JESUS THE KING
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Daily Readings: Revelation 21-22 and Psalm 63 The final chapters of the Revelation are filled with the promise of the new creation. When Jesus returns as King and Lord of all, the entire universe is re-created, never to be corrupted by sin again. In this glorious new creation, God dwells with His people in a
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Daily Readings: Revelation 19:5 – 20:15 and Psalm 62 As the final chapters of John’s vision unfold, the heavens resound with praise: ‘Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. The heavenly anticipation of
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Daily Readings: Revelation 12-14 and Psalm 59 John says that he saw a “great sign”, and that sign appears to continue throughout Revelation 12-14. Taking our devotional, birds’ eye view of that sign is actually a great way to get to the heart of the meaning for us today. Looking too closely and trying to
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Daily Readings: 1 Timothy 1-2 and Psalm 3 Paul wrote his first letter to Timothy, who was ministering to the Church in Ephesus, to encourage him to stand firm in the face of false teaching. This false teaching was harmful to the Christians because it distracted them with “myths and endless genealogies … controversial speculations
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Daily Readings: 1 Thessalonians 5 and Psalm 150 “Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night … 4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this
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Daily Readings: Romans 10 and Psalm 106 In Romans 10, Paul makes a very straightforward point: Whether you are a Jew or a Gentile, there is only one way to be made right with God. No one will ever be able to do so by obeying the Law, because no one can ever perfectly obey
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Daily Readings: Acts 17 and Psalm 85 The mission to Thessalonica was very successful. Having preached the Gospel of Jesus convincingly to the members of the local synagogue on three Sabbath days, we read: ” 4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite
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Daily Readings: Luke 24 and Psalm 64 51 While He was blessing them, He left them and was taken up into heaven. 52 Then they worshipped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God. It’s Ascension Day, and we join the global church in celebrating that Jesus departed from the
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Daily Reading: Matthew 21 and Psalm 21 Having preached on corporate prayer yesterday, it’s very tempting to focus only on Jesus’ declaration in v.13 “My house will be called a house of prayer,” (quoting Isaiah 56:7). But, despite how zealously we see Jesus longing for His people to be a people of prayer, this chapter
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Daily Readings: Matthew 8 and Psalm 8 When Jesus ended His ‘Sermon on the Mount’ at the end of Matthew 7, everyone was amazed at the way He taught, because he taught with such authority. In Matthew 8, Jesus demonstrated that His authority was not only in the realm of Truth; He also had authority
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