Scripture Readings: Proverbs 16:17-27, Jeremiah 37-38, John 9:13-41 Reflection Verses: Jeremiah 38:27-28 Reflection: In the scripture reading today, Jeremiah was under no obligation to tell anyone about what he and the king had discussed. Jeremiah revealed to the king what God had instructed him to say. That was no one else’ business. Even then Jeremiah…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 16:8-16, Jeremiah 35-36, John 9:1-12 Reflection Verses: John 9:1-3 Reflection: The text today is about a man who was born blind. The Jews asked – Who sinned – the blind man’s parents or the blind man himself? Neither had sinned according to Jesus, but that the power of God might be displayed…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 16:1-7, Jeremiah 33-34, John 8:31-59 Reflection Verses: John 8:31-32 Reflection: Jesus taught that if a person continues in His Word, that person would be Jesus’ disciple indeed. To continue in His Word means to read, study, meditate on and live by The Word of God. Beloved, if we continue in Jesus’ Word,…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 15:23-33, Jeremiah 31:23-32, John 8:12-30 Reflection Verse: John 8:24 Reflection: Beloved, it is of the utmost importance that you believe in The Lord Jesus… That you believe all the claims that The Word of God made about Him – and all the claims that Jesus made about Himself. Jesus is the Messiah,…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 15:12-22, Jeremiah 29:24-31:22, John 7:33-8:11 Reflection Verse: John 8:7 Reflection: As humans it is easy for us to see others’ faults, wrongdoing, and sins instead of considering our own sins. Jesus encourages us to have compassion on others and to consider ourselves as we find fault in other. Beloved, Jesus died for…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 15:6-11, Jeremiah 27-29:23, John 7:1-32 Reflection Verse: John 7:23 Reflection: The Jewish tradition required a male to be circumcised 8 days after he was born, even if the eighth day was the Sabbath. However, Jesus got in hot water with the religious authorities for healing a man on the Sabbath. According to…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 15:1-5, Jeremiah 25-26, John 6:41-71 Reflection Verses: John 6:68-69 Reflection: Peter answered Jesus that he and the rest of Jesus’ disciples could not leave Him because there was no other place to go. They believed in Him as the Messiah and they have eternal life through Him. Where else could they go? …
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 14:29-35, Jeremiah 23-24, John 6:25-40 Reflection Verse: John 6:32 Reflection: Beloved, God is the One Who gives that true bread from heaven which gives and sustains life. And just as in Moses’ time, when the people were provided manna, the people are now being provided Jesus – the bread of life Who…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 14:20-28, Jeremiah 20:7-22, John 6:1-24 Reflection Verse: John 6:9 Reflection: Andrew’s answer to Jesus regarding feeding the people was to present the resources which he had discovered that were readily available. It would have been impossible to feed the people with the 5 loaves and 2 fish, and Andrew knew it, but…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 14:10-19, Jeremiah 17: 19-20:6, John 5:24-47 Reflection Verse: John 5:24 Reflection: Those who accept Christ are accepting God, and that means accepting eternal life. Rejecting Jesus means rejecting God. Those who reject God are under God’s judgment (John 3:36). Jesus’ power over spiritual life and death is proven, in part, by His…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 14:1-9, Jeremiah 15-17:18, John 5:1-23 Reflection Verse: John 5:19 Reflection: Everything that Jesus does is in conjunction with The Father and according to the Father’s will. Whatever and however the Father may act, think, or respond, Jesus also acts, thinks and responds in the same manner. Remember, Jesus said, I and My…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 13:19-25, Jeremiah 12:5-14, John 4:27-54 Reflection Verse: John 4:38 Prayer: Lord God, as Your people, we are to find out where You are already working and enter into the labor going on there. As we do this we will reap with them and rejoice with them in the harvest of people coming…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 13:13-18, Jeremiah 10-12:4, John 4:1-26 Reflection Verses: John 4:25-26 Reflection: The Samaritan woman at the well had a profound encounter with Jesus. She knew a Messiah was coming that would reveal truth to even the Samaritans. Jesus declared to her that He was the Messiah she knew was coming. This led her…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 13:7-12, Jeremiah 7:30-9, John 3:22-36 Reflection Verse: John 3:36 Reflection: The message of the Gospel presents each person with a clear choice – believe in Jesus and have eternal life with the Father or don’t believe in Jesus and reject eternal life. Those who refuse to believe in Jesus will remain separated…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 13:1-6, Jeremiah 6-7:29, John 3:1-21 Reflection Verses: John 3:14-15 Reflection: Jesus taught that just as Moses lifted the serpent up in the wilderness to stop the judgment that was on the Hebrew people, Jesus being lifted up on the cross stops the judgment of sin on All people who believe on Him….
