Psalm: 18:1-20 Meditation: 1 PetHow do Christians live in an evil and unjust world? Why is our flesh at war with our soul? When should Christians draw the line with submission to authority? Peter tells us to be an example of good and to honor or value all people. How do we determine what is …
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Tuesday, February 14
Psalm: 78:1-39 Meditation: HebHow should Christians interact with each other and their leaders? Here we see admonitions toward church members respecting their leaders. This is mentioned at both ends of this passage. The need for intercession and exhortation show the church’s role as a new priesthood through our Lord Jesus Christ, our Great Shepherd. Gospel:John …
Saturday, October 15
Psalm: 20 Meditation: 1 CorWhere does our hope come from? What do Christians hope for? Then as now, different groups have added to or subtracted from the Gospel message and God’s truth. They are trying to combine the Gospel with their knowledge and understanding. Paul’s rejection of these arguments contrast the future of hope through …
Saturday, September 3
Psalm: 30 Meditation: JamesPatience - James starts this book with this concept and returns again to this in the lives of Christians. The relationship between Christ’s followers should be different from others, without the strife, jealousy, and turmoil. Here James returns to his nuts and bolts approach and ends with the admonition to help others …
Thursday, July 8
Psalm: 72 Meditation Romans: The opening lines of this passage are so triumphant that they should make all of us who are in Christ to jump up and down with joy. That has not been my experience as I observe most Christians around me. We revisit, to some degree, what we looked at in chapter …
Thursday, February 20
Psalms: 98, 99 Meditation Mark: Time and again Jesus has to contend with the myopic (near-sighted) leaders of the people “who can’t see the forest for the trees”. The truth is many Christian can become rather myopic as well when their own beliefs are brought into question. These often become the “hills to die on” …
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