Day 196, Year 1 The Perfume is for the Lord “While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance.” (Song of Solomon 1:12 NASB) When you dine with Jesus, what kind of smell does your life emit? Spikenard, as a Chinese translation of “perfume” in the above verse, was an ancient, […]
Day 195, Year 1 Dining with the Ruler “When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.” (Proverbs 23:1-2 NASB) Many believers describe the experience of being face-to-face with Jesus as akin to the
Day 194, Year 1 The Focus of Dining is Communication with People “Suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you.” (2 Peter 2:13 NASB) The word “carouse” in today’s verse, though
Day 193, Year 1 Renovating the heart “For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.” (Hebrews 3:4 NASB) Human hearts have various designs and usages, which differ from one another. When Jesus wants to come into believers and dine with us, He is telling most of us that
Day 192, Year 1 Restaurant of the Heart “I … will dine with him….” (Revelation 3:20 NASB) Many human hearts can accommodate two or more voices. Since childhood, we are often told to do or not do certain things, leading us to begin processing different external voices in our minds. This kind of inner thinking
Day 191, Year 1 The Lord with You, and you with the Lord “… I … with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20b NASB) How would you feel when you are face-to-face with the Lord Jesus, and when He looks right at you? Some might feel safe, comfortable, at ease, or happy, etc. while
Day 190, Year 1 Can You Sit Down and Talk with Jesus? Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20 NASB) In today’s verse, Jesus said that
Day 189, Year 1 Are You Joyfully Welcoming the Lord? “Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: ‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD! Hosanna in the highest!’” (Matthew 21:9 NKJV) In the past, as Jesus entered Jerusalem, the
Day 188, Year 1 Welcoming the Lord’s Arrival “And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.” (Matthew 21:8 NKJV) Today’s verse describes the actions of the crowd as they welcomed the Lord Jesus into Jerusalem at that time. The
Day 187, Year 1 What is Filling Your House? “In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.” (Zephaniah 1:9 NKJV) The first half of today’s verse indicates that God will punish all the people of Judah and Jerusalem at that
