LUKE 4:42 – And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them… THEME OF THE DAY. FREQUENTING THE DESOLATE PLACE. In addition to today’s scripture, the Gospels record three other times Jesus retreated away from the busyness of life and demands…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
1 PETER 5:10 – And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. THEME OF THE DAY. PEOPLE OF GRACE IN ORDER TO GIVE GRACE. Today’s scripture must be one of the “Mount Everest” texts in our Bibles. It reaches…
In our journey through 1 Peter, the Apostle is showing us how to live as salt and light in decaying culture. And the first point of emphasis he makes is what describes the whole of the Christian life – submission. He will unfold three relationships where this submission is called for – our public lives as citizens, our vocational lives in the workplace, and our marriages in our homes. We will be in the first one – our public life as citizens.
EPHESIANS 2:22 – In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. THEME OF THE DAY. THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD. The truth of today’s scripture is one of the most staggering in all the Bible — In Him (Christ) you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God. Let this…
JOHN 17:1–3 – When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know…
JOHN 4:13–14 – Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” THEME OF THE DAY. THE THIRSTY SOUL’S SATISFACTION. Today’s…