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We are harmless, and therefore unharmed... We are sideliners - coaching and criticizing the real wrestlers while content to sit by and leave the enemies of God unchallenged. The world cannot hate us; we are too much like its own. Oh that God would make us dangerous! - Jim Elliot

Give Him thanks in all circumstances.

DAY 2: Define the spiritually gifted men Christ calls to serve His church in Ephesians 4:11. https://telegra.ph/DAILY-BIBLE-10-02

October 2 - Christ’s Unity with the Father and the Spirit #LifeOfChrist “‘He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true. For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure’” (John 3:33–34). Although the majority of people reject Jesus’ message, not everyone does. There are some who accept His testimony, believing in Him for eternal life. In the ancient world, people set their seal to something, often with a signet ring, as a sign of complete acceptance and approval. Those who have received Christ’s testimony thereby verify their belief that “God is true” when He speaks through His Son. Unlike human teachers, whose words sometimes agree with divine truth and sometimes do not, Jesus always spoke in complete harmony with the Father. Thus, those who profess to believe in God yet reject Jesus Christ are deceived. Jesus is one with the Father (John 10:30)—“He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him” (5:23)—and the Father said of Him, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!” (Matt. 17:5). He is “the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through [Him]” (John 14:6). To reject Jesus, then, is to call God a liar (1 John 5:10). Jesus is also one with the Holy Spirit. Jesus infallibly spoke “the words of God” because God gave the Spirit to Him “without measure.” Since “in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form” (Col. 2:9), there were no limits to the Spirit’s power working through Him. Ask Yourself When are we guilty of calling God a liar—perhaps not in regards to the salvation He’s given us, but in other matters of expectation and belief? What are the great hazards of doubting His Word and discounting His truthfulness?

October 2: When Love Is Lost, Labor Is in Vain. #Devotional Ezekiel 3:16–5:17; Revelation 2:1–11; Job 32:11–22 When zeal lacks love, faith is rendered useless. Love is the crux of faith. We can study the Bible like a scholar, pray like a warrior, evangelize like the world is ending tomorrow, but we still might miss the mark of faith. God desires our love. The church in Ephesus, one of the most influential communities in the first century ad, patiently endured persecution and held on to their faith. But Ephesus is the first church that Jesus holds accountable in His revelation to John—and not for their lack of zeal: “And you have patient endurance, and have endured many things because of my name, and have not become weary. But I have this against you: that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the works you did at first. But if you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent” (Rev 2:3–5). Although the Ephesian church had remained outwardly faithful in formidable circumstances, Jesus still threatened to remove His favor. The community was doing everything right—maintaining orthodox standards, testing apostles, refusing to tolerate evil—but they no longer delighted in the grace that they first knew. They weren’t motivated by the same love. We hear the same reprimand when Paul writes to the church in Corinth: Even if we “speak with the tongues of men and angels” or “have the gift of prophecy” or have faith that “can remove mountains,” we are nothing without love (1 Cor 13:1–2). Paul continues with the poetry that speaks a hard but necessary truth: Even if we “parcel out all [our] possessions” and “hand over [our bodies] in order that [we] will be burned”—all without love—it doesn’t benefit us or earn us favor with God (1 Cor 13:3–4). These passages should shake us. If we are relying on our correct doctrines for approval, we need to take our cue from Jesus’ words to the church in Ephesus. If we think our evangelizing efforts, our church involvement, or our Bible reading merit God’s favor, we are mistaken. Even our suffering profits us nothing without love. The grace God has shown us should break our hearts, drive us to Him, deepen our love—and motivate all of our labors. We must continually return to that grace. It’s His love that initially motivated our love. And it’s His love that sustains it. Have your labors lost their love? How can you dwell in His grace and love so that all your actions are infused with meaning?

October 2026: Stewardship and Faithful Living 🌴Week 1: Biblical Stewardship of Time and Talents 📝 Q2 Answer Commentary 🎯 Correct Answer: D • The Scripture: Ephesians 5:16 (ESV) instructs us to be "making the best use of the time, because the days are evil." • The Takeaway: Redeeming time is a spiritual discipline. Christian productivity is not about corporate efficiency, but preserving our hours for God's purposes in a broken world. Only at 😊 🔗 t.me/StudyBibleFam

October 2026: Stewardship and Faithful Living 🌴Week 1: Biblical Stewardship of Time and Talents 📝 Q1 Answer Commentary 🎯 Correct Answer: B • The Scripture: Matthew 25:26 (ESV) reads, "You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown..." • The Takeaway: Passive preservation is a failure of stewardship. God values active, faithful cultivation over safe, fearful stagnation. Only at😊 🔗 t.me/StudyBibleFam

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him. Revelation 1:7 Present tense, He is coming! The sheer scope of it, every eye shall see Him...

The mission of the church — to call people from all the ethnic groups in the world to repentance and faith in Jesus — triumphs through prayerful suffering, not self-defense.

“Prayerlessness is an insult to God. Every prayerless day is a statement by a helpless individual, ‘I do not need God today.’” —Ben Jennings

The awful importance of this life, is that it determines eternity. William Barclay

On the cross God treated Jesus as if He had lived your life, so that He could treat you as if you had lived His.

Oct 1 (Thu) New month, new grace! 🍂❤️ Let October find your marriage rooted deeper still — He who began the work is faithful to finish it! Phil 1:6 💪 What are you hoping God will grow this month? #StrongMarriage #October

🎉 The page has turned. It's October 1! Stewardship and Faithful Living starts today.

Week 1 is live: Biblical Stewardship of Time and Talents.

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WEEK 1 — Dormancy & Trust (Oct 1–4) 1. October 1 (Thursday) "Dear Daughter, A field gone quiet after harvest is not a field that has failed — it is a field that has finished its work for now. If your marriage feels less active this season than it did in the harvest months, don't panic. Dormancy is not death. Some seasons are meant to be still, not productive. 'To everything there is a season' (Eccl 3:1). What season is your marriage actually in right now — and are you fighting it or trusting it? #DearDaughter #StrongMarriage #WinterFaith"

Our aim during evangelism is to gently humble people, so that he will be open and honest, and listen to the gospel. This isn’t deceitful. It is the art of discretion—to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matthew 10:16).

Let us give thanks and praise to the Lord, Jesus. Tell someone about Jesus today.

Our aim during evangelism is to gently humble people, so that he will be open and honest, and listen to the gospel. This isn’t deceitful. It is the art of discretion—to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matthew 10:16).