DAILY READINGS: 1 Samuel 1; Isaiah 44:6-23; 2 Corinthians 4:7 to 5:10
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 (NKJV)
Noted Christian educator and Bible teacher, Howard Hendricks, has pointed out that “There are about 3,000 people mentioned by name in the Bible. Of those 3,000, we only have enough information to evaluate the lives of about 100 of them. Of those 100, only about one-third of them finished well. Of those who failed, most failed in the last half of their lives.” What a sobering reminder these words are to all of us! God grant that we may finish well the race set before us! —W. Ross Rainey
Keep us, Lord, 0 keep us cleaving, to Thyself and still believing,
Till the hour of our receiving, promised joys with Thee. —Thomas Kelly