Read Hebrews 3:12–19 Today’s Scripture: See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily … so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Hebrews 3:12–13 The heart of every problem is...
Read Job 31—32:1 Today’s Scripture: So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Job 32:1 Job was silent. He had ended his defense and given oath that he was not guilty of the sins he had been accused of by his friends. Job...
Read Ecclesiastes 9:5–10 Today’s Scripture: The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten. Ecclesiastes 9:5 What Solomon wrote about the dead can be reversed and applied to the living. The dead do not...
Read 2 Corinthians 12:9–21 Today’s Scripture: I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.… For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9–10 God does not give us His grace simply to help us endure...
Read James 1:4 Today’s Scripture: Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:4 As we read the epistle of James, we discover that the Jewish Christians were having some problems in their personal lives and in their church fellowship. For...
Read 1 John 3:18–24 Today’s Scripture: For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 1 John 3:20 A “condemning heart” is one that robs us of peace. An “accusing conscience” is another way to describe it. Sometimes the heart accuses us wrongly, because it “is deceitful above...
Read Galatians 6:11–18 Today’s Scripture: Finally, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. Galatians 6:17 In Paul’s day, it was not unusual for the follower of some heathen god or goddess to be branded with the mark of that idol. He...
Read Job 29 Today’s Scripture: How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me. Job 29:2 Job had opened his defense by saying that he wished he had never been born (Job 3). Here he closed his defense by remembering the blessings -he...
Read 1 Corinthians 14:1–25 Today’s Scripture: Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts. 1 Corinthians 14:1 A ministry that does not build up will fall down, no matter how spiritual it may seem. When we explain and apply the Word of God to individual lives, we have...
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...