February 12, 2021 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. Romans 14:13 ESV As Paul expands on examples of diet and holy days, he cautions his readers to avoid espousing or exhibiting their liberties in […]
Daily Focus: Impoverished
February 11, 2021 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 This being the first beatitude raises the questions of its importance. Is it foundational to developing the other blessings? If we understand “poor in spirit” to imply a sense of unworthiness, then this first beatitude calls us to […]
Daily Focus: Purpose in Suffering
February 10, 2021 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5 ESV In […]
Daily Focus: All About Grace
February 09, 2021 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.Romans 12:3 ESV Paul understood that both grace and faith are gifts from […]
Daily Focus: Never Forget
8 Feb 2021 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “I remember my offenses today. When Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its […]
Daily Focus: More Than Conquerors
5 Feb 2021, Romans 8:37-39 ESV No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be […]
