DAY 78/366 John 13:37-38 Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you. Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times! It will take more than your humanity... Continue Reading →
FROM DEATH, SPRINGS LIFE
DAY 72 John 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. Today's text sheds focus on the idea of life springing from death. Jesus uses the analogy of a seed to express this when... Continue Reading →
REFUSE TO STAY SMALL, GROW
DAY 67/366 John 4:46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. Jesus returned to Cana, the site of his first miracle of turning water to wine. What a moment it would have been should... Continue Reading →
DRIVE THINGS OUT OF YOUR TEMPLE
DAY 62/366 John 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; You are very likely to be charged with "obstruction of a business" and could face fierce resistance... Continue Reading →
THE MAN WHO TRUSTS
59/366 Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, Whose trust is the Lord. Reading the text today, there is a preamble which is followed by two dimensions of trust identified. The first, 'blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord', is indicative of a posture that comes from your effort:... Continue Reading →
SPIRITUAL AMNESIA
DAY 54/366 Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Today, the righteousness of the pharisees is presented as a yardstick that must be exceed if anyone was to make it into the... Continue Reading →
SWEPT OFF YOUR FEET
DAY 49/366 Mark 1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him. We read about the devil tempting Jesus today, and through that our minds are cast to the daily encounters that seek to also test our value systems... Continue Reading →
MAKE YOUR MARK
DAY 40/366 1 Kings 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: Today's text tells a short story about Jeroboam: a man from the tribe... Continue Reading →
EXPERIENCE AS A WEAKNESS
DAY 38/366 1 Kings 11:4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David. In many quarters, old age is synonymous with wisdom hence the proverb "what an... Continue Reading →