Evening Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap … Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin … Do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind … Your Father knows that you need these things. Having food and clothing, with these … Continue reading Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
Daily Devotional
We, having died to sins, might live for righteousness.
Evening Put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and … put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. You died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. § As … Continue reading We, having died to sins, might live for righteousness.
Behold, I make all things new.
Evening Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. § If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone … Continue reading Behold, I make all things new.
As Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
Evening There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. § I forgave you all that debt … Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had … Continue reading As Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
Evening Not being weak in faith, [Abraham] did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. § Which is easier, to say to … Continue reading Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
Forgive all my sins.
Evening Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you. § I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for … Continue reading Forgive all my sins.
June 3 – Daily Light
Evening I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected … I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal … Continue reading June 3 – Daily Light
It is the Lord’s Passover.
Thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist. . . . So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. Arise and depart, for this is not your rest. § Here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. § There remains therefore a rest for the … Continue reading It is the Lord’s Passover.
“Immanuel,” . . . “God with us.”
Will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. § The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. § Great is the mystery of godliness: God was … Continue reading “Immanuel,” . . . “God with us.”
Little children, abide in Him.
Evening He who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. … for let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called … Continue reading Little children, abide in Him.
