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May 29, 2015

Shrewd and Discerning

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 29, 2015 I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Matthew 10:16 It is a temptation for followers of Jesus Christ to drift into naïve living. There can be disengagement with life that becomes [...]

May 20, 2015

Image of God

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 20, 2015 In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Genesis 1:27-28 I feel disappointed, angry and hopeful by the debate [...]

May 17, 2015

Stand Alone

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 17, 2015 My son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood. Proverbs 1:15–16 Stand alone against the shameful ways of sinful men and women. Perhaps you feel alone [...]

May 14, 2015

Joy in Generosity

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 14, 2015 We want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 2 Corinthians 8:1-2 Generosity brings joy. It is rare [...]

May 13, 2015

Relational Generosity

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 13, 2015 Therefore I [Paul] am all the more eager to send him [Epaphroditus], so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him, [...]

May 4, 2015

Grateful Loyalty

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 4, 2015 Many women were there [at the cross], watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons. Matthew 27:55-56 We all [...]

April 30, 2015

Influence for Justice

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 30, 2015 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, [...]

April 24, 2015

Harmony With In-Laws

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 24, 2015 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Ruth 1:16 Rita and I [...]

April 22, 2015

A Person on Purpose

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 22, 2015 The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. Proverbs 20:5 What is your unique purpose? Do you live as uniquely you, or are you fulfilling a role you really resent? Perhaps you start by asking, [...]

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