Day 1, Year 1 Choosing Life The author, believed to be Moses, once said to the ancient Israelites, “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.” (Deuteronomy 30:19 NKJV) Life […]
Day 2, Year 1 Make Choices for Eternal Life “Choose life.” (Deuteronomy 30:19b NASB) The word “choose” in Hebrew is bachar, which also means “to elect, or decide for.” In other words, we need to actively make decisions for our own lives. This resolve to actively seek life is crucial as it challenges those who,
Day 3, Year 1 Life could Be Marvelous “So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants.” (Deuteronomy 30:19c NASB) For many, life is about studying and playing, working and enjoying, while some pursue their ideals. To the Israelites, life could take on a different meaning. “Live” in today’s verse, chayah
Day 4, Year 1 Calling Upon Heaven and Earth to Help You “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.” (Deuteronomy 30:19 NKJV) The word “you” in the above verse
Day 5, Year 1 Would You Follow the Way of Eternal Life? “But Simon Peter answered Him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.’” (John 6:68 NKJV) People could choose life because God has the way of eternal life, and the true way of life is given by the
Day 6, Year 1 The Words of the Lord are Life Jesus said, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63 NKJV) Yesterday’s verse reveals that Jesus Christ has the “words of eternal life” (John 6:68 NKJV).
Day 7, Year 1 Pondering Eternal Life “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11a NKJV) When you choose the true life, you can live longer. Eternal life might seem out of reach, but some people have really entered heaven and enjoy eternal happiness. Contrarily,
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
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 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
