Archive for June 2019

Matthew 7:24-27Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and…

Luke 10:38-42 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and…

Prov. 27:17As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. We have reviewed several scriptures this year that instruct us to fellowship with the Church at large. Today’s scripture gives us not only instruction in that respect but also a warning regarding with whom we choose to fellowship. Just as a good iron will sharpen…

1 Cor. 12:12-13For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. We…

Luke 9:24For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. It has been the hallmark of humanity’s struggle against itself. If we truly lived a finite existence in a finite world, the idea of self-preservation would make complete sense. If I had only a…

Psalm 130:5I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. Exercising patience is probably one of the most universal human struggles. Personally, God continues to work in me in this regard. We can chalk up our impatience to the current world culture that thrives on instant gratification,…

Phil. 2:12-13Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. When we scan the scriptures…

1 Tim. 6:17-18Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to…

Matt. 5:43-45aYou have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. Hatred is the antithesis of love. It is like black and white, good and evil, and…