Read Isaiah 7—8 Today’s Scripture: The Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 These were perilous days for the nation of Judah. Assyria was growing stronger and threatening...
Read 1 John 5:6–15 Today’s Scripture: This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1 John 5:14 What breathing is to a physical person, prayer is to a spiritual person. If our heart is fixed on Christ...
Read Hebrews 4 Today’s Scripture: Since the promise of entering [God’s] rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. Hebrews 4:1 There are spiritual lessons in the geography of Israel’s experiences. The nation’s bondage in Egypt is an illustration...
Read Isaiah 36 Today’s Scripture: In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. Isaiah 36:1 Except for David and Solomon, no king of Judah is given more attention or commendation in Scripture than Hezekiah....
Read 2 Corinthians 5:1–10 Today’s Scripture:We are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:6 The people of God can be found in one of two places: either in heaven or on...
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...