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January 24, 2017

If I Am a New Creation, Why Don’t I Always Trust God?

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 24, 2017 By Shana Schutte I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Galatians 2:20 As a young Christian, I was a sensitive, creative type who was extremely driven by her emotions. I couldn’t grasp [...]

January 19, 2017

Not Peace, but a Sword?

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 19, 2017 By Tripp Prince Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law [...]

January 18, 2017

Angel of God

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 18, 2017 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God.” Revelation 19:17 There is angelic activity in the unseen world of spiritual activity. [...]

January 17, 2017

Your Purpose Might Be Right in Front of You

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 17, 2017 By Shana Schutte As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace. 1 Peter 4:10 My mom has a pillow with some of my grandmother’s favorite words from Theodore Roosevelt stitched on it: “Do what [...]

January 14, 2017

God Backfills

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 14, 2017 I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm—my great army that I sent among you. Joel 2:25 God can make up for wasted time. He specializes in redeeming [...]

January 12, 2017

Celebrating Weakness

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 12, 2017 By Tripp Prince You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty. Psalm 18:27 One of the hardest parts of Christian discipleship is acknowledging our inadequacies. We are taught from our earliest days to be self-sufficient and self-fulfilled creatures. We view [...]

January 9, 2017

Jesus Thinking—Not Over Thinking

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 9, 2017 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. Hebrews 3:1 Our grandsons have a peaceful bedtime ritual: their prayers include a request for good dreams void of [...]

January 6, 2017

Places of Refuge

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 6, 2017 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: ‘Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues.’ Revelation 18:4 My soul can easily go to places of refuge that [...]

January 3, 2017

Hope for the Holiday

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 3, 2017 By Shana Schutte This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24) In 2014, I spent my first Christmas with my new family after I married. The holiday reminded me that life is a paradox. It’s filled [...]

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