EZRA 7:10 – For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. THEME OF THE DAY. THE WHOLE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Today’s scripture is a short verse but packs a lot of punch and instruction. It is like a piece of dynamite – small…
JOB 14:1 – Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. THEME OF THE DAY. GETTING A CALIBRATION TOWARD LIFE. The parable unfolded like this; a woman lost an only son. She was grief-stricken out of all reason. She made her sorrow a wailing wall. Nearly paralyzed with grief and hoping against hope, she went…
Comparisons. We do them all the time. I won’t list examples. Just do a quick mental checklist in your own life and see how frequent and wide comparisons are made in your life.
2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18 – So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the…
2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-15 – For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. THEME OF THE DAY. HOW WOULD WE KNOW? It’s a…
2 CORINTHIANS 7:5-6 – For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus. THEME OF THE DAY. EVERY CHRISTIAN’S MINISTRY. It is one of those “go to” portions of scripture when life with its various…