Today's Verse: Deuteronomy 8:17-18

Friday, August 17, 1956

You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.
— Deuteronomy 8:17-18
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Thoughts on Today's Verse...

What do we have that wasn't given to us? Nothing. It came either by God's generous grace, an unexpected blessing, a disciplining hardship, a providential opportunity, or our good health. And when we stand before the throne of judgment, what will be our claim to grace? Only God's generous and loving gifts to us through Jesus. This grace has made us pure, holy, and whole! Nothing we possess, accomplish, or buy can give us such a claim. Only God's generosity, grace, mercy, and love can bring heaven's greatest gifts to us. As the famous Doxology leads us to sing, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow!"

My Prayer...

We thank you, dear Father, for your wonderful and extravagant blessings. All that we have, all that we are, and all that we ever hope to be exists only because of the mercy and grace you have lavished upon us. We thank you in Jesus' name. Amen.

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