Day 82, Year 1 Refusing Evil and Choosing Good “For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.” (Isaiah 7:16 NKJV) “Both … kings” in today’s verse refers to the kings of Syria and Israel at that time. […]
Day 81, Year 1 Striving for an Adult Mindset “But when I became a man, I put away childish things.” (1 Corinthians 13:11b NKJV) I feel that those who live in urban areas might have a weaker desire to grow into adulthood compared to rural people. This is because people living in rural areas witness
Day 80, Year 1 Pursuing a Life For Growth “But when I became a man, I put away childish things.” (1 Corinthians 13:11b NKJV) The above half of the verse is particularly essential. The biblical culture, as a whole, encourages people to mature and become adults, and growing into adulthood seems to be a prerequisite
Day 79, Year 1 Two Different Principles “When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.” (1 Corinthians 13:11 NASB) The “reason” in today’s verse, logizomai in Greek, has three meanings: to calculate,
Day 78, Year 1 Growing into Adulthood “When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.” (1 Corinthians 13:11 NASB) “Child” mentioned in today’s verse, nepios in Greek, is more often translated as
Day 77, Year 1 Accepting Discipline or Persisting Childishness? “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.” (Proverbs 22:15 NASB) “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I
Day 76, Year 1 Discerning the Source of Our Suffering “Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.” (Psalm 107:17 NASB) Not all suffering on earth is caused by our sins, but some are indeed the result of our transgressions and iniquities. We should avoid two beliefs in extremes. First,
Day 75, Year 1 Foolishness Leads to Sin “The devising of folly is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.” (Proverbs 24:9 NASB) “Sin” in today’s verse is chatta’th in Hebrew, which refers to the “condition of sin, guilt of sin, or the punishment for sin.” In other contexts, it also means “sin
Day 74, Year 1 Foolishness Leads to Weariness “The labor of fools wearies them, for they do not even know how to go to the city!” (Ecclesiastes 10:15 NKJV) Many fools are diligent, but their diligence results in weariness. In biblical agrarian society, only a few people were lazy. Thus, the Bible assumes most people
Day 73, Year 1 Eliminating Foolishness in Your Walking … “Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.” (Ecclesiastes 10:3 NASB) We should even consider our walking posture or gait to escape from foolishness. If there is any foolishness in it,
