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November 15, 2019

Hope From Dead Heroes

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 15, 2019 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1 Dead heroes inspire you [...]

November 13, 2019

Passionate Living

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 13, 2019 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of [...]

November 11, 2019

Worry Weighs Us Down

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 11, 2019 An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up. Proverbs 12:25 Worry is wearisome. It is fatigue to our emotions like physical pain is to our bodies. Worry can trigger stomachaches, high blood pressure, headaches, anxiety disorders and depression. [...]

November 10, 2019

Women Training Women With Life Essentials

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 10, 2019 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled [...]

November 8, 2019

Compounding Comfort

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 8, 2019 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have [...]

November 6, 2019

Don’t Be Afraid

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 6, 2019 But Jesus came and touched them. ‘Get up,’ he said. ‘Don’t be afraid.’ When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.” Matthew 17:7–8 Fear is relentless in its pursuit to push peace from the heart of sincere followers of Jesus. No one [...]

November 4, 2019

Moments of Silence

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 4, 2019 When he [The Lamb—Jesus] opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Revelation 8:1 Sometimes silence is the best strategy. We replace exhausting striving with energizing silence. Our flesh wants to engage in an emotional debate, but our [...]

November 3, 2019

Abiding Bears Much Fruit

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 3, 2019 I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 Much fruit that remains is the goal of a disciple of [...]

November 1, 2019

Seductive Self Righteousness

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 1, 2019 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable. Luke 18:9 Self-righteousness is ugly. It is ugly to God and it is ugly to others. Self-righteousness is a blind spot of the worst kind, [...]

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