May 25

Daily Devotional

The Redemption Song of Stuart Hamblen!

In the dusty heart of Texas, in 1908, Stuart Hamblen entered the world as the son of a Methodist preacher.

From an early age, music flowed through his veins like the rivers he loved to fish. He grew into a larger-than-life cowboy singer, one of the original singing cowboys of radio and film. With a booming voice and a charming smile, Stuart built a successful career in Hollywood, hosting popular radio shows and rubbing shoulders with stars. Yet beneath the bright lights hid a restless soul chained by alcohol, gambling, and the wild excesses of fame. His parties were legendary, but his heart was empty.

One pivotal night in 1949 changed everything. Billy Graham brought his crusade to Los Angeles. Stuart’s wife, Ruby, gently urged him to attend. Reluctantly, the tough cowboy went, expecting little. That evening, the Holy Spirit pierced his hardened heart. Stuart surrendered his life to Jesus Christ.

The transformation was radical. He left the crusade a new man—free from the bottle, the racetrack, and the emptiness that once defined him.

When his radio sponsors demanded he continue promoting beer, Stuart refused. “I’ve given my life to Christ,” he declared.

He was fired on the spot, but he gained something far greater: peace with God.

Out of this newfound faith flowed beautiful songs that would touch millions. His most beloved hymn, “It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)”, was born from a late-night conversation with friend John Wayne. When Wayne heard of Stuart’s conversion, he remarked, “It must be quite a secret what God can do for a man.” Stuart replied, “It is no secret,” and soon penned the now-famous lines:

“The chimes of time ring out the news, another day is through.

Someone slipped and fell—was that someone you?

You may have longed for added strength, your courage to renew.

Do not be afraid, for I have news for you…”

The chorus rings with triumphant truth: “It is no secret what God can do. What He’s done for others, He’ll do for you.”

This song, inspired by his own deliverance, has since been recorded by legends like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Pat Boone.

Other gems followed from his surrendered life:

“Until Then,” a longing for heaven amid earthly trials;

“This Ole House,” a clever parable of the body as a temporary dwelling; and

“His Hands,” a tender reflection on Christ’s sacrifice.

Each melody carried the unmistakable fragrance of a man who had met the Savior.

Stuart Hamblen spent the rest of his days proclaiming the Gospel through music and testimony.

He ran for political office as a Christian voice and supported temperance, always pointing people to the cross. When he passed in 1989, he left behind a legacy proving that no one is beyond God’s redeeming grace.

Today, Hamblen’s songs continue to remind believers: No pit is too deep, no habit too strong, for the God who transforms lives. What He did for a hard-drinking cowboy from Texas, He can do for you. It is no secret.

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Let us Praise Him Daily!

A good way to learn to Praise God is to memorize the first 6 Verses of Psalms 148:

1 Praise the Lord, O heavens! Praise Him from the skies!

²Praise Him, all His angels, all the armies of heaven.

³Praise Him, sun and moon and all you twinkling stars.

⁴Praise Him, skies above. Praise Him, vapors high above the clouds.

⁵Let everything He has made give praise to Him. For He issued His command, and they came into being;

^{6 H}e established them forever and forever. His orders will never be revoked.

PLEASE read the last 6 Chapters of Psalms: 145-150 so that you will learn how to Praise God like David did!

If you don’t want to get your Bible, Here they all are, just click on each Chapter and I will read them to you:

PSALMS 145 PSALMS 146 PSALMS 147 PSALMS148 PSALMS 149 PSALMS 150

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JESUS IS:

THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH,

THE LEADER,

THE ORIGINATOR,

THE LORD & MASTER,

THE SUPREME LEADER,

OUR HOPE,

1ST BORN FROM THE DEAD WITH AN IMMORTAL BODY TO NEVER DIE AGAIN,

THE 1ST FRUITS OF THE RESURRECTION,

HE IS OUR FESTIVAL OF HOPE,

OUR PARDON,

GIVEN 1ST PLACE IN EVERYTHING,

HAS BEEN EXALTED AS SUPREME OVER EVERYTHING,

IS ENOUGH,

THE FULLNESS OF GOD DWELLS IN US THROUGH JESUS,

JESUS HAS BROUGHT US INTO HARMONY WITH GOD,

HE HAS BROKERED A PEACE TREATY BETWEEN GOD & MAN,

YOU WERE BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE, BUT BY ACCEPTING JESUS

YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE NOW,

YOU ARE BEYOND REPROACH,

JESUS WAS THE SOLUTION BEFORE YOU HAD A SIN PROBLEM,

NEVER GET OVER WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU!

NOW:

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH:

TO TEACH US TO LEAD OTHERS TO CHRIST!

AMEN!

(You might want to copy those down and memorize them!)

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DAILY BIBLE READING:

>1. Chapter for the DAY in Proverbs;

>2. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the Old Testament AND

>3. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the New Testament Daily:

Chapter 24 in Proverbs for today: (MAY 24 (MT) (ESV)

24 Be not envious of evil men,
nor desire to be with them,
²for their hearts devise violence,
and their lips talk of trouble.

³By wisdom a house is built,
    and by understanding it is established;
⁴by knowledge the rooms are filled
    with all precious and pleasant riches.
⁵A wise man is full of strength,
    and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
⁶for by wise guidance you can wage your war,
    and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
⁷Wisdom is too high for a fool;
    in the gate he does not open his mouth.

