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Daily readings for 08/15/2025: To Be Like Jesus — Day 213 of 350

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To Be Like Jesus — Day 213 of 350 Christ Points Us to a More Glorious World, August 16 We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 , NKJV. Earth and earthly things will perish with the using. A few years will pass by, and death will come. Your eternal destiny will be fixed, eternally fixed. If your soul is lost, what will compensate you for its loss? Christ the Life Giver, Christ the Redeemer, Christ the Lamb of God, w...

Daily readings for 08/14/2025: To Be Like Jesus — Day 212 of 350

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To Be Like Jesus — Day 212 of 350 Nature Is Guided and Upheld by the Creator, August 15 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises on the harp to our God, who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains. Psalm 147:7, 8 , NKJV. Many teach that matter possesses vital power. They hold that certain properties are imparted to matter, and it is then left to act through its own inherent power; and that the operations of nature are carried on in harmony with fixed laws that God Himself cannot interfere with...

Daily readings for 08/13/2025: To Be Like Jesus — Day 211 of 350

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To Be Like Jesus — Day 211 of 350 Draw Spiritual Lessons and Health Benefits From Trees, August 14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and vegetation for the service of man, that he may bring forth food from the earth. Psalm 104:14 , NKJV. In a certain place, preparations were being made to clear the land for the erection of a sanitarium. Light was given that there is health in the fragrance of the pine, the cedar, and the fir. And there are several other kinds of trees that have medicinal properties that are health-promoting. Let not such trees be ruthles...

Daily readings for 08/12/2025: To Be Like Jesus — Day 210 of 350

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To Be Like Jesus — Day 210 of 350 Nature Offers Messages of Hope and Comfort, August 13 He sends the springs into the valleys, which flow among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. Psalm 104:10, 11 , NKJV. Nature and revelation alike testify of God's love. Our Father in heaven is the source of life, of wisdom, and of joy. Look at the wonderful and beautiful things of nature. Think of their marvelous adaptation to the needs and happiness, not only of human beings, but of all living creatures. The sunshine ...

Daily readings for 08/11/2025: To Be Like Jesus — Day 209 of 350

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To Be Like Jesus — Day 209 of 350 Appreciate Earth's Natural, Quiet Beauty, August 12 Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, or a path for the thunderbolt, to cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, a wilderness in which there is no man; to satisfy the desolate waste, and cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass? Job 38:25-27 , NKJV. He who laid the foundation of the earth, who garnished the heavens and marshaled the stars in their order, He who has clothed the earth with a living carpet, and beautified it with lovely flowers of ...

Daily readings for 08/10/2025: To Be Like Jesus — Day 208 of 350

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To Be Like Jesus — Day 208 of 350 God's Power Exercised Constantly in Nature, August 11 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, measured heaven with a span and calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? Isaiah 40:12 , NKJV. The psalmist says: “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.” Some may suppose ...

Daily readings for 08/09/2025: To Be Like Jesus — Day 207 of 350

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To Be Like Jesus — Day 207 of 350 God's Love and Glory Seen in Nature, August 10 What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Yet you have made them a little lower than angels [margin], and crowned them with glory and honor. Psalm 8:4, 5 , NRSV. Our kind heavenly Father would have His children trust in Him as a child trusts in earthly parents. But we too often see poor, feeble mortals loading themselves down with cares and perplexities that God never intended them to bear. They have reversed the order; they are seeking the...