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Preaching the Old Time Gospel In a New Age World. Teaching Families to make a difference in their Community.

10/29/2026

October 29

Make Disciples

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations … Matthew 28:17 (A.S.V.).

We would not strain for a point here, but it is evident that we are to make disciples, not just believers. Of course, in the Early Church there were no distinctions; a believer was also a disciple and a witness. There was no taking Christ as Saviour now, as Lord later—maybe never. Men confessed with their mouths Jesus as Lord while they believed in their hearts.
But today churches are filled with “believers” who have never been made disciples. Some of them perform perfunctory religious duties, but they have never denied self, taken up the cross, and followed Christ. They have not been taught to observe all things commanded.
The early Christians believed, became disciples, and that sent them out as witnesses to make disciples of others.
We need to learn our Great Commission all over again.

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 226.

10/28/2026

October 28

Lost and Found

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. Matthew 10:39.

Most of us are out to succeed, to achieve our own ends, to accomplish our own goals and aims. But God operates a Lost and Found Department, wherein a man loses himself in Another, exchanges self-realization for Christ-realization. It takes out all the fever and strain, the mad drive to reach some goal this crazy world has set, or some mark we have put up for ourselves. Today millions crack up in this insane scramble, but the man who lives for Christ’s sake finds by losing what others lose forever trying to find.
You will observe that Jesus said, “He that loseth his life for my sake.” Never forget that qualification. That rules out mere altruism and idealism. Martyrs in scientific research, men who lose themselves in music or art or medicine, soldiers on battlefields, do not necessarily come into this category. We must lose ourselves for His sake. Not even for religion’s sake—for His sake. We are inclined to take in too much territory here.
God’s “Lost and Found” operates “for Christ’s sake.”

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 225.

10/27/2026

October 27

Give God the Macedonian

The churches of Macedonia … first gave their own selves to the Lord. 2 Corinthians 8:1, 5.

We have money in the church today but not many Macedonians. People give their substance but not their selves. Fine churches are built, workers are employed, and the members show up on Sunday morning, but never dream of living for God seven days a week. Actually, every Christian is meant to be in full-time Christian service, whether he draws a salary for it or not. Jesus paid it all and all to Him we owe.
Silver and gold we have aplenty, but we are not saying to a crippled world, “Rise and walk.” Expensive edifices built with “vain oblations”—gifts without the givers—cannot substitute for giving God the temples of our bodies and hearts. Modern Macedonians give money, but the early Macedonians first gave God the Macedonians! The Early Church was all lay witnesses. Too often now it is big business run by a salaried staff paid to do church work, while the rest of us work for ourselves. But we are all on the staff, and no matter how faithfully salaried helpers may work, they cannot do our job nor can we do ours merely by paying them. God wants the Macedonian first.

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 224–25.

10/26/2026

October 26

The Great Divider

So there was a division among the people on account of him. John 7:43.

Twice again John tells us of division because of Jesus (9:16; 10:19). A lot of pleasant talk about unity these days forgets that Christ is the Great Divider. He came not to send peace but a sword, and expressly declared that He would divide families, so that a man’s foes would be they of his own household (Mt. 10:34–36). He divides hearts, homes, churches, humanity. No man can take a stand for Christ without a cleavage. If we gather not with Him we scatter abroad.
But not all division is on account of Christ. “Mark them which cause divisions … and avoid them” Rom. 16:17). There are trouble-makers who delight in schisms. Be sure your division is on account of Him, not “them.”
But be not deceived by sweet talk about harmony that does not make Christ the issue. He is a sanctuary or a snare (Isa. 8:14) and there is no middle ground. Men fall on that Rock and are broken in repentance or that Rock falls upon them and breaks them in judgment.
He is the Great Divider, and He does not divide men horizontally—high class, middle class, low class—but vertically, to the right and to the left.

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 223–24.

10/25/2026

October 25

The Crowd or the Christ?

And every man went unto his own house. [But] Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. John 7:53; 8:1.

Our lonely Lord, beset by the Pharisees, despised and rejected of men, took to the solitude of the Mount of Olives, while men returned to the comfort of their homes. He had nowhere to lay His head, having come to His own, who received Him not. Many a night He spent in prayer, while even His disciples slumbered.
This world still goes “every man to his own house.” Alas, even we Christians do, for “all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.” We pursue our own interests, we live our own lives, we know nothing of the Mount of Olives’ concern for the plight of our hearts, the condition of the church, the state of the world. We pay God our respects on Sunday, but we return to putter around our own premises. We sing, “I’ll Go With Him Through The Garden,” when the olive trees would never recognize us, for we never accompany our Lord there.
Our Lord was a solitary figure in His day, and to this hour the deeper Christian life is a lonely life. You will never “follow the crowd” to the Mount of Olives, for few go that way.
You can follow the crowd or the Christ, but not both, for they go in opposite directions.

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 223.

