It's Day 22 and we're in 1 Corinthians 4.
An encouragement as you read today: "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God stands forever" (Isaiah 40:8).
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 20 - "not a matter of talk but of power" - Father, I want to see Your church overflowing with evidence of Your power, not merely talking about You.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 21 and we're in 1 Corinthians 3.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 3 - We play our part, but only God can bring the growth. We need to look more to Him than to our methods and plans.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 20 and we're in 1 Corinthians 2.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 16 - "the mind of Christ" - Following Jesus is as much about how we think as anything else. He desires to work on the ways that we think and help us to get our thought patterns to where they're honoring to God.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 19 and we're in 1 Corinthians 1.
If it's hard to understand what you're reading in the Bible, make sure you have a translation that's a good fit for you. Reading the King James (a great historic translation) can be particularly difficult because of the antiquated language. Among the good options available today: New International Version (good all-around translation), English Standard Version (good all-around translation), New American Standard (a more literal translation, closer to the original manuscripts), and New Living Translation (a translation that focuses on readability and understandability).
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 24 - Christ is the power of God. Father, unleash your power to change the lives of those around us.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 18 and we're in Joshua 6.
A tool for your reading that can be useful is a study Bible. A study Bible is just a Bible that has notes in it to help explain some of the harder passages. If you don't have one and would like me to recommend one, just let me know. I'd be happy to suggest a few good ones.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 2 - When the Lord declares that you're going to have victory, you're going to have victory.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 17 and we're in Joshua 5.
Father, what do You want to teach us today through Your Word?
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 9 - It's a beautiful thing when God rolls back the reproach that we had been under because of a problem or struggle and we enter into a new era of our lives.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 16 and we're in Joshua 4.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 6 - There are those mementos (whether physical or just memories) that remind us of times when God has moved in the past that we need to have to be able to get through the tough times. There are a couple things in my own life that I think of when I'm struggling with things not going the way I thought they would. They remind me: "God has come through before. God has been generous to you in the past."
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
