Read 1 Timothy 4:7–16 Today’s Scripture: For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 Clergyman and author Phillips Brooks said, “The great purpose of life—the shaping of character by...

Read Ecclesiastes 1:1–2   Today’s Scripture:  “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Vanity of vanities,” lamented Solomon, “all is vanity!” Solomon liked that word vanity; he used it in some form thirty-eight times in Ecclesiastes as he wrote about everyday life. The word means...

Read 1 John 2:1–6   Today’s Scripture: If anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. 1 John 2:5   Obedience to God’s Word is proof of our love for Him. There are three motives for obedience. We can obey because we have to, because we...

Read 1 Peter 1:6–7   Today’s Scripture: In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 1 Peter 1:6   All God plans and performs here is in preparation for what He has in store for...

Read 1 Peter 3:7   Today’s Scripture:Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.  1 Peter 3:7  ...

Read Colossians 1:16–17 Today’s Scripture:  [Jesus] is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17   A guide took a group of people through an atomic laboratory and explained how all matter was composed of rapidly moving particles. The tourists studied models of molecules and were...

Read Colossians 3:18—4:1 Today’s Scripture:  Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Colossians 3:20 John H. Starkey was a violent British criminal. He murdered his own wife, then was convicted for the crime and executed. The officials asked General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army,...

Read 1 Corinthians 6:1–8   Today’s Scripture: The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. 1 Corinthians 6:7 The church at Corinth was rapidly losing its testimony in the city. Not only did the unsaved know about the immorality in the assembly,...

Read Colossians 1:24–27 Today’s Scripture: To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27 God has initiated a new program—His mystery—that was not explained by the Old Testament prophets. The mystery...

Read Ecclesiastes 8:14–17 Today’s Scripture: No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Ecclesiastes 8:17 People who have to know everything are destined for disappointment. Through many difficult days and sleepless nights, the Preacher applied...