10/24/2026

October 24

Angels Ahead

And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. Mark 16:3, 4.

Others, like Dr. Jowett, have caught the precious lesson of these verses. How often have we set out expecting trouble and dreading the difficulty ahead, to find upon arrival that God had “rolled away the stone”! Like the lepers in Samaria’s gate, we venture forward, to find that God has scattered the enemy.
What “stone” lies ahead of you? You are wondering how you will get it rolled away, you lie awake all night making plans to remove tomorrow’s obstacle. And how often have you reached the place appointed, to find that God had anticipated your dilemma.
Some stones we can roll away. “Take ye away the stone,” commanded Jesus at Lazarus’ grave. Some hindrances we can remove, and we must if the miracle is to follow. But the stone that is too big for us God’s angel can handle.
Some saints in weakened condition wonder how it will be when they come to death. Fear not. The grave could not hold Jesus nor will it hold you. For Him the stone which enemies thought they had made sure would hold Him in the grave was turned into a throne of triumph with an angel sitting on it.
Do not walk in dread. God’s angel will arrive at the dilemma first. Are you looking for stones ahead or angels ahead?

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 222.

10/23/2026

October 23

If You Can’t See, Look!

Looking unto Jesus. Hebrews 12:2

We are looking unto Jesus, not at Him. There is a world of difference. F. B. Meyer says something to the effect that if we cannot see Him we can look in the direction where we know Him to be. Alexander Whyte puts it: “He does not say, See; He says only, Look”
The snake-bitten Israelite, far to the rear in the multitude, may not have been able to make out clearly the outline of the serpent, but he looked that way. What matters most is not how clearly we perceive Jesus but the utter dependence of our look. If a friend should assume a debt for us, we would look, not at him, but unto him, to meet the obligation. Sometimes our view grows dim and we cannot feel or think with satisfaction. Darkness veils Jesus’ lovely face, but if we rest on His unchanging grace, looking His way in the fog, that is it.
Look His way, face His direction, as you move through the mist. Look unto Him, even though you cannot look at Him. He will not fail, though you cannot feel. He abideth faithful.

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 221.

10/22/2026

October 22

Not Favorites but Intimates

Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts 10:34.
And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face as a man speaketh unto his friend. Exodus 33:11.

Someone said it well, “God has intimates but no favorites.” He has no pets. He may seem to grant to some more success, greater blessings, than to others but, whatever the reasons are, known best to Himself, favoritism is not one of them. He sends rain upon the just and the unjust. He is no respecter of persons.
But He has closer fellowship with some, reveals Himself to them more fully, confides in them His deepest secrets. So He did with Enoch, with Abraham, “the friend of God,” with Moses, not because of special merit in them or favoritism with Him, but because in His sovereign will He chose to do so.
Yet any man can know God more intimately. “Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you.” Jesus promised to manifest Himself to the obedient heart (Jn. 14:21). We are not servants but friends, and we can be close friends.
Do not expect to be a favorite, but aspire to be an intimate of God’s. His secret is with them that fear Him.

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 220–21.

10/21/2026

October 21

The Ultimate Vindication

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:10, 11.

The preacher of Christ, however much men may disagree with and oppose him now, has always the certainty that one day everybody will agree with him. Some day every tongue will make it unanimous that Jesus is Lord. It will be too late for the salvation of most of them, but our Lord will receive universal homage.
That day will vindicate our faith in Him in the eyes of all creation. We can afford to wait for that, but no unbeliever can afford to wait.
The Lordship of Christ is the center of our faith. The believer’s confession is, “Jesus is Lord.” One day the universe will make it final: “Jesus is Lord.” It is never a question of “Will you confess Him as Lord?” but “When?” Now, while you may be saved, or then, will it be too late?
Do not wait for that Ultimate Vindication. “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 219–20.

10/20/2026

October 20

Waiting for a Kingdom

A good man … who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. Luke 23:50, 51.

Some of us are looking for a better day. We are waiting for that time when God’s kingdom shall come, when His will shall be done on earth as in heaven. We seek a country. We are strangers and pilgrims on this earth. We are not at home here. Our citizenship is in heaven.
I know it looks to some as though the Kingdom were nowhere near. It must have been a dark day for Joseph of Arimathea when he laid away the body of Jesus. It looked like the devil had everything going his way. But far from it! Redemption’s work had been finished, and the resurrection was only a few hours away!
Throughout this wretched world more hearts are waiting for the Kingdom than we imagine. All other kingdoms are coming to an end. More than one patient Joseph of Arimathea is humbly carrying on. Lift up your heads, all ye who desire a better country. When things look darkest to the world, they look brightest to the Christian. Our King is coming back!
What better thing could be said of any mortal than this: “A good man … who also himself waited for the kingdom of God”?

Vance Havner, Day by Day: A Book of Bible Devotions (Baker Publishing Group, 1953), 219.

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