// Read Luke 4:1-2 // 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted[a] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
Continue reading// Read II Kings 5:1-7 // 1 Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he
Continue reading// Read Luke 12:42-48 // 42 The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he
Continue reading// Read Mark 2:18-22 // 18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?” 19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is
Continue reading// Read I Corinthians 1:27-31 // 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the
Continue reading// Read Jeremiah 29:11 // 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. MEDITATION: You have a responsibility to carry out concerning your future. A future you don’t prepare
Continue reading// Read Psalm 119:50; 93, John 6:63 // 50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. 93 I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. John 6:63 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken
Continue reading// Read Luke 15:18-22 // 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up
Continue reading// Read Malachi 4:6 // 6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.” MEDITATION: Fathers are chosen for you before you are born and therefore you
Continue reading// Read Hosea 13:13 // 13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him, but he is a child without wisdom; when the time arrives, he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb. MEDITATION: There is a link between wisdom and performance. Wisdom is the
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