// 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
Continue reading// Read I Kings 18:41-46 // 41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between
Continue reading// Read I Kings 18:41-46 // 41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between
Continue reading// Read I Kings 4:8-13 // 8 These are their names: Ben-Hur—in the hill country of Ephraim; 9 Ben-Deker—in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan; 10 Ben-Hesed—in Arubboth (Sokoh and all the land of Hepher were his); 11 Ben-Abinadab—in Naphoth Dor (he was married to Taphath daughter of Solomon); 12 Baana son of Ahilud—in
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