Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Philippians 1:21
For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Whether Paul lived or died, his focus was on one thing… Christ. If he died, he knew he would be with Jesus for the rest of eternity. If he lived, his focus was living for Jesus by sharing the Gospel with anyone and everyone he met. To Paul, it really was that simple. Let’s learn to let our focus for living and dying be all about Christ.
Monday, November 4, 2024
1 Timothy 6:6-7
But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
The world tells you that money and likes on social media will make you content, but in God’s economy contentment isn’t based on what you hold in your hands, but what you hold in your heart. Since you came into this world with nothing and will go out of it with nothing, it makes sense that nothing will satisfy you but what you gain from knowing the Lord.
Friday, November 1, 2024
1 Chronicles 16:29
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.
If your friend gave you a gift for your birthday, you’d never go thank your neighbor for that gift because it wasn’t from them. Yet we’ve been given so many gifts by the Creator of the Universe and yet we don’t often utter our thanks to Him. In fact, most of the time, we take them for granted. So, maybe take some time today to simply look around your house, your neighborhood, and your town, and proclaim your thanksgiving to the God who’s worthy of all praise!
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Ezekiel 38:23
And so I will show My greatness and My holiness, and I will make Myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
There’s a day coming when every single person on earth will acknowledge the greatness of God. And they will do that by bowing their knees and confessing with their mouths that Jesus Christ is LORD. Until that day, let’s make it our focus today to proclaim the greatness of our Holy God.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.
If you’ve ever gone on a hike with someone in the woods, it’s the person ahead of you on the trail that sees the next step. And if you’re a follower of Jesus, that means He’s the One guiding you on the Way of Holiness. A road exclusively for those who choose to live set apart. It’s not for the perfected, it’s for those who follow the perfect One, in hopes that one day they will be like Him.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
When something is contaminated, you’re not supposed to go near it. The problem is we live in a world that’s contaminated by sin. So, what do we do? Well, the Bible encourages us to set ourselves apart from the world and to focus on pursuing holiness. Only then will others see their own sin and desire to be set apart as well.