September 2 (Wednesday)
Dear Daughter,
A seed underground looks like nothing is happening. Underground is where everything happens.
Don't measure your marriage's growth only by what's visible this week. Roots work in the dark before branches work in the light.
Trust the unseen labor.
'First the blade, then the ear, then the full grain' (Mark 4:28).
What unseen work is happening in your marriage right now that you can't measure yet?
#DearDaughter #UnseenGrowth #StrongMarriage
Dear Daughter,
A seed underground looks like nothing is happening. Underground is where everything happens.
Don't measure your marriage's growth only by what's visible this week. Roots work in the dark before branches work in the light.
Trust the unseen labor.
'First the blade, then the ear, then the full grain' (Mark 4:28).
What unseen work is happening in your marriage right now that you can't measure yet?
#DearDaughter #UnseenGrowth #StrongMarriage
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The local church is where:
- Saints are equipped.
- Christ is worshiped.
- Children are taught.
- Marriages are strengthened.
- Sinners are confronted.
- God is glorified.
Don't treat it like an optional weekend activity.
- Saints are equipped.
- Christ is worshiped.
- Children are taught.
- Marriages are strengthened.
- Sinners are confronted.
- God is glorified.
Don't treat it like an optional weekend activity.
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Sep 2 (Wed)
Small words, mighty power! 🗣️🌱 Bless your spouse before the day gets loud! Prov 18:21 ❤️
What blessing will you speak this morning? #StrongMarriage #September
Small words, mighty power! 🗣️🌱 Bless your spouse before the day gets loud! Prov 18:21 ❤️
What blessing will you speak this morning? #StrongMarriage #September
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The awful importance of this life, is that it determines eternity.
William Barclay
William Barclay
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Brothers and sisters, we get to go to church tomorrow!
May Christ be preached and exalted from every pulpit!
May Christ be preached and exalted from every pulpit!
If you don't like how the Bible says that these are sins:
- Homosexuality (Rom. 1:26-27)
- Transgenderism (Gen. 1:27)
- Abortion (Psalm 139:13–16)
Your problem isn't with Christians. It's with God. He's the one who wrote the book (2 Pet. 1:20–21).
- Homosexuality (Rom. 1:26-27)
- Transgenderism (Gen. 1:27)
- Abortion (Psalm 139:13–16)
Your problem isn't with Christians. It's with God. He's the one who wrote the book (2 Pet. 1:20–21).
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Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.
Revelation 4:8
Revelation 4:8
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“The gate of heaven, though it is so wide that the greatest sinner may enter, is nevertheless so low that pride can never pass through it.” —Charles Spurgeon
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The "secret" to living a blessed life:
- Study the Bible
- Memorize Scripture
- Meditate on the Word
- Apply what you learn
Delight in God's Word constantly, and you will be "like a tree planted beside flowing streams" (Psalm 1:3).
- Study the Bible
- Memorize Scripture
- Meditate on the Word
- Apply what you learn
Delight in God's Word constantly, and you will be "like a tree planted beside flowing streams" (Psalm 1:3).
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September 3: The Discomfort of Scripture
#Devotional
Hosea 6:1–7:16; Acts 2:42–3:26; Job 15:21–35
Most of the Western world operates in the spirit of individualism. Christianity does not, though we often attempt to adapt it and make it more comfortable. It’s much easier to think about “God’s role in my life” than to reflect on “my role in God’s plan” to help others and share the gospel.
When we attempt to shape our faith to fit our needs, we’re bound to run into Scripture that makes us squirm. Some people perform interpretive backflips to wriggle out of passages such as Acts 2:42–47. Verse 44 says, “And all who believed were in the same place, and had everything in common.” A fear of socialism serves as a convenient excuse to sidestep this verse, but it doesn’t speak to socialism. It speaks to voluntarily joining a movement of people who care more about the betterment of the group than they do about their individual gain.
The truth is that God’s Word should make us uncomfortable because we are the ones who need to conform. None of us wants to accept Acts 2:44 unless the Spirit has worked within us. Acting out our faith means we must be willing to donate what we have to help others: time, material goods, money—whatever God calls us to give. Self-sacrifice is not easy for anyone, but it becomes easier when the Spirit prompts our hearts to see the needs of others as more important than our wants.
Most people in the Western world choose the sin of selfishness over selfless service to others. Do we need to buy a coffee every morning, or could we make a cup at home? Do we need to live in a larger house, or could we downsize? Nearly all of us can find ways to give more by living with less. And we might find the motive we need when the Spirit speaks to us through the discomfort of Scripture.
How can you give what you have to help others? What sacrifice can you make today, this week, or this month? Who do you know who’s in need?
#Devotional
Hosea 6:1–7:16; Acts 2:42–3:26; Job 15:21–35
Most of the Western world operates in the spirit of individualism. Christianity does not, though we often attempt to adapt it and make it more comfortable. It’s much easier to think about “God’s role in my life” than to reflect on “my role in God’s plan” to help others and share the gospel.
When we attempt to shape our faith to fit our needs, we’re bound to run into Scripture that makes us squirm. Some people perform interpretive backflips to wriggle out of passages such as Acts 2:42–47. Verse 44 says, “And all who believed were in the same place, and had everything in common.” A fear of socialism serves as a convenient excuse to sidestep this verse, but it doesn’t speak to socialism. It speaks to voluntarily joining a movement of people who care more about the betterment of the group than they do about their individual gain.
