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Daily Encounter: When We Face Difficult Times for Friday, July 31, 2026

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional: July 31st Morning “Turn again our captivity.” Psalms 85 About this time the seventy weeks of the prophet were complete, and the time had come for the return from captivity; the Lord therefore raised up Cyrus, and moved his heart to set his people free, and help them to go back to Jerusalem. Of this we have already learned in our last lesson, and therefore let us read those psalms in which the feelings of the returning exiles are set forth. Psalms 85:1 , Psalms 85:2 All goes well when sin is pardoned. This is the one fatal hindrance to prosperity; and, this removed, all is well. Psalms 85:3 , Psalms 85:4 When God turns to us in love, it is high time that we turned to him in faith and repentance; and, indeed, we very soon do so. Love is the great converting force: when the love of Jesus turns us, we are turned indeed. Psalms 85:5-10 This it is our privilege to see fulfilled in the atonement of the Lord Jesus, by which ...

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for July 31 Tozer in the Morning Unseen Realities Let us not be shocked by the suggestion that there are disadvantages to the life in Christ. There most certainly are. Abel was murdered. Joseph was sold into slavery, Daniel was thrown into the den of lions, Stephen was stoned to death, Paul was beheaded, and a noble army of martyrs was put to death by various painful methods down the long centuries. And where the hostility did not lead to such violence (and mostly it did not and does not) the sons of this world nevertheless managed to make it tough for the children of God in a thousand cruel ways. Everyone who has lived for Christ in a Christless world has suffered some losses and endured some pains that he could have avoided by the simple expedient of laying down his cross. However, the pains are short and the losses inconsequential compared with the glory that will follow, "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worke...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for July 31 “We were troubled on every side” (2 Corinthians 7:5) Why should God have to lead us thus, and allow the pressure to be so hard and constant? Well, in the first place, it shows His all-sufficient strength and grace much better than if we were exempt from pressure and trial. “The treasure is in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” It make us more conscious of our dependence upon Him. God is constantly trying to teach us our dependence, and to hold us absolutely in His hand and hanging upon His care. This was the place where Jesus Himself stood and where He wants us to stand, not with a self-constituted strength, but with a hand ever leaning upon His, and a trust that dare not take one step alone. It teaches us trust. There is no way of learning faith except by trial. It is God’s school of faith, and it is far better for us to learn to trust God than to enjoy life. The lesson of faith, once lea...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for July 31 “An Appeal; Deliverance ”  - Psalms 50:15 This is a promise indeed!  Here is an urgent occasion -- "the day of trouble." It is dark at noon on such a day, and every hour seems blacker than the one which came before it. Then is this promise in season: it is written for the cloudy day.  Here is condescending advice, "Call upon me." We ought not to need the exhortation: it should be our constant habit all the day and every day. What a mercy to have liberty to call upon God! What wisdom to make good use of it! How foolish to go running about to men! The LORD invites us to lay our case before Him, and surely we will not hesitate to do so.  Here is reassuring encouragement: "I will deliver thee." Whatever the trouble may be, the LORD makes no exceptions but promises full, sure, happy deliverance. He will Himself work out our deliverance by His own hand. We believe it, and the LORD h...

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How Life Can Be a Feast | Holy Land Moments Daily Devotional | IFCJ

Worthy Brief - July 31, 2026

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 31st July 2026 July 31 1 Chronicles 29:1 Then King David said to the whole assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the LORD God. David gave, and then he gave some more. The tonnage of precious metals is incredible! And when David asked, "Now, who is willing to consecrate himself today to the LORD?" 1 Chronicles 29:5, the leaders also gave in abundance. The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly. 1 Chronicles 29:9 (NIV)Everyone seemed to be totally devoted to making the house of the LORD the most amazing and costly structure ever built. This passage is a favorite of those raising funds to build new church buildings. Let us never forget that we are speaking of people, living stones, who make up the temple today. ...

Light of the World | Matthew 5:14–16 - Greg Laurie: Daily Devotions - Omny.fm

Our Heavenly Father Will Help - Max Lucado

"Faith to Follow" — John 11:16 (What Jesus Did!)

