“‘And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, ‘Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?’” Mark 7:5 February 28, 2024 One ritual some of us remember was our parents’ insistence that we wash our hands before we eat. But this kind of hygiene was
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“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.” 1 John 5:14 February 27, 2024 “Prayer fills man’s emptiness with God’s fullness. Prayer fills man’s poverty with God’s riches. Prayer puts away man’s weakness with the coming of God’s strength” (E.M. Bounds).
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Philippines 4:6 February 26, 2024 It has been said that anxiety is a mild case of atheism. That’s a scary thought. All the more reason to continue on with the challenge to
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 February 23, 2024 God has given Christians the amazing power of prayer to commune with our Heavenly Father and plead for His will to be done on earth. With that, hopefully we
“Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.” Romans 14:10 February 21, 2024 One day every believer will stand before Jesus Christ to be held accountable for all our works. This is not a determination of
“So Aaron said to them, ‘Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.’” Exodus 32:2 February 20, 2024 Imagine being disobedient to God and becoming the occasion for causing tens of thousands of people to sin against God. It
“So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. 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 another.” Romans 14:12-13 February 19, 2024 One of the ugly features of our current culture is
“And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’” Matthew 4:19 February 16, 2024 Those who love to fish have their time-honored routines. Of course there is the place to fish. There are different options: a lake, a river, a pier at the ocean. Of high priority is the
“Peter said to him, ‘You shall never wash my feet.’ Jesus answered him, ‘If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.’” John 13:8 February 15, 2024 It was the night before Jesus was to experience the darkest night in His eternal soul. He would be going through the excruciating pain of
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” 1 John 3:16 February 14, 2024 Walking into a grocery store the day before Valentine’s Day is visually dazzling. Balloons, flowers, strawberries, and candy offer a chorus of “buy me.” That’s
