Scripture:        Genesis, chapters 6-8; Luke, chapter 3 Genesis 8:13-22 (NLT): Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying. Two more months went by, and at last the earth was dry! Then God said to Noah, “Leave the boat,... Read more

Scripture:        Genesis, chapters 3-5; Luke, chapter 2 Genesis 4:1-7 (NLT): Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!” Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel.  When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground. When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift... Read more

A New Year It’s no surprise that the beginning of a new year brings opportunities for a “fresh start.”  Every January, I see dozens of new people come to the gym where I exercise. Many of them have made a resolution to lose weight or get fit in the new year. Many of them are also gone by the end of January. That’s not a problem with resolutions; it’s a problem with our resolution.  Are we really committed to the... Read more

Scripture:        Revelation, chapters 5-9 Revelation 7:9-17 (NASB): After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all the tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” And all the angels were standing... Read more

Scripture:        Revelation, chapters 1-4 Revelation 1:1-8 (NASB): The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things that are... Read more

Scripture:        Psalm 117; Psalm 119:81-176; 2 John; 3 John 2 John 5-11 (NASB): Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you are to walk in it. For many deceivers have gone out... Read more

Scripture:        John, chapters 9-11 John 9:1-7 (NASB): As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me as long as... Read more

Scripture:        John, chapters 7-8 John 7:14-30 (NASB): But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple area, and began to teach. The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man become learned, not having been educated?” So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me. If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God,... Read more

Scripture:        John, chapters 5-6 John 5:1-15 (NASB): After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or paralyzed [; waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool... Read more

Scripture:        James, chapters 1-5 James 1:19-27 (NASB): You know this, my beloved brothers and sisters.  Now everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for a man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness of God. Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.... Read more