OBEDIENCE
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Daily Readings: Luke 12 and Psalm 28 “1 … Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: ‘Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy…” Jesus gave this warning to His disciples at the very height of His popularity, when “a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were
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Daily Readings: Galatians 2 and Psalm 133 In today’s chapter, Galatians 2, we come across one of the most central descriptions of the Christian life: 16 … (We) know that a person is not justified by the works of the Law, but by faith in Jesus Christ… 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I
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Daily Readings: 2 Corinthians 6 and Psalm 124 Yesterday, in 2 Corinthians 5, we saw how Paul exhorted his readers to live for the ultimate aim of pleasing the Lord. In today’s chapter we realise that this exhortation was not coming from an ivory tower of theoretical Christianity. Paul lists some of the emotional, spiritual
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 6 and Psalm 118 1 Corinthians 6 is filled with Holy Spirit-inspired instruction and correction from Paul. Although he addressed a range of areas where the Corinthian Christians were falling into sinful tendencies, the heart of his instruction was to remind them that their salvation had begun with repentance from sin.
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Daily Readings: Acts 28 and Psalm 96 Finally, in Acts 28, God delivered the apostle Paul safely to Rome. And his arrival was certainly a testimony to God’s sovereign protection and care. The Lord’s miraculous protection caused every person aboard that ship to be washed safely ashore on the island of Malta. Even being shipwrecked
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Daily Readings: Acts 26 and Psalm 94 Paul may have been appearing before a king, but he was far from overawed. He served the One True King of the Universe, before Whom Agrippa paled into insignificance despite all his pomposity, as we saw yesterday. In Paul’s testimony, there were at least two key moments when
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Daily Readings: Acts 21 and Psalm 89 Determined to fulfil the Lord’s calling, Paul travelled to Jerusalem. In Acts 20:22-23, he stated plainly that he was going there ‘compelled by the Holy Spirit’ and knowing that in every city he visited the Spirit warned him that hardships awaited. Now, as he travelled, he was warned
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Daily Readings: Acts 16 and Psalm 84 Acts 16 includes the fascinating account of the Holy Spirit’s very hands-on guidance of Paul, Silas and Timothy’s mission. First the Spirit kept them from preaching in the Roman province of Asia (modern-day Turkey). Then He would not allow them to enter Bithynia. It’s not that the Lord
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Daily Readings: Acts 14 and Psalm 82 ‘We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,’ they said. (v.22) Having been sent out by the Church of Antioch on a mission to take the Gospel of Jesus further afield, Barnabas and Saul did so with great determination. It was a very tough assignment,
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Daily Readings: Acts 10 and Psalm 78 God told Ananias that Saul was His chosen ambassador to the Gentiles (Acts 9:15) but in Acts 10 He laid the foundation for Saul’s extensive missionary work through Simon Peter. Knowing how difficult it was going to be for the Jewish apostles and all the Jewish followers to
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