Today’s Text: Luke 19-20 Key Text: Luke 19:26 “I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.” It’s one of Jesus’ more difficult stories to hear. It’s about receiving talents – and using – or losing… Continue reading Week 28: Use It or Lose It
Tag: kingdom of God
Week 27: The Kingdom Among You
Today’s Text: Luke 17-18 Key Text: Luke 17:20-21 “Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, ‘The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; nor will they say, “Look, here it is!” or “There it is!” For, in fact, the kingdom… Continue reading Week 27: The Kingdom Among You
No Night
Key Text: Revelation 21:22-25 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will… Continue reading No Night
Flourish
Key Texts: Psalm 92:12-15 “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, “The… Continue reading Flourish
By Whose Authority?
Key Text: Luke 11:14-28 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.” Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.… Continue reading By Whose Authority?
Needed
Needed Key Texts: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by[a] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit… Continue reading Needed
Blessed is the Nation
Blessed is the Nation Key Texts: Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. Typically, I try to stay away from posting anything that might be seen as a political statement as that is not the main purpose of the blog: it’s a devotional offering.… Continue reading Blessed is the Nation
Not Alone
Key Text: John 16:7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. There is great irony here. Jesus was leaving His disciples – in the most… Continue reading Not Alone
Not Our Timing
Key Texts: Acts 1:1-11 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing… Continue reading Not Our Timing
Job Description
Key Text: First Timothy 6:13-16 In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his… Continue reading Job Description
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