Wednesday, October 28th: Psalm 91 offers one of Scripture’s most comforting pictures of God as our refuge, fortress, and shelter. It does not promise that faithful believers will never experience suffering, danger, or death. Even the devil quoted this psalm while tempting Jesus to create danger and force God to prove His protection. The promise at the heart of the psalm is not that trouble will never come, but that God will be with His people in trouble. Because Jesus has conquered death, suffering cannot finally remove us from God’s presence or cancel His purpose.

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Tuesday, October 27: Pharaoh ordered the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah to use their trusted work to carry out his murderous policy. Instead, they feared God, protected the children placed in their care, and refused to become instruments of death. Exodus remembers these seemingly powerless women by name while leaving the powerful king unnamed. Their obedience did not immediately end Pharaoh’s oppression, but it became part of the story through which God delivered Israel. Their example teaches us to recognize God’s authority above every human claim and faithfully protect the people within our reach.

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Monday, October 26 Perpetua and Felicity lived in different social worlds, but their confession of Jesus brought them into the same prison and family of faith. Despite fear, separation from their children, and pressure to renounce Christ, both women remained faithful until death. Their courage was not the absence of grief or weakness; it grew from trusting that Christ would remain with them. Revelation 2:10 promises the crown of life to those who remain faithful, even when faithfulness becomes costly. Their testimony reminds us that Jesus is worthy and that no prison, empire, or grave can take away the life He gives.