DAILY READINGS: 1 Kgs. 13:33 to 14:31; Jer. 24-25; Col. 2:8 to 3:4
My fl esh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever. Psalms 73:26
At a resting rate of about 80 beats per minute, our heart beats 42
million times a year. And a reasonable estimate for the number of
heartbeats in a lifetime—three billion. How wondrously God has
made us! Of course this verse is talking about the heart in a metaphoric
sense. The problems of life overwhelm us like a fl ood and
at that moment when our heart fails us, our blessed God takes up
our cause and gives us the grace we need. He will be the strength of
your heart today. —Les Rainey
A heart resigned, submissive, meek, my great Redeemer’s throne,
Where only Christ is heard to speak, where Jesus reigns alone. —C. Wesley