The truth is that God’s Word should make us uncomfortable because we are the ones who need to conform. None of us wants to accept Acts 2:44 unless the Spirit has worked within us. Acting out our faith means we must be willing to donate what we have to help others: time, material goods, money—whatever God calls us to give. Self-sacrifice is not easy for anyone, but it becomes easier when the Spirit prompts our hearts to see the needs of others as more important than our wants.
Most people in the Western world choose the sin of selfishness over selfless service to others. Do we need to buy a coffee every morning, or could we make a cup at home? Do we need to live in a larger house, or could we downsize? Nearly all of us can find ways to give more by living with less. And we might find the motive we need when the Spirit speaks to us through the discomfort of Scripture.
How can you give what you have to help others? What sacrifice can you make today, this week, or this month? Who do you know who’s in need?
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September 3 - Coming Harvest Includes Impending Judgment
#LifeOfChrist
“‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few’” (Matthew 9:37).
As Jesus changes the metaphor from shepherding to harvesting, He gives another motive for His ministry. He ministered because people face God’s final judgment.
Jesus ministered compassionately and tirelessly because He could see the ultimate consummation of divine judgment toward which every person was headed—every one in the multitudes who did not trust in Him. Paul said, “Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men” (2 Cor. 5:11).
In 2 Thessalonians, Paul paints a vivid picture of God’s judgment: “The Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power” (1:7–9).
It is easy to lose awareness of the imminence and the inevitability of God’s judgment, but the Christian who loses sight of that judgment loses a major portion of his motive for witnessing.
When Jesus saw the crowds, He taught them, preached to them, and healed them—all for the ultimate purpose that they might come to Him and escape the harvest of judgment they could not otherwise avoid.
Ask Yourself
Think of the cost that sin has already extracted from you, here where God’s mercy is still available and the promise of His restorative forgiveness is actively in force. Imagine its cost on those who will be paying its price forever. Be sure that as you witness, you don’t minimize the cost sin brings.
#LifeOfChrist
“‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few’” (Matthew 9:37).
As Jesus changes the metaphor from shepherding to harvesting, He gives another motive for His ministry. He ministered because people face God’s final judgment.
Jesus ministered compassionately and tirelessly because He could see the ultimate consummation of divine judgment toward which every person was headed—every one in the multitudes who did not trust in Him. Paul said, “Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men” (2 Cor. 5:11).
In 2 Thessalonians, Paul paints a vivid picture of God’s judgment: “The Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power” (1:7–9).
It is easy to lose awareness of the imminence and the inevitability of God’s judgment, but the Christian who loses sight of that judgment loses a major portion of his motive for witnessing.
When Jesus saw the crowds, He taught them, preached to them, and healed them—all for the ultimate purpose that they might come to Him and escape the harvest of judgment they could not otherwise avoid.
Ask Yourself
Think of the cost that sin has already extracted from you, here where God’s mercy is still available and the promise of His restorative forgiveness is actively in force. Imagine its cost on those who will be paying its price forever. Be sure that as you witness, you don’t minimize the cost sin brings.
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DAY 3: What about interpretations of Song of Solomon that allergorize it to mean God’s love for Israel or Christ’s love for the church?
https://telegra.ph/DAILY-BIBLE-09-03-4
https://telegra.ph/DAILY-BIBLE-09-03-4
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DAILY BIBLE
Reading for Today: Song of Solomon 5:1–6:13 Psalm 104:24-30 Proverbs 24:19-20 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Notes: Song of Solomon 5:1 I have. While the guests feasted, the couple consummated their marriage (Gen. 29:23; Deut. 22:13–21) and Solomon announced the blessing…
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Abortion, is the silent holocaust, a satanic attack on the sanctity of life, and the creative work of God.
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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith!
2 Timothy 4:7
The greatest obituary.
2 Timothy 4:7
The greatest obituary.
September 3 (Thursday)
Dear Daughter,
The sower does not sort the soil before he throws the seed — he scatters generously, trusting the ground to respond.
Give your husband generous love before he's earned it back. Some soil takes longer to soften.
Generosity is a sowing strategy, not naivety.
'A sower went out to sow' (Matt 13:3).
Where can you sow generously today without waiting for guaranteed return?
#DearDaughter #GenerousSowing #StrongMarriage
Dear Daughter,
The sower does not sort the soil before he throws the seed — he scatters generously, trusting the ground to respond.
Give your husband generous love before he's earned it back. Some soil takes longer to soften.
Generosity is a sowing strategy, not naivety.
'A sower went out to sow' (Matt 13:3).
Where can you sow generously today without waiting for guaranteed return?
#DearDaughter #GenerousSowing #StrongMarriage
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Modern society pretends feminism and traditional Islam are natural allies. They aren't. Feminism rejects sex-based legal inequality; traditional Islamic law contains it. Calling them compatible may be fashionable right now, but repeating a contradiction doesn't resolve it.
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Sep 3 (Thu)
Gratitude is a marriage's quiet strength! 🙏❤️ Say thank you out loud today, don't just think it! 1 Thess 5:18 💞
What will you voice today? #StrongMarriage #September
Gratitude is a marriage's quiet strength! 🙏❤️ Say thank you out loud today, don't just think it! 1 Thess 5:18 💞
What will you voice today? #StrongMarriage #September
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Every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
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God is not looking for famous leaders with great human talent. The Lord is looking for humble servants who love his Word and obey him in secret.
Humble yourself under his mighty hand and let him exalt you in due time.
Humble yourself under his mighty hand and let him exalt you in due time.
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