What’s Up With Fasting? – January 10th
Read Matthew 6:16-18 Key Verse: “But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that your fasting isn’t obvious to others but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” (Matthew 6:17-18 CSB) Every now and again, I’ll miss a meal. It’s […]
What Are You in It for? – January 9th
Matthew 6:1-8 Key Verse: “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven. So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to […]
Loving Without Limits – January 8th
Read Matthew 5:43-48 Key Verse: “You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:43-45a CSB) What is it in your life that makes […]
Do I Have the Right to Retaliate? – January 7th
ReadMatthew 5:38-42 Key Verse: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I tell you, don’t resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.” (Matthew 5:38-39 CSB) How should you treat someone […]
Stick with it – January 5th
Read John 15:1-17 Annie Taylor left Britain in 1884 at age 29 to work in Tibet. She took five years to learn the Tibetan language and culture and endured extreme cold and blinding sleet and snow storms. She was robbed several times and abused and betrayed by those she had hired as protectors and guides. […]
Do You Keep Your Promises? – December 4th
Read Matthew 5:33-37 Key Verse: “But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.” (Matthew 5:37 CSB) Many of us, when we were younger, learned a simple trick. If we crossed our fingers when we said something, it meant that we didn’t have to follow […]
Pursuing Radical Holiness – January 3rd
Read: Matthew 5:27-30 Key Verse: “If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off […]
Make It Right! – January 2nd
Read Matthew 5:21-26 Key Verse: “So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.” (Matthew […]
Are You Looking Forward? – Happy New Year!
Read Philippians 3:7-14 Key Verse: “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14 CSB) A friend […]
A Different Kind of Righteousness – December 31st
Read Matthew 5:17-20 Key Verse: “For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:20 CSB) When you think of the most godly or pious person that you know, who comes to mind? Is it the person who never misses […]