'Make Us Worthy' — 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12 (Praying with Paul)

"Respected and Compensated!" — 1 Timothy 5:17-18 (Together in Christ)

'Watch Out for False Messiahs and Prophets' — Mark 13:21-23 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

Isaiah 30:18 — Daily Wisdom for Friday, July 31, 2026

Quotemeal for Friday, July 31, 2026

'Were!' (God's Holy Fire)

'Surrounded by Troubles' (Passion for Praise)

When To Rejoice

  https://www.davidjeremiah.co.uk/magazine/daily-devotional?showsignup=true&date=2026-07-31

Wisdom in the Waiting

When the Holy Spirit Groans in Prayer

John 1:12-13 TLV - But whoever did receive Him, those - Bible Gateway

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 Christian Quote of the Day - Praise and Fellowship Your fellowship with God will never get closer to heaven than when you adore and praise Him.  The inhabitants of heaven are unceasingly adoring and praising their King.  We, God’s people on earth, should imitate our heavenly friends. — Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680) More quotes by Thomas Goodwin https://christianquote.com

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Daily Encounter: Watch Patiently for Thursday, July 30, 2026

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional: July 30th Morning “Thou shalt tread upon the lion.” Daniel 6:4-24 Darius made Daniel the prime minister of his empire, and this excited the envy of those beneath him. Daniel 6:6 , Daniel 6:7 This would be highly flattering to the king, and it was cunningly framed to entrap him. It would sound so grandly that no prayer was made on earth by the space of one month, save that which was addressed to the great Darius. How often are men snared by their own pride! Daniel 6:8 , Daniel 6:9 Little dreaming what he had thereby done. It is wise to consider a long time before we set our hands to any writing, otherwise we may soon sign away the inheritance of our children. Daniel 6:10 He made no alteration, not even in the mode of his worship, lest there should be thought to be any wavering in him. To him life or death was not the question, but loyalty to his Lord was all in all. He would not bate one jot in his adherence to his Go...

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 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for July 30 “If thou wilt diligently hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God and wilt keep all His statutes” (Exodus 15:26) Sometimes people fail because they have not confidence in the Physician. The very first requirement of this Doctor is, that you trust Him, and trust Him implicitly, so implicitly that you go forward on His bare word, and act as if you had received His healing the moment you claimed His promise. But no one would expect to be healed by an earthly doctor as soon as they obeyed his directions. You must do what the Great Physician tells you, if you expect Him to make you whole. You cannot expect to be healed if you are living in sin, any more than you could expect the best physician to cure you while you lived in a malarial climate and inhaled poison with every breath. So you must get up into the pure air of trust and obedience before Christ can make you whole. And then, if you will trust Him, and attend to His directions, you...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for July 30 “Promise of Future Meeting ”  - John 16:22 Surely He will come a second time, and then, when He sees us and we see Him, there will be rejoicings indeed. Oh, for that joyous return! But this promise is being dainty fulfilled in another sense. Our gracious LORD has many "agains" in His dealings with us. He gave us pardon, and He sees us again and repeats the absolving word as fresh sins cause us grief. He has revealed to us our acceptance before God, and when our faith in that blessing grows a little dim, He comes to us again and again and says, "Peace be unto you," and our hearts are glad.  Beloved, all our past mercies are tokens of future mercies. If Jesus has been with us, He will see us again. Look upon no former favor as a dead and buried thing, to be mourned over; but regard it as a seed sown, which will grow, and push its head up from the dust, and cry, "I will see you again....

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for July 30 Tozer in the Morning The Cross is a Radical Thing The cross of Christ is the most revolutionary thing ever to appear among men. The cross of the Roman times knew no compromise; it never made concessions. It won all its arguments by killing its opponent and silencing him for good. It spared not Christ, by slew Him the same as the rest. He was alive when they hung Him on that cross and completely dead when they took him down six hours later. That was the cross the first time it appeared in Christian history. After Christ was risen from the dead the apostles went out to preach His message, and what they preached was the cross. And wherever they went into the wide world they carried the cross, and the same revolutionary power went with them. The radical message of the cross transformed Saul of Tarsus and changed him from a persecutor of Christians to a tender believer and an apostle of the faith. Its power changed bad men into...