⁸Whoever plans to do evil
will be called a schemer.
⁹The devising^[a] of folly is sin,
and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

¹⁰If you faint in the day of adversity,
    your strength is small.
¹¹Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
¹²If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not repay man according to his work?

¹³My son, eat honey, for it is good,
    and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
¹⁴Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, there will be a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁵Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;
do no violence to his home;
¹⁶for the righteous falls seven times and rises again,
but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

¹⁷Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
¹⁸lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.

¹⁹Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
and be not envious of the wicked,
²⁰for the evil man has no future;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

²¹My son, fear the Lord and the king,
and do not join with those who do otherwise,
²²for disaster will arise suddenly from them,
and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?

More Sayings of the Wise

²³These also are sayings of the wise.

Partiality in judging is not good.
²⁴Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,”
    will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
²⁵but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
    and a good blessing will come upon them.
²⁶Whoever gives an honest answer
    kisses the lips.

²⁷Prepare your work outside;
get everything ready for yourself in the field,
and after that build your house.

²⁸Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.
²⁹Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will pay the man back for what he has done.”

³⁰I passed by the field of a sluggard,
    by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
³¹and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
    the ground was covered with nettles,
    and its stone wall was broken down.
³²Then I saw and considered it;
    I looked and received instruction.
³³A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest,
³⁴and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.

Footnotes

Proverbs 24:9 Or scheming

CHAPTER 01 ISAIAH for today: (MAY 24 (JJ) (ESV)

1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

The Wickedness of Judah

²Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children^[a] have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.
³The ox knows its owner,
    and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does not know,
    my people do not understand.”

⁴Ah, sinful nation,
    a people laden with iniquity,
offspring of evildoers,
    children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
    they have despised the Holy One of Israel,
    they are utterly estranged.

⁵Why will you still be struck down?
    Why will you continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.
⁶From the sole of the foot even to the head,
    there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
    and raw wounds;
they are not pressed out or bound up
    or softened with oil.

⁷Your country lies desolate;
    your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
    foreigners devour your land;
    it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
⁸And the daughter of Zion is left
    like a booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
    like a besieged city.

⁹If the Lord of hosts
had not left us a few survivors,
we should have been like Sodom,
and become like Gomorrah.

¹⁰Hear the word of the Lord,
    you rulers of Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching^[b] of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!
¹¹“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
    says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
    and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
    or of lambs, or of goats.

¹²“When you come to appear before me,
    who has required of you
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³Bring no more vain offerings;
    incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations—
    I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
¹⁴Your new moons and your appointed feasts
    my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
    I am weary of bearing them.
¹⁵When you spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    your hands are full of blood.
¹⁶Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
¹⁷    learn to do good;
seek justice,
    correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow’s cause.

¹⁸“Come now, let us reason^[c] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
    they shall become like wool.
¹⁹If you are willing and obedient,
    you shall eat the good of the land;
²⁰but if you refuse and rebel,
    you shall be eaten by the sword;
    for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

The Unfaithful City

²¹How the faithful city
    has become a whore,^[d]
    she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
    but now murderers.
²²Your silver has become dross,
    your best wine mixed with water.
²³Your princes are rebels
    and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
    and runs after gifts.
They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
    and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

²⁴Therefore the Lord declares,
    the Lord of hosts,
    the Mighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
    and avenge myself on my foes.
²⁵I will turn my hand against you
    and will smelt away your dross as with lye
    and remove all your alloy.
²⁶And I will restore your judges as at the first,
    and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness,
    the faithful city.”

²⁷Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
    and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
²⁸But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,
    and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
²⁹For they^[e] shall be ashamed of the oaks
    that you desired;
and you shall blush for the gardens
    that you have chosen.
³⁰For you shall be like an oak
    whose leaf withers,
    and like a garden without water.
³¹And the strong shall become tinder,
    and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
    with none to quench them.

Footnotes

Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4
Isaiah 1:10 Or law
Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
Isaiah 1:21 Or become unchaste
Isaiah 1:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts you

Revelation 16

for today: (MAY 24

(NN) ESV)

16 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

²So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

³The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea.

⁴The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. ⁵And I heard the angel in charge of the waters^[a] say,

“Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was,
for you brought these judgments.
⁶For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,
and you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”

⁷And I heard the altar saying,

“Yes, Lord God the Almighty,
true and just are your judgments!”

⁸The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire. ⁹They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed^[b] the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

¹⁰The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish ¹¹and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.

¹²The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. ¹³And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. ¹⁴For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. ¹⁵(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”) ¹⁶And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

The Seventh Bowl

¹⁷The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” ¹⁸And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings,^[c] peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. ¹⁹The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. ²⁰And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. ²¹And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds^[d] each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.

Footnotes

Revelation 16:5 Greek angel of the waters
Revelation 16:9 Greek blasphemed; also verses 11, 21
Revelation 16:18 Or voices, or sounds
Revelation 16:21 Greek a talent in weight

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Please Remember:

“CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS

AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD!”

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The Steps to Salvation:

> Repent: Repentance means that you are turning away from sin to turn to Christ. It does NOT mean that you will be perfect.

> Believe/Receive: Salvation is through Faith in Jesus and by the Grace of God. Believing means putting your Faith in Jesus and receiving forgiveness of sin.

>Walk in the Newness of Life: Jesus died so that we might live. We walk in the Newness of Life being Born Again by His Blood.

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GOD THE FATHER IS THE SOVEREIGN KING
AND CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!

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