Daily Focus

December 8, 2021 Scripture: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. John 15:4 ESV Observation: The Greek verb for abiding (menein) appears forty times in the Gospel of John and twenty-six times in his epistles. […]

December 7, 2021 Scripture: When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory. O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?” The sting of Death is sin, and the power of sin is […]

December 6, 2021 Scripture: For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it […]

December 5, 2021 Scripture: And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? Isaiah 36:4 ESV Observation: Isaiah and the authors of Kings and Chronicles present parallel accounts of the above verse and its surrounding narrative of Hezekiah and Judah’s […]

December 4, 2021 Scripture: Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. John 13:5 ESV Observation: John introduces his account of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet by prefacing the time (during their seder meal on the eve of Passover), Christ’s […]

December 3, 2021 Scripture: So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church. Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. 1 Corinthians 14:12, 20, […]