October 15th, 2024
Read Colossians 3:16 NLT Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. Yesterday we explored what the Church is supposed to be – an Ekklesia; a community or […]
October 14th, 2024
Read Matthew 16:15-18 NIV 15“But what about you?”he asked. “Who do you say I am?” 16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18And […]
October 13th, 2024
Read Matthew 18:20 NIV For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. Lord, As we begin this week with the question of “Why do I need the Church?”, I will admit that sometimes I think it would be easier to pursue my faith on my own. Humans are so […]
October 12th, 2024
Read John 20:27 TPT Then, looking into Thomas’ eyes, he said, “Put your finger here in the wounds of my hands. Here—put your hand into my wounded side and see for yourself. Thomas, don’t give in to your doubts any longer, just believe!” Lord, we come to You today fully aware that our faith is […]
October 11th, 2024
Read Matthew 6:9-13 “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into […]
October 10th, 2024
Read John 10:10 NIV The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. Doubt is one of the sneaky little tools Satan uses to try to tempt us and deceive us. He has been using it since the beginning when […]
October 9th, 2024
Read Genesis 17:17 NIV Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” When Abraham was 75 years old God called him to leave the family and home he had known all his […]
October 8th, 2024
Read Matthew 14:27-31 NIV But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he […]
October 7th, 2024
Read Matthew 11:4-6 NIV Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account […]
October 6th, 2024
Read Mark 9:21-24 NIV Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one […]
