There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: 1 John 5 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. [1 John 5:7-8] John is writing to encourage Jesus’ followers about their new identity (children of God) and their new life (eternal life), theirs by faith in Christ. He…
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still sealed!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Revelation 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. [Revelation 9:4] This vision describes how the world will unravel – according to God’s plan –…
the ONLY way!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: 1 John 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you…
a new kind of love
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: 1 John 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in…
honest to God
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: 1 John 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned,…
joining the stones in worship!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 150 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. [Psalm 150:3-5] This psalm explains WHY we should praise God [vv.1-2], HOW we should praise God [vv.3-5], and WHO should praise God [v.6]. There are lot’s of reasons to praise God, and lot’s of ways to…
spiritual warfare
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 149 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against…
praise the Lord, really!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 148 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens. And he has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of all his faithful servants, of Israel, the people close to…
God is great, God is good!
There are two readings for today. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 147 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. [Psalm 147:5-6] ‘God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food!’ This simple prayer summarizes the meaning of…
whatever happened to 1 John?
Apparently, in my three year Bible reading program I somehow forgot to include 1 John. You know, the ‘God is love’ letter which is all about God’s amazing love. And I forgot to include it… OOPS! Just wanted to assure you that this was purely accidental, I was not cutting out a part of the bible…