Chapter 4 ⁽⁴⁵⁾

Passage Read: 2 Corinthians 4-5 Meditation Verse: 4:2 Anything that brings shame, instead of hiding it, covering it, continuing in it but claiming freedom, deceiving people about it, Paul renounced it. If he could not practice it publicly because it was shameful, he did away…

Passage Read: John 3-4 Meditation Verses: 4:35-38 As the disciples once said, "Lord, increase our faith!" Jesus says that the fields are white unto harvest, but I can't see it. Open my eyes, Lord, let me see it. It seems the harvest is long past…

Passage Read: Luke 3-4 Meditation Verses: 4:43-44 Luke makes it clear that Jesus at least began His ministry by preaching in the local synagogues. Of course the other Gospels mention Jesus doing things in a few synagogues, but this statement by Luke suggests it wasn't…

Passage Read: Mark 3-4 Meditation Verses: 4:37-40 How quick we are to question the Lord's love for us. Things go sideways, maybe even only a little, maybe we're not worried about how we'll survive, but some small thing goes awry, and we jump to, "Don't…

Passage Read: Jonah 1-4 Meditation Verse: 4:11 These enemies of Israel, who would soon destroy Israel and send their survivors into exile, these enemies of Israel know nothing of right and wrong, and God has compassion on them. Even though these were people whom God…