Devotional
-
Daily Readings: 1 Timothy 3-4 and Psalm 4 14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing to you with these instructions so that, 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the…
-
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…
-
Daily Readings: 2 Thessalonians 3 and Psalm 2 It seems that some Thessalonian Christians had decided to stop working and live off the charity of the Church. Sadly, idle hands once again proved to be “the devil’s workshop” (as the old saying goes), and their idleness provided opportunities for them to disrupt the Church’s unity.…
-
Daily Readings: 2 Thessalonians 1-2 and Psalm 1 (Yip, we’re starting all over again) Shortly after writing 1 Thessalonians, the apostle Paul received a report (see 2 Thess. 3:11) that the Thessalonian church had accepted the strange claim that Paul was teaching that “the day of the Lord has come” already (2:1–2). Paul sent them…
-
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…
-
Daily Readings: 1 Thessalonians 3-4 and Psalm 149 13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. Paul commended the Thessalonians for doing a great job of loving one another. Therefore, it…
-
Daily Readings: 1 Thessalonians 1-2 and Psalm 148 In about 50AD, Paul wrote to the young Church in Thessalonica to encourage them. They had recently experienced death among their membership (possibly due to persecution), so Paul wrote to encourage them and to remind them of our Christian hope and assurance of life even after death.…
-
Daily Readings: Colossians 3-4 and Psalm 147 Yesterday we reflected on how Colossians 1-2 reveals the glories of Christ our Lord and what He has accomplished for us, His beloved people. We were encouraged to think, throughout the day, about how we could more fully reveal the glory of Jesus Christ in every action and…
-
Daily Readings: Colossians 1-2 and Psalm 146 The apostle Paul wrote a letter to Christians living in the small city of Colossae while he was in prison in Rome. His point in writing it was to encourage them with the wonderful truth about their Lord Jesus Christ. Chapters 1-2 are filled with revelation about the…
-
Daily Readings: Philippians 3-4 and Psalm 145 Our world is filled with reasons to be anxious. Violence, crime, corruption, conflict, broken marriages and families, poverty, sickness, economic gloom; the list goes on and on. The Philippians faced most of these issues, but they could add persecution and potential martyrdom to their list too. From his…
