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JOHN 10:10 – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE ABUNDANT LIFE OR THE BORED LIFE? One of the predominant characteristics found in our world is the ease people become bored. It isn’t just children who lament to parents, “I am bored. There…
PSALM 137:1 – By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.” THEME OF THE DAY: SOMETIMES ALL WE CAN DO IS CRY. Today’s scripture is the opening verse in a short but moving Psalm. Derek Kidner, in his excellent commentary on the Psalm, wrote “Every line is alive with pain, whose intensity grows with…
GALATIANS 6:9 – And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” THEME OF THE DAY: WE HAVE MILES TO GO. Poems make for awesome reading. In fact, did we know there are a ton of poems in the Bible? They are everywhere. Study them sometime. The language of…
PHILIPPIANS 1:15-21 – Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in…
COLOSSIANS 4:2 – Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;” THEME OF THE DAY: PRAYER AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. How would we define prayer? Talking to God? Asking God for things or for Him to do something? One of the best definitions on prayer ever penned came from the author of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. Read over it…
HOSEA 4:1-3 – Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Therefore the land mourns, and…
