Notes from personal Bible reading and meditation with a goal to apply one truth from the day's reading to my life that day
Passage Read: 1 Peter 5 - 2 Peter 1 Meditation Verses: 1:10-11 We should be continually growing in these areas that Peter points out, so that we can make our calling and election sure, to make sure we will never fail, and to ensure that…
Continue reading...Passage Read: 1 Peter 3-4 Meditation Verse: 4:7 The end of all things is near. Every generation since Peter is supposed to think that, so that they will adjust their priorities and live for the kingdom rather than for the world. Peter makes immediate application:…
Continue reading...Passage Read: 1 Peter 1-2 Meditation Verses: 2:18-23 What Christ did applies to everyone, not just slaves. What Christ did, enduring the unjust persecution and murder at the hands of authorities, He did as an example for all of us who follow Him. We are…
Continue reading...Passage Read: James 4-5 Meditation Verses: 4:7-10 Living for my own pleasures is friendship with the world; James links these two things. The only solution is to purify my heart and mind, to stop loving the world and being its friend. Either I love the…
Continue reading...Passage Read: James 2-3 Meditation Verses: 2:1-5 How easy it is to fall into this trap, seeking the favor of rich men and ignoring or belittling the poor, especially when we are involved in an endeavor that depends on money. A church, a mission agency,…
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