Daily Devotions
"I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself. In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Colossians 2:2-3 NLT
AUGUST 19
"This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."- Psalms 118:24
Each day is a gift from God. Let us thank him for the opportunities to learn from the experiences he has permitted for us in our daily lives. We know it is only through these lessons we can have lasting happiness. Genesis 1:3-5
August 19
Abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:22)
THE exhortation is that everything that is evil, whether it have a good form or a bad form, is to be resisted and opposed....To abstain from every appearance of evil is another thought--a different one from what the apostle's words in the original would warrant; nevertheless, they represent a sound principle. We surely should abstain not only from evil things, whatever their form or garb, but we should abstain so far as possible from doing things that we know to be good, which our friends or neighbors might misunderstand and consider to be evil things. The spirit of a sound mind dictates that not only evil in its every form, but everything that has an evil appearance even, should be avoided--that our influence for the Lord and the Truth may be the greater.
August 19
Be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you. Haggai 2:4
ALL who have confidence in the Lord may rely upon his assurance that he has all things needful for the accomplishment of his purposes. "The Lord knoweth them that are his." Therefore, in the language of the text, let us all be strong and work, for God is with us; we are merely co-workers with him. He will surely accomplish the great work he has promised; the spiritual temple shall be built; but our individual blessing in connection with it will be in proportion as we have been strong in the Lord and full of faith and full of zeal, as co-workers together with him.
Devotional Books
Exceeding Great and Precious Promises
Poems of Dawn
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