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Happy Valentines Day // Romans 12:9
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is a simple thought on this day of love from how The Message renders Romans 12:9, “Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake.” Make sure the love you express today reflects the love you experience from God and others. Make it real so your loved ones will know…
Read MoreGod’s Rest // Hebrews 4:10
Today’s verse speaks to the rest God longs to offer His people. The so-called “catch” is that we find it once we’ve given ourselves over to God’s purpose for our lives. This isn’t necessarily the rest we’ll find at the end of our natural lives when we go to paradise, but the rest we discover…
Read MoreChange Your Password Day // Psalm 100:4
Psalm 100:4 (MSG) | Enter with the password: “Thank you!” Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him. Today is National Change Your Password Day. I once was one of those who used the same password for everything until the miracle of modern technology came in and helped create, then store, those long…
Read MoreBe Devoted // Romans 12:10
Romans 12:10 (NIV) | Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. I decided to go and look at the meaning of the Greek word for devoted (philostorgos). It is actually what we might know as a compound word in English that means loving family. Whereas we might read it as a…
Read MoreGod the Guide // Psalm 139:10
Psalm 139:10 (NIV) | …even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. I’d recommend you read Psalm 139 in its entirety, because it is so good! Our verse for the day is essentially the answer to a rhetorical posed by King David (who wrote this psalm): Where can I go…
Read MoreFoolish? // Proverbs 3:7
Proverbs 3:7 (NIV) | Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. Does this verse seem like a bit of a contradiction to you? Wisdom is something the Bible teaches us to seek. So why does God say for us not to be wise in our own eyes? That’s because we tend…
Read MoreBaptism Sunday // Acts 8:36
Acts 8:36 (NIV) | “As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, ‘Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”‘ Today is when we remember Jesus receiving Baptism by John the Baptist. John initially bristled at the thought of Baptizing Jesus, but…
Read MoreNon-Negotiable // John 15:12
Jesus said, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you” (John 15:12, NIV). Jesus meant it. It’s a commandment. It’s non-negotiable. We are to love each other as He loves us. So be it. Amen.
Read MoreMerry Christmas! // Galatians 4:4-5
Galatians 4:4-5 (NIV) | But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Merry Christmas! As our verse for today reveals, God gave the right to all who receive and believe in Jesus to become children of…
Read MorePrinciples and Promises // Ephesians 6:2-3
Ephesians 6:2-3 (NIV) | “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise — “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” Today’s verse from Ephesians 6:2-3 echoes the 10 Commandments. Paul pointed out that the first Commandment given by God that came…
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