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Day 357: How to Live in Hope Dec 23, 2025

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Psalm 146:1–10, Revelation 14:14–15:8, Ezra 10:1–44 God hasn’t changed. He still pours his love into our hearts. These are the foundational principles of living in hope.

Day 356: Purity and Power Dec 22, 2025

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Proverbs 31:1–9, Revelation 14:1–13, Ezra 8:15–9:15 As Pastor Rick Warren has tweeted, ‘In ministry, *private purity* is the source of *public power*.

Day 355: God's Hand is On You Dec 21, 2025

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Psalm 145:13–21, Revelation 13:1–18, Ezra 7:11–8:14 God’s invisible and intangible hand is on you: leading, guiding, encouraging, protecting, strengthening you and giving you courage.

Day 354: Three Ways to Overcome Evil Dec 20, 2025

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Psalm 145:8–13a, Revelation 12:1–13:1, Ezra 6:1–7:10 The Bible is true to *real* life. Life involves many struggles, trials, tests, temptations, difficulties and battles. Yet, in Christ you can be an *overcomer*.

Day 353: Your King Dec 19, 2025

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Psalm 145:1–7, Revelation 11:1–19, Ezra 4:6–5:17 The central theme in the teaching of Jesus was the *kingdom of God*. It not only refers to kingdom in a political or geographical sense, but it also conveys the notion of activity – the activity of ruling and reigning. The *kingdom of God* means ‘*the rule and reign of God*’.

Day 352: How to Honour the Lord Dec 18, 2025

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Proverbs 30:24–33, Revelation 9:13–10:11, Ezra 2:68–4:5 Jesus taught us to pray that God’s name should be honoured (Matthew 6:9). How should you act in order to see his name honoured?

Day 351: How to Read and Understand the Bible Dec 17, 2025

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Psalm 144:9–15, Revelation 8:1–9:12, Ezra 1:1–2:67 When reading and trying to understand the Bible, you have three helpers.

Day 350: Who is Lord of Your Life? Dec 16, 2025

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Psalm 144:1–8, Revelation 7:1–17, Malachi 2:17–4:6 God is described in the Old Testament as ‘the Lord’. In the New Testament passage for today, we see the background to the extraordinary claim that ‘Jesus is Lord!'

Day 349: What is Going on Behind the Scenes of History? Dec 15, 2025

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Psalm 143:1–12, Revelation 6:1–17, Malachi 1:1–2:16 God is the Sovereign Lord of history. But we are not mere robots. You are not being moved around like a piece on a chessboard. Rather, you have a part to play. God involves you in his plans. God works out his purposes in co-operation with his people.

Day 348: Doing Hard Things the Right Way Dec 14, 2025

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Proverbs 30:11–23, Revelation 5:1–14, Esther 9:1–10:3 Doing hard things requires us to be lion-like – bold, steely and courageous. Doing things the right way means being like a lamb – gentle, meek and submissive. We are supposed to be a godly mixture of the qualities of both the lion and the lamb.

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