Read 1 Peter 5:8–11 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 We must never get the idea that we are the only ones going through battles, because Peter has told us “your brothers throughout the...
Read 2 Corinthians 5:11–15 He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:15 In 1858, Frances Ridley Havergal visited Germany with her father, who was getting treatment for his afflicted eyes....
Read 2 Timothy 4:1–8 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 2 Timothy 4:2 It is easy to make excuses when we ought to be making opportunities. Paul himself always found an opportunity to share the Word,...
Read Job 11 If you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear. Job 11:14–15 Zophar makes three accusations against Job: Job is guilty...
Read 1 Timothy 1:1–2 To Timothy my true son in the faith. 1 Timothy 1:2 “Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.” That advertisement appeared in a London newspaper, and thousands...
Read 1 John 5:16–21 We are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 1 John 5:20 The world boasts of enlightenment, but Christians walk in the real light because “God is light” (1:5). The world talks about love, but...
Read Philippians 4:1–5 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:4–5 If anybody had an excuse for worrying, it was the apostle Paul. Two of his beloved Christian friends at Philippi were disagreeing with...
Read 1 Timothy 4:1–6 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 1 Timothy 4:1 Satan works “by means of the hypocrisy of liars” (1 Tim. 4:2, literal translation). One of the marks of a true...
Read 1 John 2:16 Everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 1 John 2:16 As Christians, the world appeals to us through “the lust of the flesh,...
Read 1 John 2:8 I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining. 1 John 2:8 The Greeks had two different words for new—one meant “new in time,” and the other meant...