Thursday December 31st, 2020 Memorize: James 1:12 Contemporary English Version (CEV) « God will bless you, if you don’t give up when your faith is being tested. He will reward you with a glorious life, just as he rewards everyone who loves him. » Read: James 1:12-15 New Living Translations (NLT) 12 God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward...
Thursday December 31st, 2020 Memorize: Romans 10:17 « So faith comes from hearing the Good News. And people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ. » Read: Acts 21:27-36, 25:9-12 From Corinth, Paul sailed across the sea, visiting some of the churches he had started. His long journey ended at the seaside city of Caesarea from where he traveled on land back to Jerusalem. As usual...
Wednesday December 30th, 2020 Memorize: Hebrews 4:12a « For the Word of God is alive and working. » Read: Acts 18:1-4, 9-17 After preaching in Athens, Paul went to the city of Corinth. There he stayed with Aquila and Priscilla, who also made tents for a living like Paul did. One night, the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision. “Do not be afraid,” He said. “Keep on speaking about Me, for I am with you...
Tuesday December 29th, 2020 Memorize: 1 Timothy 2:5 « There is only one God. And there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Jesus Christ. » Read: Acts 17:16-18, 22-30 When the earthquake struck the prison where Paul and Silas were being held, the terrified jailer asked them what he should do to be saved. “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, and your family...
Monday December 28th, 2020 Meditate on 1 Thessalonians 2:4 NLT « For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts. » Read Acts 20:26-28 ESV 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for I did not shrink from...
Monday December 28th, 2020 Memorize: Philippians 4:12b « I, Paul, have learned the secret of being happy at any time in everything that happens. » Read: Acts 16:16-28 When Paul and Silas were in Philippi, they set a slave girl free from an evil spirit that lived in her. The girl’s owners were furious because she had made money for them by telling people what would happen in the future. So they...
Sunday December 27th, 2020 Memorize: Proverbs 18:9 Good News Translations (GNT) « A lazy person is as bad as someone who is destructive. » Read: 2 Samuel 11:1-17 New Living Translations (NLT) 1 In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah...
Sunday December 27th, 2020 Memorize: Galatians 6:10 « When we have the opportunity to help anyone, we should do it. But we should give special attention to those who are in the family of Christ (other Christians). » Read: Acts 16:6-15 Paul and Silas set out on the second missionary trip to visit the churches that had started up. But as they traveled through the province of Asia, the Holy Spirit...
Saturday December 26th, 2020 Memorize: Matthew 24:24 Good News Translations (GNT) « For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear; they will perform great miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God’s chosen people, if possible. » Read: 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 New King James Versions (NKJV) 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of...
Saturday December 26th, 2020 Memorize: Colossians 3:17 « Everything you say and everything you do should all be done for Jesus your Lord. » Read: Acts 13:13, 15:36-41 Some time after Paul’s first missionary trip, he said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back to the towns where we preached, and find out how the new believers are getting along.” Barnabas wanted to take John Mark with them, as they had done...
