Read Isaiah 24—25 Today’s Scripture: You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. Isaiah 25:4 Isaiah paints two pictures: the buffeting of a storm and the beating down of a burning...

Read Galatians 4:8–18 Today’s Scripture: Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them. Galatians 4:17 One of the marks of a false teacher is that he tries to attract...

Read 1 John 2:26–29 Today’s Scripture: Now, dear children, continue in [Christ], so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 1John2:28 A person who professes to be a Christian but does not live in obedience, love, and truth is either deceived or...

Read 1 Peter 1:18–21 Today’s Scripture: You know that it was not with perishable things such as silver and gold that you were redeemed … but with the precious blood of Christ. 1Peter 1:18–19 There were probably fifty million slaves in the Roman Empire! Slaves could purchase their own freedom...

Read Hebrews 5:11–14 Today’s Scripture: Solid food is for the mature. Hebrews 5:14 Just as our physical bodies have senses, without which we could not function, so our inner “spiritual man” has “spiritual senses.” As we feed on the Word of God, and apply it in daily life, our inner...

Read Romans 14:1–12 Today’s Scripture: Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. Romans 14:4 Two of the most famous Christians in the Victorian era in England were Charles...

Read Galatians 5:16–26 Today’s Scripture: So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. Galatians 5:16 At the close of an important speech to congress on January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt shared his vision of the kind of world...

Read 2 Timothy 3:1–9 Today’s Scripture: But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2Timothy 3:1 Too many Christians are like the pilot who informed his passengers, “We are lost, but we are making very good time.” “These last days” began with the ministry of Jesus...

Read Colossians 1:15 Today’s Scripture: [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Colossians 1:15 Paul’s main theme in Colossians is the preeminence of Jesus Christ (Col. 1:18 KJV). There is no need for us to worry about angelic mediators or spiritual emanations. Every person...

Read James 4:7–12 Today’s Scripture: Submit yourselves … to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. James4:7–8 Dr. A. W. Tozer has a profound essay in one of his books entitled “Nearness Is Likeness.” The more...