Tuesday, December 8 – Small Things Are Not Despised For who scorns the day of small things?—Zechariah 4:10a The world loves the spectacular. God has proven that He is certainly capable of the extraordinary, but He often chooses to work through the ordinary and seemingly insignificant. In this way He …
Monday, December 7 – Raining Righteousness Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your untilled ground. It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain.—Hosea 10:12 The people of Hosea’s day had become hardened to God’s Word. They …
Sunday, December 6 – A Heart That Loves God For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.—Hosea 6:6 No amount of activity for God will ever take the place of a heart that is right with Him. Through the ages God’s people have …
But whoever doubts stands condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.—Romans 14:23 The writer of Hebrews reminds us that without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6). Whenever God reveals something, He expects us to …
Therefore since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the race that lies before us.—Hebrews 12:1 Sin is our most persistent, determined, and pernicious enemy. Sin seeks to …
Simon and his companions went searching for Him.—Mark 1:36 Simon Peter is well known to us for his foolish, extemporaneous statements throughout the Gospels (Matt. 16:22; 17:4; 26:33). But Peter was always seeking after Jesus. Peter followed Jesus from afar during the night of Jesus’ crucifixion (Matt. 26:58). Peter ran …
So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”—Luke 24:32 Jesus joins those who are earnestly seeking Him. Two men walked along the road to Emmaus discussing the confusing events that had …
For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.—2 Timothy 1:7 The only fear that God encourages in a Christian’s life is the fear of God (2 Cor. 5:10–11; Heb. 10:31). Fear of people does not come from God. The problem …
There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven.—Ecclesiastes 3:1 The beauty in the way God designed the four seasons is that, though each one is distinct, they all work together to bring life and growth. Spring is a period of freshness and new life. …
