68/365 CAN WE MEET HIS STANDARDS? Matthew 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven Are we ever going to meet the standards of God? The gold standards we read about and the added expectation that are required of... Continue Reading →
CLUELESS?
DAY 146 OF 365 IN 2021 Mark 10:37-38 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.” “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?” James and... Continue Reading →
OBTAIN THE KEYS, DON’T FORCE YOUR WAY!
DAY 116 OF 365 IN 2021 John 10:1 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. Any room without a door is deemed 'unprotected' thus there are doors to every room, even within... Continue Reading →
BRUISED EGOS
DAY 103 OF 365 IN 2021 John 3:9-10 Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? Jesus answered, “Nicodemus, aren’t you the respected teacher in Israel, and yet you don’t understand this revelation? Whenever there is a security breach, there is a review to determine 'soft points' in the system which could... Continue Reading →
ASSESSING OUR CAPACITY
DAY 99 OF 365 IN 2021 John 21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. How much capacity do I you have? This is the preamble and forethought I... Continue Reading →
INVESTING IN OTHERS
DAY 90 OF 365 IN 2021 Matthew 26:14-16 Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me if I turn Jesus over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver. From that time on he was looking for an opportunity to... Continue Reading →