Day 17, Year 1 Lord Jesus will Save Us from Our Sins An angel of the Lord said to Joseph concerning Mary, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21 NKJV) “He who sins is of the devil, […]
Day 16, Year 1 There Is Life in the Way of Righteousness “In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death.” (Proverbs 12:28 NASB) Opposite to selfishness and defiance of the truth is obedience and behaving according to God’s righteousness and truth. In today’s verse, “righteousness” in Hebrew is
Day 15, Year 1 Calamity could Fall Suddenly upon People “For man also does not know his time: Like fish taken in a cruel net, Like birds caught in a snare, So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.” (Ecclesiastes 9:12 NKJV) Yesterday’s devotional posed a
Day 14, Year 1 Who Could Bear God’s Wrath? … “But to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath.” (Romans 2:8 NKJV) Today’s verse follows the previous discussion in Romans chapter 2 verse 7, which speaks of the Most High God rewarding eternal life to those who
Day 13, Year 1 What a Soul Sows, the Soul Will Reap “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” (Galatians 6:7 NKJV) A Chinese saying goes, “A portion you sow, the portion you shall reap.” Yet, this proverb does not always come true. In
Day 12, Year 1 What You Sow, You Will Reap “For whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.” (Galatians 6:7b NASB) Why should people choose life over death? It is because we would inevitably reap what we had sowed. This law of cause and effect is present in many religious beliefs and doctrines.
Day 11, Year 1 Seeking God’s Work “With my soul I have desired You in the night, yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.” (Isaiah 26:9 NKJV) According to today’s verse, believers could seek God
Day 10, Year 1 People Who Long for God “My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.” (Psalm 84:2 NKJV) In the above “long” is kasaph in Hebrew, which means “to deeply long for.” “Faint” in Hebrew is kalah, which
Day 9, Year 1 Seeking God Amid Hardships “<A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.> O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.” (Psalm 63:1 NKJV)
Day 8, Year 1 Seeking Immortality, and Reaping Eternal Life … “Eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality.” (Romans 2:7 NKJV) “Glory” in today’s verse, doxa in Greek, also means “most exalted state, majesty which solely belongs to God.” Together with “honor” and “immortality,” “seek
