2008-05-28 Wed 5:00a Guatemala City
Yesterday (Tue)
Norma comes to our house once a week to clean. She often brings one or two of her children with her. Since Helen is in the States I made lunch for them yesterday. At the table Norma told me she felt bad because her […]

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Week 21 — MONDAY
We are considering “in every way you were enriched in Him.” “In every way” includes the body. I have often imagined a convention of bodies talking about the people who inhabit them. A body stands up and says: “Oh my, the man who lives in me doesn’t know how to […]

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Week 21 — SUNDAY
We have noted the phrase, “in every way you were enriched in him.” We must pause to emphasize “in every way.” We know that our souls are “enriched in him.” As we expose our souls to Him, miracles of changed souls take place. It works to the degree that that […]

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Week 36 — THURSDAY
“Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord” (Phil. 3:1). This was sound, for very, very often you cannot rejoice in anything save in the Lord. You cannot squeeze a drop of rejoicing out of your circumstances, your prospects, your past, but you can always rejoice in the Lord. Habakkuk found that out:
Though […]

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Week 35 — SATURDAY
Here is a meaningful verse: “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind” (Phil. 2:1-2). Five things Paul […]

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Week 35 — WEDNESDAY
This verse throws light on the life in Christ: “and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment, and are much more bold to speak the Word of God without fear” (Phil. 1:14). This reverses what we would usually expect. The Christians were more confident […]

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