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December 4, 2023

What Has God Said?

“The promises of God grow and flourish best in a humble, loving, and obedient heart.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – December 4, 2023 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat [...]

October 13, 2023

Generous Forgiveness

“Your intimate encounters with the Lord and His children are missing where forgiveness is missing.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – October 13, 2023 At that point Peter got up the nerve to ask, “Master, how many times do I forgive a brother or sister who hurts me? Seven?” Jesus replied, “Seven! Hardly. [...]

October 12, 2023

The Training Ground for Love

“The concrete reality of relationships makes them the unavoidable training ground for love.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – October 12, 2023 We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have [...]

October 2, 2023

New Birth, No Sin

“Christians do not have to sin, since the new birth has given you a new heart you have the discernment and inner resolve to expose and resist sin’s ugly outcomes.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – October 2, 2023 You must be born again. John 3:7 …Whoever has been born of God does not [...]

September 11, 2023

Humility and Sin

“Humility exposes sin like a contagion that can easily infect a life with severe spiritual sickness.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – September 11, 2023 Sinners of whom I am chief. 1 Timothy 1:15 Next to Jesus, the person who was the most formative in the early church’s theology and practices was the [...]

September 4, 2023

Rats in the Cellar

“Generous forgiveness is one of the Lord’s tools for relational repair.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – September 4, 2023 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to [...]

September 3, 2023

Blessed in Difficult Times

“God works even in our pain and fear.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – September 3, 2023 …the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. Proverbs 3:12 There have been times in my life I have wondered about the Lord’s discipline. Exactly how does He discipline us and [...]

August 30, 2023

Humility Loves

“Just as you bathe and dress in the morning, so take a spiritual shower and put on the clothes of Christ.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today –August 30, 2023 With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2 Very practically, my humility before the Lord is validated by my humility toward [...]

July 18, 2023

Fear, Leave Me Alone in Jesus’ Name!

“Tell Fear to Leave in Jesus’ Name.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – July 18, 2023 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18 A couple weeks ago, I [...]

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