Day 185, Year 1 Sooner or Later, the Lord will Surely Appear Before You “But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.” (1 Thessalonians 5:4 NKJV) After pondering the truth of Jesus knocking on the door of people’s hearts over the previous days, there is one […]
Day 184, Year 1 The Wayward … Will Destroy Themselves “For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.” (Proverbs 1:32 NASB) “A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, Is like the beasts that perish.” (Psalm 49:20 NKJV) We have previously discussed that those
Day 183, Year 1 Breaking Free from Foolishness “Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats his folly.” (Proverbs 26:11 NASB) “He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.” (Proverbs 5:23 NASB) In the first verse of today, the term
Day 182, Year 1 Get Rid of the Traits of Pigs and Dogs “It has happened to them according to the true proverb, ‘A dog returns to its own vomit,’ and, ‘A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.’” (2 Peter 2:22 NASB) In today’s verse, the metaphor of dogs and pigs depicts
Day 181, Year 1 Be Wary of Gradually Turning Away from the Way of God “For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.” (2 Peter 2:21 NASB) People often turn away from the
Day 180, Year 1 Obeying or Abandoning God’s Commands? “For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.” (2 Peter 2:21 NKJV) “Commandment” in today’s verse is entole in the Greek, which also means “precept,
Day 179, Year 1 Overcoming the Battle of the Mind … “Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NKJV) The verse indicates that believers need to deal with the battle in our minds in
Day 178, Year 1 Removing Obstacles to Know the Lord … “Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NKJV) For some people, hearing the Lord Jesus’ voice and then opening their doors of hearts
Day 177, Year 1 The Moment of Door Opening “I arose to open for my beloved, And my hands dripped with myrrh, My fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the lock.” (Song of Solomon 5:5 NKJV) In the study of traditional Chinese medicine, myrrh can relieve pain, reduce swelling, and promote tissue regeneration.
Day 176, Year 1 God Waits for Us to Awaken Love for Him “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.” (Song of Solomon 3:5 NKJV) Out of His love and gentleness, Jesus Christ knocks on
