Daily Devotion: The Giver And The Taker by John MacDuff

Bible Reading: Job 1:15-22 KJV 

Key Verse:  "And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
- Job 1:21 KJV

Noble posture this — to kneel and to adore! To see no hand but ONE! Sabeans; Fire; Whirlwind; Sword — are all overlooked. The Patriarch alone recognizes "the Lord" who gave and "the Lord" who has taken away. What is the cause of so much dejection, needless sorrow, and unchristian murmuring — in our hours of trial? It was what Rutherford calls "our looking to the confused rollings of the wheels of second causes;" a refusal to rise to "the height of the great argument," and confidently to say, "May the will of the Lord be done!" A refusal to hear His voice; His own loving voice, mingling with the accents of the wildest storm: "It is I!" "When disaster comes to a city — has not the Lord caused it?" Is there a bitter drop in the cup — and the Lord has not mingled it?

Daily Devotion: Bible Word - Sanctified by J.E. Smith

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:1-8 KJV 

Key Verse:  "Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:"
- 1 Corinthians 1:2 KJV

To be sanctified means to be set apart, made holy, and dedicated to God’s purposes. It is both a position and a process, something God has done for us through Christ, and something He continues to work within us daily.

Daily Devotion: The Confusion Of The Wicked At The General Judgment by James Meikle

Bible Reading: Matthew 7:21-29 KJV 

Key Verse:  "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
- Matthew 7:23 KJV

Alas! men now sin with impunity and boldness—but when I dart my thoughts beyond the grave, and see the unrepentant sinning multitude gathered before the dreadful bar, the angry tribunal—of the vindictive Judge—how will they then look?

Daily Devotion: Bible Word – Iniquity by J.E. Smith

Bible Reading: Psalm 66:13-20 KJV

Key Verse:  "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:"
- Psalm 66:18 KJV

Iniquity is more than just sin. It speaks of deep moral corruption, a bending or twisting of what is right. While sin can describe a wrong act, iniquity points to a condition of the heart, an inward inclination away from God’s holiness. The word often carries the idea of premeditated or habitual wrongdoing, revealing how far the human heart can drift when it turns from the Lord.

Daily Devotion: Everything for Nothing by Wil Pounds

Bible Reading: Ephesians 2:3-10 KJV 

Key Verses:  "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
- Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV

The Hebrew prophet Isaiah offered a great invitation to everyone to come to the fountain of grace. “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price” (Isaiah 55:1).

Daily Devotion: In The Spirit On Tthe Lord's Day by Octavius Winslow

Bible Reading: Revelation 1:9-10 KJV 

Key Verses:  "I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
- Revelation 1:9-10 KJV

Our adorable Immanuel frequently reveals the most brilliant beams of His glory in seasons of the most painful trial and deepest gloom. The dark providential dispensations of God often bring out in richer radiance the glories of His beloved Son, as the darkness of night reveals more distinctly and brightly the existence and beauty of the heavenly bodies. For the manifestation of this remarkable revelation of His risen glory to His servant, our Lord selects precisely such an occasion- an occasion which, to the eye of reason, would appear the most unfavorable and improbable; but to faith's eye, ranging beyond second causes, the most appropriate for such a revelation of Jesus. The emperor Domitian, though not released from his fearful responsibility for the act, was but the instrument of executing the eternal purpose of grace and love. 

Daily Devotion: The Lord Is Our Dwelling-Place by Charles Spurgeon

Bible Reading: Psalm 91:9-16 KJV 

Key Verse:  "Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;"
- Psalm 91:9 KJV

The Israelites in the wilderness were continually exposed to change. Whenever the pillar stopped its motion, the tents were pitched; but tomorrow, before the morning sun had risen, the trumpet sounded, the ark was in motion, and the fiery, cloudy pillar was leading the way through the narrow paths of the mountain, up the hillside, or along the arid waste of the wilderness. They had scarcely time to rest a little, before they heard the sound of "Away! this is not your rest; you must still be onward journeying towards Canaan!" They were never long in one place. Even wells and palm trees could not detain them. Yet they had an abiding home in their God, His cloudy pillar was their roof-tree, and its flame by night their household fire. They must go onward from place to place, continually changing, never having time to settle, and to say, "Now we are secure—in this place we shall dwell." "Yet," says Moses, "though we are always changing, Lord, you have been our dwelling-place throughout all generations."