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2015 Day 233 – Hebrews 1

21 Friday Aug 2015

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Today we begin the book of Hebrews. There is no clear indication of who wrote the book, but possible authors have been Paul, Luke, Barnabas, Apollos, Silas, Philip, Priscilla and others. The purpose of the book is to present the sufficiency and authority of Christ. The book is a letter written to Hebrew Christians who may have been considering a return to Judaism, most likely because of a lack of understanding in Biblical truths leading up to Christ. One of the key verses in the entire book is Hebrews 1:3, The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty in heaven.

2015 Day 225 – Titus 2

13 Thursday Aug 2015

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There are too many believers, even churches as a whole, who teach according to their own interpretation of scripture, or what they think is in scripture. In Titus 2:1 Paul warns, You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine. Unless we read the scriptures and know exactly what God is trying to tell us, then we are not to take liberties in interpretation and teaching. We should know what the Bible actually says before we give instruction on our individual opinions.

2015 Day 192 – Romans 15

11 Saturday Jul 2015

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Without the written account of everything we read in Scripture, we would not know of the hope that comes through the knowledge of all God has done for us. In Romans 15:4 Paul puts it this way, For everything that was written in the past was to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Our hope comes from the knowledge we gain by reading all God has provided through Scripture. May we never take it for granted what God has provided for us through the Bible, which is the best selling book in the history. It was written for our benefit to provide hope for our future because of what God has done and is able to do.

2015 day 178 – Romans 3

27 Saturday Jun 2015

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The middle part of Romans 3:4 stood out to me today, Let God be true, and every man a liar. Truth is always truth no matter what we may think about it.  The rest of the world is welcome to disagree with what God has to say, but that doesn’t make the truth any less true.

2015 Day 131 – 1 Thessalonians 1

11 Monday May 2015

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In this first letter to the Thessalonian church, Paul is addressing a relatively new church of believers, having only been established two to three years earlier. These believers were remote from the epicenter of the Christian faith, and they were doing the best they could with the knowledge they had. In addition, they were also being persecuted for their faith. Paul wrote this letter to encourage and to strengthen the Thessalonian Christians in their faith. And, as with the message in the rest of the Bible, this letter is timeless for all of us. We may not be struggling with the same issues as this early church, but we all face struggles and need encouragement from time to time. Sometimes we are the encouragers and sometimes we are the ones needing encouragement. In either case, God and His strength are at the center of it all.

2015 Day 128 – Acts 17

08 Friday May 2015

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In today’s reading, we are back in the book of Acts, and we find Paul speaking with the Greek Philosophers in Athens. Many of these people somehow managed to make a living spending their day talking about new ideas (good work if you can get it). As Paul is speaking with these philosophers, he takes the opportunity to use something he finds in Greek worship to point to the one true God. Acts 17:22 says, 22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens!” I see that in every way you are religious. 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with the inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you. Too often we expect non-believers to come to a relationship with God by finding their own way. The reality is God meets them where they are. We are called to help them find their way. God can use any circumstance and any scenario for His glory and to bring people into relationship with Him. There is nothing so un-sacred that He cannot use it for good.

2015 Day 118 – James 5

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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Today we finish up the book of James and I appreciate what he has to say in James 5:12, Above all, my brothers, do not swear – not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, or you will be condemned. We all know that person who likes to exaggerate the truth. And with Social media in play, we see many “creative liberties” with the way people present their lives. A person’s reputation is formed by living a life of integrity and their ability to present who they are and what they do in a truthful manner. When someone lies, presents half-truths or omissions of the truth, they become untrustworthy. In the end, the truth always makes its way to the surface. Mark Twain once said, “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

2015 Day 105 – Acts 8

15 Wednesday Apr 2015

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One of the things I love about the book of Acts is the fearless and bold work of the believers. No task is too small or too big for any of them because they know they have the power of God with them. One of the other things I love about this book is we see the beginnings of the spread of the good news. In Acts 8:35 it shows this as Philip shares with the Ethiopian, Then Philip began with that very passage of scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. Because of moments like these with foreigners like the Ethiopian, the good news started to spread to other parts of the world. It was because of boldness and trust in the will of God that the word spread. Let us be reminded daily of our responsibility as believers to be bold enough to share our faith in the good news of Jesus.

2015 Day 104 – Acts 7

14 Tuesday Apr 2015

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In today’s reading we learn about the martyrdom of Stephen. For the majority of the chapter Stephen spends time reminding the religious leaders of their history. He did not do this because he felt they lacked knowledge, but because he was setting up his main point; that throughout the Israelite’s history, they continuously rejected God regardless of the truth being giving to them on a continuous basis. Their rejection included most of their prophets, many of which prophesied about the coming of the Messiah. In Act 7:52 Stephen says to the religious leaders, Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him. When we blind ourselves to the truth we invite suffering and misdirection in our lives. Sometimes the truth is hard to accept, especially when it is not what we expected. But in the end our expectations matter very little. We must be open to God’s teaching in our lives and be willing to accept truth that sometimes is contrary to what we feel.

2015 Day 98 – Acts 2

08 Wednesday Apr 2015

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One of the most powerful verses in today’s reading is Acts 2:36, “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” Regardless of who believes Jesus Christ is who He said He was makes no difference to the truth. Too often we allow people to have an opinion that somehow makes a difference in what is actual truth. Opinions do not matter. Truth is there for us to believe or deny, but the consequences of that belief or denial are eternal.