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...
Friday December 25th, 2020 Memorize: Revelation 4:11 « Our Lord and God! You are worthy to receive glory and honor and power. You made all things. Everything existed and was made because you wanted it » Read: Matthew 2:9-12 After the wise men had gone to King Herod to find out about the newborn king, the star they had first seen in the east went on ahead of them. The wise men’s...
Thursday December 24th, 2020 Memorize: 2 Peter 1:19 « This makes us more sure about the message the prophets gave. And it is good for you to follow closely what they said. Their message is like a light shining in a dark place. That light shines until the day begins and the morning star rises in your hearts. » Read: Matthew 2:1-12 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, wise men (Magi) from the east...
Jeudi 24 Décembre 2020 À mémoriser: 2 Pierre 1:19 « Rappelez-vous des messages des prophètes. Vous ferez bien d’y prêter attention: ces messages sont pareils à une lampe qui brille dans un lieu obscur, jusqu’à ce que le jour paraisse et que l’étoile du matin illumine vos cœurs. » À lire : Matthieu 2:1-12 Lorsque Jésus fut né à Bethléem, des hommes sages (des roi-mages) venu...
Wednesday December 23rd, 2020 Memorize: 1 Peter 5:4 « Then when Christ the Ruling Shepherd comes, you will get a crown—one that will be glorious and never lose its beauty. » Read: Luke 2:8-20 At last the promised Savior had come. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, just as the prophets had said (see Isaiah 7:14 – Matthew 1:22-23, Micah 5:2). There were shepherds spending the night in the fields...