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 12:21-28, Jeremiah 4-5, John 2 Reflection Verses: John 2:3-4 Reflection: Jesus’ first reported miracle – turning water into wine – comes at His mother’s request. This particular miracle, demonstrates that nothing is better than Jesus – and that Jesus is able to provide what we need, and that nothing is better than…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 12:14-20, Jeremiah 2-3, John 1:29-51 Reflection Verses: John 1:47-48 Reflection: Jesus gave Nathaniel a wonderful compliment. The sense is that there was nothing tricky or deceptive in Nathaniel. In other word, Jesus was saying that the course of Nathaniel’s life, and conversation, was with great integrity, and uprightness, and without any prevailing…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 12:8-13, Isaiah 66 – Jeremiah 1, John 1:1-28 Reflection Verses: John 1:2-3 Reflection: Jesus was always with God from the beginning. Jesus was there, participating in the creation – when everything came into being and nothing came into being apart from Jesus. Jesus is God! Jesus is The Word of God made…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 12:1-7, Isaiah 63-65, James 5 Reflection Verse: James 5:16 Reflection: James reminds us that mutual confession and prayer brings healing, both physically and spiritually. Confession can free us from the heavy burdens (physically and spiritually) of unresolved sin and removes hindrances to the work of the Holy Spirit. But consider this, Beloved;…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 11:28-31, Isaiah 60-62, James 4 Reflection Verse: James 4:15 Reflection: Sometimes we make plans, do our own thing, or enter into contracts and agreements without consulting God. We are all guilty of “counting our chickens before they hatch.” Beloved, having dreams is good but acting on your dreams without seeking God as…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 11:21-27, Isaiah 57-59, James 3 Reflection Verse: James 3:1 Reflection: James has a sober admonition for those who would become teachers in the church. They must take the responsibility seriously, because their accountability is greater, and they shall receive a stricter judgment. James reminds us that being among the teachers in God’s…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 11:12-20, Isaiah 53-56, James 2 Reflection Verse: James 2:1 Reflection: The glorious faith we have, the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, should never be associated with partiality, or rather, discrimination. The Lord of glory Himself shows no partiality or discrimination, so neither should those who put their trust in Him. We…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 11:7-11, Isaiah 50-52, James 1 Reflection Verses: James 1:2-4 Reflection: Faith is tested through trials, not produced by trials. Trials reveal what faith we do have; not because God doesn’t know how much faith we have, but so that our faith will be evident to ourselves and to those around us. Understand…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 11:1-6, Isaiah 48-49, Hebrews 13:7-25 Reflection Verses: Hebrews 13:7 Reflection: We are told to recognize and follow godly leadership in the body of Christ, leadership shown to be legitimate by faithfulness to the word of God and by godly conduct. Such leaders should be recognized and followed. Just as much as a…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 10:27-32, Isaiah 45-47, Hebrews 12:18-13:6 Reflection Verse: Hebrews 12:28 Prayer: Holy God, as believers we need to be thankful for the grace You have shown to us and for Your Kingdom which we are now in through Jesus, Your Son. Our gratitude is shown through faithfully serving You and worshipping You. Thank…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 10:20-26, Isaiah 43-44, Hebrews 12:1-17 Reflection Verse: Hebrews 12:10 Reflection: Beloved, our Heavenly Father corrects us to bring us to holiness, for without holiness, we will never see God. It is inevitable that we will make mistakes on our journey, so, the correction of God is necessary to keep us in right…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 10:12-19, Isaiah 41-42, Hebrews 11:17-40 Reflection Verses: Hebrews 11:32-34 Reflection: When God calls a person to an assignment, that person is given all they need to complete that assignment. Everything is accomplished by faith and through prayer. The person who is called, must trust in God’s ability to work through him or…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 10:6-11, Isaiah 39-40, Hebrews 11:1-16 Reflection Verse: Hebrews 11:3 Reflection: Beloved, it really does take faith to believe that God simply spoke, and the world came into existence… being created into existence by things not visible. The things that we believe concerning God is beyond us, yet, those things are really true….
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 10:1-5, Isaiah 37-38, Hebrews 10:19-39 Reflection Verse: Hebrews 10:39 Reflection: The purpose of verse 39 is to warn believers that God will discipline them for distorting doctrine and walking away from a consistent Christian life. It is important for every Believer to remain true to the faith regardless of what goes on…
Scripture Readings: Proverbs 9:13-18, Isaiah 34-36, Hebrews 10:1-18 Reflection Verses: Hebrews 10:12-13 Reflection: Jesus offered one sacrifice, once and for all. That sacrifice was sufficient. Jesus’ work is completed. Jesus is not standing as the priests do repeating daily sacrifices. But rather He is at rest… seated by God. The sacrifice of Himself was all…
