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Spare the rod; spoil the child

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Sunday August 31st, 2025 Meditate on Proverbs 22:15 CEV « All children are foolish, but firm correction will make them change » Read Proverbs 23:12-14 MSG 12 Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; open your ears to tested knowledge. 13 Don’t be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won’t kill them. 14 A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than...

The saints and the wicked

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Saturday August 30th, 2025 Meditate on 2 Timothy 4:8 GNT « And now there is waiting for me the victory prize of being put right with God, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that Day–and not only to me, but to all those who wait with love for him to appear » Read 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 ERV 5 This is proof that God is right in his judgment. He wants you to be worthy of his...

A time to hide

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Friday August 29th, 2025 Meditate on Isaiah 26:20 NLT « Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the LORD’s anger has passed » Read Proverbs 22:3-5 Coping Words (CW) 3 A prudent person foresees evil and hides themselves, but a simple minded person pass on and are punished. 4 Obey the LORD, be humble, and you will get riches...

DEALING WITH ENEMIES

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Thursday August 28th, 2025 Meditate on Psalm 23:5NKJV « You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over » Read Esther 9:1-3NLT 1 So on March 7the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite happened. It was the Jews who overpowered their enemies. ...

CHILDREN AS DIVINE WEAPONS

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Wednesday August 27th, 2025 Meditate on Isaiah 8:18NASB « Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion » Read Psalm 127:3-5NKJV 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. 5 Happy is the...

THE INTERNAL ENEMY

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Monday August 25th, 2025 Meditate on Proverbs 16:32GNT « It is better to be patient than powerful. It is better to win control over yourself than over whole cities » Read Judges 14:1-3NKJV 1 Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.  2 So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the...

Don’t be foolish

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Saturday August 23rd, 2025 Meditate on Matthew 4:7 CEV « Jesus answered, “The Scriptures also say, ‘Don’t try to test the Lord your God!” » Read Numbers 14:22-30 GNT 22 none of these people will live to enter that land. They have seen the dazzling light of my presence and the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but they have tried my patience over and...

SUBMIT TO GOD

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Friday August 22nd, 2025 Meditate on John 4:34NKJV « Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work » Read Matthew 8:5-9NLT 5 When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,  6 “Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.” 7 Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.” 8 But the officer said, “Lord, I am...

FEAR GOD

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Thursday August 21st, 2025 Meditate on Proverbs 14:27NKJV « The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death » Read Proverbs 2:1-5NKJV 1 My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for...

CHECK YOUR FRIENDS

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Wednesday August 20th, 2025 Meditate on Proverbs 13:20NLT « Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble » Read Proverbs 1:10-19GWT 10 My son, if sinners lure you, do not go along. 11 If they say, “Come with us. Let’s set an ambush to kill someone. Let’s hide to ambush innocent people for fun. 12 We’ll swallow them alive like the grave, like those in good health who...

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