Day 258 (Year 2) Understanding Those Who Lay Heavy Burdens on You “They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.” (Matthew 23:4 NASB) Believers who have heard the teachings of the Bible may, at the initial stage of […]
Day 257 (Year 2) The Righteousness Required to Enter God’s Kingdom Jesus said, “For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:20 NASB) Jesus’ words above respond to the aforementioned scribes and Pharisees, etc., who could speak God’s
Day 256 (Year 2) A Heart that Seeks the Truth Jesus said, “Do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.” (Matthew 23:3b NASB) From Jesus’ perspective, believers who can practice their faith are more valuable than those who only speak without practice. Probably, among the crowd at
Day 255 (Year 2) The Scribes and Pharisees Talked But Did Not Do “Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying: ‘The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for
Day 254 (Year 2) Do Not Loathe God’s Reproof “My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD Or loathe His reproof, For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.” (Proverbs 3:11-12 NASB) Those whom the Lord loves He disciplines (Hebrews 12:6 NASB). It
Day 253 (Year 2) Only by Not Dealing Falsely Can You be Saved “Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.” (Ecclesiastes 7:29 NKJV) “For He said, ‘Surely, they are My people, Sons who will not deal falsely.’ So He became their Savior.” (Isaiah 63:8
Day 252 (Year 2) Thanking God Sincerely “Having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.” (Colossians 2:7 NASB) Previously mentioned that when believers understand and follow the will of Jesus, our faith and our habit of giving thanks
Day 251 (Year 2) Walking in Him “Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him.” (Colossians 2:6 NASB) The word “walk” in the above verse, peripateo in the Greek, also implies “to make one’s way, progress, to regulate one’s life, to conduct one’s self, or to pass one’s life to
Day 250 (Year 2) In Everything Give Thanks “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 NKJV) The word “everything,” pas in the Greek, here means “each, every, all, the whole, or all things.” Thus, we believers can thank God even for our failures,
Day 249 (Year 2) The Darkness of Not Giving Thanks to God “For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.” (Romans 1:21 NASB) Today’s verse reveals a very substantial truth: Giving thanks to God
