Ephesians 4:31-32: (ESV): Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Paul gives us instruction on how to live with one another. First he tells what not to do. Don’t… Read More »

Day 16 2 Timothy 3:1-5: (ESV): But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its… Read More »

Day 15 Colossians 1:12: (HCSB) giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light. What Paul is saying is that God has in His sovereign grace made us worthy to receive the inheritance of a heavenly home. We are not qualified through our own efforts. God… Read More »

Psalm 107:8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity. This verse calls upon us to give thanks for God’s faithful love and His wondrous works. God translated His love into action for all humanity through providing a way of reconciliation for us through Jesus Christ.… Read More »

Luke 6:35-36: But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High. For he is gracious to the ungrateful and evil. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. In a point-by-point contrast to the selfish, quid… Read More »

  2 Timothy 4:4-5: (CSB): They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths. 5 But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. The passage today is from Paul’s last letter, written from prison while he awaits execution. These are some of… Read More »

John 10:10 (ESV): The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. The “I” in this verse of course is Jesus. The abundant life He speaks of I is life eternal. To many folks believe that eternity begins at the moment of death. It… Read More »

Isaiah 12:4-5: And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted. “Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. The phrases, give thanks, call, make known, proclaim, sing encourage us as the… Read More »

Romans 1:21: For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. Today’s passage is warning to unbelieving world. In the preceding verses Paul makes it clear that God reveals Himself to mankind in many ways and even… Read More »

2 Corinthians 4:15-16 (NASB): For all things are for your sakes, so that grace, having spread to more and more people, will cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore, we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day. God is so good.… Read More »