 Worthy Brief - July 30, 2026 Your Kingdom come! Matthew 6:10  Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.  Yeshua (Jesus) teaches us to begin prayer with the Father: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name." But immediately after reverence comes surrender. Before He teaches us to ask for daily bread, forgiveness, or deliverance, He teaches us to pray for the Father's reign: "Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." This is not religious language to move past quickly. It is the central cry of every disciple who has been awakened to the King. In Hebraic thought, kingdom is not primarily a place — it is reign. Malchut (מַלְכוּת) speaks of kingship, rule, dominion, and royal authority. To pray "Your kingdom come" is to pray, "Father, let Your reign be revealed. Let Your rule break into what is broken. Let every rival kingdom bow."  Yeshua's own ministry announced this: "Repent, for t...

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 30th July 2026 July 30 1 Chronicles 28:12, 19 12He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the LORD and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things... 19"All this," David said, "I have in writing from the hand of the LORD upon me, and he gave me understanding in all the details of the plan." There is a tendency to think God was more visible and directly involved in the Old Testament in more dramatic ways than in this age. As David was sharing the plans of the temple with Solomon, he told how he received the inspiration for the plan. He did not have a vision or experience autonomic writing. He did not have a vivid dream or travel in his spirit to heaven. The Spirit of God put it into his mind. The hand of the LORD was upon him and gave him understanding of the details. The LORD often works with us in the same wa...

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Open Up Your Heart | Holy Land Moments Daily Devotional | IFCJ

Christian Post: 'UN urged to take action against Iran’s latest crackdown on Protestants'

Salt of the Earth | Matthew 5:13 - Greg Laurie: Daily Devotions - Omny.fm

"Connections" — Colossians 1:7-8 (Together in Christ)

Turn to Your Father - Max Lucado

'Avoid People Who Cause Divisions' — Romans 16:17-18 GNT (Spiritual Warfare)

Proverbs 12:11 — Daily Wisdom for Thursday, July 30, 2026

"Wake Up Call" — John 11:7-15 (What Jesus Did!)

'Cares for the Humble' (Passion for Praise)

'Evidence of Righteousness' — 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12 (Praying with Paul)

'Whole and Holy' (God's Holy Fire)

Jesus' Invitation

 https://www.davidjeremiah.co.uk/magazine/daily-devotional?showsignup=true&date=2026-07-30

Redemption of Our Bodies

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Daily Encounter: Do Not Wait for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional: July 29th Morning “Everything shall live whither the river cometh.” Ezekiel 47:1-12 We will now read one of Ezekiel’s most interesting and instructive visions. Ezekiel 47:1 , Ezekiel 47:2 Here we see the river of the water of life, the divine outpouring of the Holy Spirit in gospel days. It rises at the sacrificial altar. Ezekiel 47:3-5 The power and influence of the life-giving gospel grows each day. The streams of Palestine frequently lessen as they run, but the river of grace becomes deeper and wider. The grain of mustard grows into a tree. The drops which oozed from beneath the altar deepened and widened into an impassable torrent. Ezekiel 47:6 , Ezekiel 47:7 Fertility is produced by grace, blessings spring up like fruitful trees wherever the gospel comes. Ezekiel 47:8 Almost within sight of Jerusalem lay the loathsome Dead Sea, which covered the ruins of the doomed cities of the plain, a sad memorial and type of...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for July 29 “My helpers in Christ Jesus” (Romans 16:3) Christ’s Church is overrun with captains. She is in great need of a few more privates. A few rivers run into the sea, but a larger number run into other rivers. We cannot all be pioneers, but we can all be helpers, and no man is fitted to go in the front until he has learned well how to go second. A spirit of self-importance is fatal to all work for Christ. The biggest enemy of true spiritual power is spiritual self-consciousness. Joshua must die before Jericho can fall. God often has to test His chosen servants by putting them in a subordinate place before He can bring them to the front. Joseph must learn to serve in the kitchen and to suffer in prison before he can rise to the throne, and as soon as Joseph is ready for the throne, the throne is always waiting for Joseph. God has more places than accepted candidates. Let us not be afraid to go into the training class, and even take the lowes...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for July 29 “He Routs Our Enemy ”  - Zephaniah 3:15 What a casting out was that! Satan has lost his throne in our nature even as he lost his seat in heaven. Our LORD Jesus has destroyed the enemy’s reigning power over us. He may worry us, but he cannot claim us as his own. His bonds are no longer upon our spirits: the Son has made us free, and we are free indeed.  Still is the archenemy the accuser of the brethren; but even from this position our LORD has driven him. Our Advocate silences our accuser. The LORD rebukes our enemies and pleads the causes of our soul, so that no harm comes of all the devil’s revilings.  As a tempter, the evil spirit still assails us and insinuates himself into our minds; but thence also is he cast out as to his former preeminence. He wriggles about like a serpent, but he cannot rule like a sovereign. He hurls in blasphemous thoughts when he has opportunity; but what a relief it is when h...

