Day 345 – Deuteronomy – Chapters 26 – 28 / Chapter titles, respectively: “Giving the Firstfruits; The Law Written on Stones; and Blessings for Obedience.”


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Unless otherwise noted, the commentary in this lesson is sourced from “The Apologetics Study Bible”:

“26: 1-11 This section about the presentation of first fruits illustrates the biblical pattern of worship, …

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