And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment…                                                                                                       Philippians 1:9  In today’s passage Paul is praying for the church at Philippi. His prayer is a simple yet powerful one. Knowing that love is at the core of…

For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.                                                                                                     Philippians 1:6  Today’s passage is a reminder that we can have complete confidence, as did Paul, that whatever work God has begun…

Even when we face those times in our lives when it just feels like we are crawling along in our walk with Christ, we should remember that those are the times in which God often does His greatest work. For Paul, it was being placed in a Roman jail. Add to that, his imprisonment was…

And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.                                                            …

And he (the thief) was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!” And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”                                                                                                          Luke 23:42-43  Today: Read Luke 23 When we examine the crucifixion of Jesus, four distinct…

…but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant. For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.                                                                        …

And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she…

And He (Jesus) said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”                                                                                                            Luke 20:25  Today: Read Luke 20 To render is to provide or give service to something or someone. In scripture, it means to discharge what…

Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and…

I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.                                                                                                                             Luke 18:14  Today: Read Luke 18…