Monday November 27th, 2023 Meditate on Hebrews 12:29 NKJV « For our God is a consuming fire. » Read Deuteronomy 11:26-28 GWT 26 Today I’m giving you the choice of a blessing or a curse. 27 You’ll be blessed if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I’m giving you today. 28 You’ll be cursed if you disobey the commands of...
Fire-quenchers
Saturday November 25th, 2023 Meditate on 1 Corinthians 10:12 MSG « Don’t be so naïve and self-confident. You’re not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it’s useless. Cultivate God-confidence. » Read Matthew 5:27-30 NLT 27 You have heard the commandment that says, ‘You must not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say, anyone who...
How hot is your fire?
Friday November 24th, 2023 Meditate on Revelation 3:16 NKJV « So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. » Read Revelation 3:2-6 NLT 2 Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God. 3 Go back to what you heard and believed at first;...
Learn from the fall of Samson – II
Thursday November 23rd, 2023 Meditate on Matthew 5:28 NKJV « But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. » Read James 1:12-16 GNT 12 Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love him. ...
Learn from the fall of Samson – I
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023 Meditate on 1 Corinthians 10:12 CEV « Even if you think you can stand up to temptation, be careful not to fall » Read 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 GWT 1 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that all our ancestors who left Egypt were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea. 2 They were all united with Moses by baptism in the cloud and in the...
Are you among the faithful few?
Tuesday August 15th, 2023 Meditate on: Isaiah 10:21 GWT « A few, the remaining few of Jacob, will return to the mighty God. » Read: Matthew 24:37-42 NLT 37 “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. 38 In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. 39 People...
Evangelism tips: Show love first
Monday August 14th, 2023 Meditate on: 1 John 4:19 NKJV « We love Him because He first loved us » Read: James 2:15-16 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? Understand: Everybody responds to love. If you want to talk to anyone...
Baby Christians need to grow first
Tuesday August 08th, 2023 Meditate on: 1 Peter 2:2 GNT « Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved » Read: Ephesians 4:11-16 NLT 11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s...
Godly sorrow
Monday August 07th, 2023 Meditate on: 2 Corinthians 7:10 GWT « In fact, to be distressed in a godly way causes people to change the way they think and act and leads them to be saved. No one can regret that. But the distress that the world causes brings only death. » Read: 2 Corinthians 7:8-12 NLT 8 I am not sorry that I sent that severe letter to you, though I was sorry at first, for I know...
Diligence has its rewards
Wednesday August 02nd, 2023 Meditate on: Proverbs 22:29 NKJV « Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men » Read: Matthew 25:19-21NLT 19 “After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money. 20 The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver came forward...