ALL – Psalm 41:1-13
ALL – Proverbs 22:5-6
OT – Job 23:1-27:23
NT – 2 Cor 1:12-2:8
Interesting passage for the day: Oh, how I hated to write that letter! It almost broke my heart and I tell you honestly that I cried over it. I didn’t want to hurt you, but I had to show you how very much I loved you and cared about what was happening to you. – 2 Corinthians 2:4, The Living Bible
Thought: It takes a lot of courage to tell friends the truth sometimes. It takes courage, not because you think the relationship won’t survive the confrontation, not because you think your friend won’t survive the critique, but because it hurts to hurt friends.
Question: Do you love anyone enough that it would be painful for you to confront something wrong with their lives? How do you work up the courage to confront when necessary?
To review the Bible reading plan options, please visit http://tinyurl.com/yj2o7jz.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I Laugh in the Face of Danger
ALL – Psalm 45:1-17
ALL – Proverbs 10:22
OT – Leviticus 25:47-27:13
NT – Mark 10:32-52
Do you laugh in the face of danger? Or at least, can you look into the eyes of danger and calmly step forward, knowing the pain that you will definitely experience and choosing to go through it fearlessly? Jesus did. And Christians should. As Jesus headed toward Jerusalem with His disciples, He said:
They will mock me and spit on me and flog me with their whips and kill me; but after three days I will come back to life again. – Mark 10:34, The Living Bible
Jesus sounds so matter of fact. He knows what’s coming. Yet His disciples aren’t giving Him a pep talk; Jesus is leading them to Jerusalem.
How could Jesus do this? Here’s how. “For the joy set before Him” (Hebrews 12:2). He knew He would rise again. And He knew that He would enable us to join Him in rising from the dead.
So what about us? Do we really believe we’ll rise from the dead? Our unwillingness to boldly and courageously stand for the gospel and for our King might say otherwise. Do we look at danger and flee? Or do we walk through danger, gladly and vibrantly carrying the gospel in our hearts and mouths, knowing that on the other side of the cross is the resurrection? Let’s trust in God’s power to raise the dead; let’s carry the gospel into the face of danger.
What makes you fear sharing the gospel? Are you willing to trust Jesus with it and move forward anyway?
To review the Bible reading plan options, please visit http://tinyurl.com/yj2o7jz.
ALL – Proverbs 10:22
OT – Leviticus 25:47-27:13
NT – Mark 10:32-52
Do you laugh in the face of danger? Or at least, can you look into the eyes of danger and calmly step forward, knowing the pain that you will definitely experience and choosing to go through it fearlessly? Jesus did. And Christians should. As Jesus headed toward Jerusalem with His disciples, He said:
They will mock me and spit on me and flog me with their whips and kill me; but after three days I will come back to life again. – Mark 10:34, The Living Bible
Jesus sounds so matter of fact. He knows what’s coming. Yet His disciples aren’t giving Him a pep talk; Jesus is leading them to Jerusalem.
How could Jesus do this? Here’s how. “For the joy set before Him” (Hebrews 12:2). He knew He would rise again. And He knew that He would enable us to join Him in rising from the dead.
So what about us? Do we really believe we’ll rise from the dead? Our unwillingness to boldly and courageously stand for the gospel and for our King might say otherwise. Do we look at danger and flee? Or do we walk through danger, gladly and vibrantly carrying the gospel in our hearts and mouths, knowing that on the other side of the cross is the resurrection? Let’s trust in God’s power to raise the dead; let’s carry the gospel into the face of danger.
What makes you fear sharing the gospel? Are you willing to trust Jesus with it and move forward anyway?
To review the Bible reading plan options, please visit http://tinyurl.com/yj2o7jz.
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