Day 13

“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”

– John 15:12-13

Love. It is the first and foremost command Jesus gave us, yet all too many Christians neglect to follow it. Continue reading →

Day 12

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”

– Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 22:37, Luke 10:27, Mark 12:30

Jesus emphasized loving God as the most important commandment in the Bible. That’s what God wants from us more than anything! Continue reading →

Day 11

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”

– Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 22:37, Luke 10:27, Mark 12:30

It’s not very common for people to read the Word as if it were a romance novel, but if you pay close attention, you’ll realize it’s one massive love story (don’t tune out just yet, guys). Continue reading →

Day 10

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”

– Colossians 3:1-2

Additional reading: 2 Hebrews 12:1-4

“Set your sights…” When you hear that phrase, what comes to mind? Continue reading →

Day 09

“He drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and establishing my goings.”

– Psalms 40:2

Imagine you are walking on a clear path but something catches your eye; you become distracted and wander off course. Continue reading →

Day 08

“If you find the godless world is hating you, remember it got its start hating me. If you lived on the world’s terms, the world would love you as one of its own. But since I picked you to live on God’s terms and no longer on the world’s terms, the world is going to hate you.”

– John 15:18

Additional reading: 2 Corinthians 11:23-25, 26-27

As followers of Christ, each and every one of us has the opportunity to be a World Changer. Continue reading →

Day 07

“But the human tongue can be tamed by no man.  It is restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison.”

– James 3:6

Many times when we think of the words we speak, we tend to think about how they affect others. But what about the things we say to ourselves? Continue reading →

Day 06

“But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).”

– Galatians 5:16

Additional reading: Galatians 5:13-16, 17-21, 22-25

The enemy always wants to keep us from living a life according to the Spirit. Continue reading →

Day 05

“…but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord (by right of their need and on the authority of His Word), none of them shall lack any beneficial thing.”

– Psalms 34:10

In the last few years, increasingly and with new illumination, this scripture has fortified my spiritual stance. Continue reading →