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 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for July 29 Tozer in the Morning CHEAP RELIGION What passes for Christianity in our day is cheap religion! To listen to the current concepts of Christianity, we would conclude it is little more than bits of beautiful poetry, a man-made bouquet of fragrant flowers, a kindly smile for our neighbor and a couple of good deeds on behalf of a brother or sister. When I consider some of the elements now offered in Christianity as acceptable religion, I have to restrain myself lest I speak too disapprovingly. I fear my words would be so strong that I would have to repent of them! And I read in the Scriptures that there are some things God does not want us to say even about the devil. What do we find surfacing in much of our Christian fellowship? The complaint that God takes a long time to work out His will. We do not want to take the time to plow and cultivate. We want the fruit and the harvest right away. We do not want to be engaged in any s...

 Worthy Brief - July 29, 2026 Avinu: our Father we approach in reverance! Matthew 6:9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Yeshua (Jesus) does not begin prayer with a request. He begins with relationship. After warning His disciples against praying for performance and reminding them the Father already knows their need before they ask, He teaches them how to pray: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name." This is the foundation of the Lord's prayer. Before bread, before forgiveness, before deliverance, before any burden is named, the disciple is taught to lift his eyes and remember who God is. Our Father. In Hebrew thought, fatherhood is not sentimental. A father is source, covering, authority, provision, instruction, identity, and inheritance. To call God Avinu (אָבִינוּ) — "our Father" — is to come before Him not as an orphan begging outside the gate, but as a son or daughter welcomed into the house. Prayer begins w...

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 29th July 2026 July 29 1 Chronicles 22:19 19 Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD." David had prepared the way for Solomon to reign in several ways. He had subdued the enemies of Israel. He asked the leaders to assist Solomon, and as we saw yesterday, he prepared everything for the building of the Temple. There was one last thing Solomon needed. David gave him the single most important thing he needed to reign, the instruction to devote his heart and soul to seeking the LORD. Unless that was done, all the other preparation would not help him.  If our heart's greatest desire is to know the LORD and His will, it is devoted to seeking the LORD. That comes about only when we value the things of God more highly than the thin...

Bo Nelech Lirchov Al Ofnayim | Hebrew Word of the Day | IFCJ

Why Does God Test Us? | Holy Land Moments Daily Devotional | IFCJ

Healing from Within | Psalm 51:7–13 - Greg Laurie: Daily Devotions - Omny.fm

God's Near Presence - Max Lucado

"Thanksgiving and Assurance" — Colossians 1:9-10 (Together in Christ)

'Stay Strong in Jesus Without Being Deceived' — Colossians 2:4-5 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

"Not for a Lack of Love" — John 11:5-6 (What Jesus Did!)

2 Corinthians 5:17 — Daily Wisdom for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

'Soul, Body and Spirit' — 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 (Praying with Paul)

'Made Holy by the Spirit' (God's Holy Fire)

Speak To Your Mountain

  https://www.davidjeremiah.co.uk/magazine/daily-devotional?showsignup=true&date=2026-07-29

Wisdom that Makes You Shine

Groan, Groans, and Groaning

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