Love’s Great Surprise I have seen the Lord! John 20:18 John 20:11-18 Today’s Insights Each of the gospel writers tell the story of Jesus’ resurrection with varying details. Mary Magdalene is the only woman who’s named in all four gospels (Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1; Luke 24:10; John 20:1). When she …
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Truly Trusting God I will instruct . . . you in the way you should go . . . with my loving eye on you. Psalm 32:8 Psalm 32:6-11 Today’s Insights A penitential psalm is a personal lament where the author confesses sin, expresses sorrow in repentance, and entrusts himself …
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Imitate Me Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Today’s Insights In 2 Thessalonians 2, some believers in Jesus had quit their jobs and were living off the generosity of the church because they’d been misled by false teachers that Jesus …
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Hopeless or Hopeful We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it. Numbers 13:30 Numbers 13:26-33 Today’s Insights The negative report of the ten faithless spies must have created quite a commotion within the Israelite camp. We read that Caleb “silenced the people …
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God’s Love Never Runs Out His mercies never cease. Lamentations 3:22 nlt Lamentations 3:19-26 Today’s Insights As its English title suggests, the book of Lamentations is a book of lament. Though the author is anonymous, Jewish tradition upholds Jeremiah’s authorship. The Septuagint (the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible translated into Greek), …
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Action—Not Distraction Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you. Joshua 1:7 Joshua 1:1-9 Today’s Insights Joshua first appeared as the military commander who “overcame the Amalekite army with the sword” (Exodus 17:13), and he was one of the twelve spies …
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Steps of Faith You know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:3 James 1:1-12 Today’s Insights Poverty and the mistreatment of the poor by the wealthy and powerful might be part of what James has in mind by “trials” and “testing of your faith” (James 1:2-3). In …
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Confessing to Christ Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Proverbs 28:13 Proverbs 28:9-13 Today’s Insights The book of Proverbs is followed by Ecclesiastes, yet the two seem to conflict with each other. Proverbs provides advice for living and assumes …
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To Infinity and Beyond! Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you? Matthew 18:33 Matthew 18:21-35 Today’s Insights Throughout Matthew 18, Jesus used extreme examples to make His point—become like a child to be deemed “greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (v. 4); …
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Loving Others with God’s Love You are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. Deuteronomy 10:19 Deuteronomy :14-19 Today’s Insights In Deuteronomy 10, God commanded Moses to “chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones” (v. 1). These tablets contained God’s law and …
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