February 2012
39 posts
Day 342 - Grant Us Words →
Matthew 28:20 - “Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (NLT)
We pray that words may be given to us, as it is written in the book of Jeremiah, “The Lord said to the prophet: ‘Behold, I have put…
Day 341 - Every Nation →
Matthew 28:19 - “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” (NRSV)
O Church of God arise! Reach out they helping hand
And like a trumpet let thy voice go forth to ev’ry land;
Lay not thine armor down, nor cease by day or night,
To lift the sword of Gospel truth and wield it for the…
Day 340 - A Story to Tell →
Matthew 28:19 - “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.” (NASB)
We’ve a story to tell to the nations, that shall turn their hearts to the right,
A story of truth and mercy, a story of peace and light, a story of peace and light.
We’ve a message to give the nations, that the Lord…
Day 339 - Joyful Worshipers →
Matthew 28:16-17 - “Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him.” (NLT)
Happy are they who have reached the end of the road we seek to tread, who are astonished to discover the by no means self-evident…
Day 338 - What About Him? →
John 21:21-22 - “Peter asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?” Jesus replied, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You follow me.” (NLT)
Jesus had told Peter, rather enigmatically, “When you are old you will stretch out your hands, and others will direct you and take…
Day 337 - His Suffering Was Understood →
John 21:18-19 - “Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go.” (He said this to…
Day 336 - Utterly Changed →
John 21:17 - “Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.” (NKJV)
Dear friend, I beseech you, look at Peter utterly changed - the self-pleasing, the self-trusting, the self-seeking Peter, full of sin, continually getting into trouble, foolish and impetuous, but now filled with the Spirit and the life of…
Day 335 - Piercing Questions →
John 21:17 - “He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love theee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.” (KJV)
Peter…
Day 334 - Take Care of the Sheep →
John 21:16 - “Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.” (NIV)
What could be the greater than to be seen doing the things of Christ declared to be proofs of love for Him? He said, addressing…
Day 333 - Haunted by the Memory →
John 21:9-10 - “When they got there, they saw that a charcoal fire was burning and fish were frying over it, and there was bread. ”Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught,” Jesus said.” (NLT)
After his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples on a beach, having made a charcoal fire and…
Day 332 - A Choice of the Will →
John 20:25 - “They told him, “we have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.” (NLT)
When most of the disciples first saw Jesus alive after his crucifixion, Thomas had…
Day 331 - Peace to You →
John 20:19 - “Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.” (KJV)
It is not always so? Does He not come just when He is…
God is Holy
“On the other hand, it is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into himself….So long as we do not look beyond the earth, we are quite pleased with our own righteousness, wisdom, and virtue; we address ourselves in the most flattering terms, and seem only less than...
Day 330 - Study and Pray →
Luke 24:32 - “And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” (NKJV)
The word burn means exactly what you think it does: “to make to burn..flaming..to consume with fire.” Your heart means for more to…
Day 329 - It Had to Be Done →
Luke 24:26 - “Wasn’t it clearly predicted by the prophets that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his time of glory?” (NLT)
If thou willingly bear the Cross, it will bear thee, and will bring thee to the end which thou seekest, even where there shall be the end of…
Day 328 - I Will Never Let You Go →
John 20:17 - “Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” (NIV)
One of the postresurrection images of Christ I love most is when He has to tell Mary…
Day 327 - Who Are You Looking For? →
John 20:15 - “Woman,” he said, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” (NIV)
“Why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
That was the question asked of Mary when she went it the garden where the body of Jesus had been laid in a tomb. During the few short years that the…
Day 326 - A Unique Savior →
1 Corinthians 15:12-14 - “But i it is preached that Christ has been raised form the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless…
Epistemologos →
Epistemology according to the Bible -
“5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. 8 This will bring health to…
Day 325 - For Sure →
1 John 1:1 - “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life.” (KJV)
Jerusalem had been anything but impressed with the way Christ’s disciples had conducted themselves during the…
Day 324 - Freed From Death →
1 Peter 1:23 - “For you have been born again. Your new life did not come from your earthly parents because the life they gave you will end in death. But this new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.” (NLT)
Christ is the life because he never permits the…
Day 323 - Our Hope →
Philippians 3:21-22 - “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.”…
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Day 322 - Fellowship Forever →
Revelation 21:3 - “And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.” (NKJV)
There will be no sanctuary or tabernacle or temple in heaven - and no…
Day 321 - Our Mediator →
Hebrews 9:15 - “For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, tht those who re called may receive the promised eternal inheritance - now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.” (NIV)
How tremendously great is the remission and…
Day 320 - New Life →
Colossians 2:12 - “With him you were raised to a new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.” (NLT)
Let this, therefore, be fixed in our minds: that Chist has stretched out his hand to us, that he may not desert us in the midst of the course, but that,…
Day 319 - Death to Self →
Philippians 2:5,8 - “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:….he humbled himself and became obedient to death.” (NIV)
To be a Christian is to be a subject - subject to a king - that is, to welcome the rule of God in one’s life. Jesus Himself became subject to the Father - “Lo, I…
Day 318 - One True Home →
Ephesians 2:19 - “Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” (NKJV)
Always remember that we have renounced the world and are living here as guests and strangers in the meantime. Anticipate the day assigned…
Day 317 - It Happened to You →
Galatians 2:20 - “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.” (NASB)
Our salvation takes care of our eternal security, and…
January 2012
42 posts
Day 316 - No More Death →
1 Corinthians 15:56-57 - “For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. How we thank God, who gives us victory over sin and death through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (NLT)
Death is destroyed. The cross has triumphed over it. It no longer has any power but is truly dead….
Day 315 - His Triumph →
Romans 6:9 - “We are sure of this because Christ rose from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.” (NLT)
Jesus Christ has come to invade every form of death and to infuse it with His life. He is capable of doing that because in His own dying He absorbed all…
Day 314 - No More Sting →
1 Corinthians 15:54-55 - “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (KJV)
Hail! Victorious Jesus, Hail! On Thy could of glory sail
In long triumph through the sky, up to waiting worlds on high
Heaven unfolds its portals wide, glorious Hero,…
Christ Lives!: →
1 Corinthians 15:17 - “And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless, and you are still under condemnation for your sins.” (NLT)
Why is it so important to believe in the Resurrection? ”If Christ is not risen, then is our faith vain,” and if Christ is not risen, our loved ones who…
Day 312 - Free, But Not Cheap →
Romans 6:23 - “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (NIV)
Grace is a wonderful word. It means the free, unmerited favor of God. IT’s His remedy for sin…..for the sinner.
It’s the costliest gift ever offered.
It cost the Son of God His…
Day 311 - Our Assurance →
Romans 4:25 - “He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.” (NIV)
The Resurrection also gives us assurance about our own salvation. Jesus was indeed “raised to life for our justification” (Romans 4:25). Our salvation does not depend on our…
Day 310 - Die For a Lie? →
Acts 12:2 - “He had the apostle James (John’s brother) killed with a sword.” (NLT)
One area often overlooked in challenges to Christianity is the transformation of Jesus’ apostles. Their changed lives provide solid testimony for the validity of his claims. I can trust the apostles’ testimonies…
“The terrible, tragic fallacy of the last hundred years has been to think that...”
– Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Sermon on the Mount)
No Guilt →
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” — Romans 8:1
This is such an impossible truth to believe. It means that you needn’t feel any condemnation anymore or ever again if you profess with your life that Christ is your King.
I tend to believe the lie that God…