January 5 Acts 3(ESV) The Lame Beggar Healed 3:1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. [1] 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those [...]
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January 5 Acts 3
Posted: January 5, 2012 by 4theloveofgod in Acts, Bible Passages, January Bible ReadingsTags: Acts, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, January Bible Readings, Scripture
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January 5 Genesis 12-14
Posted: January 5, 2012 by 4theloveofgod in Bible Passages, Genesis, January Bible ReadingsTags: Abram, Bible, Bible reading, daily Bible, Genesis, God, Lot, Scripture
January 5 Genesis 12-14 (ESV) The Call of Abram 12:1 Now the Lord said [1] to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a [...]
Misunderstanding Grace
Posted: April 6, 2011 by 4theloveofgod in 1 Corinthians, April, Devotionals/CommentariesTags: 1 Corinthians, April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Misunderstanding Grace, Scripture, sermon
1 Corinthians 5:1-2: It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. John Piper [...]
Divine Prescription
Posted: April 6, 2011 by 4theloveofgod in April, Devotionals/Commentaries, MarkTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Divine Prescription, forgiveness, God's grace, Grace Gems!, J.C.Ryle, Mark, Scripture
We learn from Mark 2:13-17 that Jesus is a physician. The Scribes and Pharisees complained that he was eating and drinking with sinners. But Jesus told them that those who are healthy don’t need a doctor, but the sick sure do. Here is J. C. Ryle: The Lord Jesus did not come into the world, [...]
When God Doesn’t Answer
Posted: April 6, 2011 by 4theloveofgod in April, Devotionals/Commentaries, PsalmsTags: April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, Coty Pinckney, daily Bible, God's faithfulness, God's grace, God's sovereignty, Psalms, Scripture, When God Doesn't Answer
~From Coty Pinckney, “When God Doesn’t Answer, A Sermon on Psalm 77″ The night was dark and foggy. A man walked in the darkness from his house to the cobble-stone street, his step determined and relentless, but his face — had anyone been able to see it in the dark — was tear-stained and weary. [...]
God Will Complete What He Starts
Posted: April 6, 2011 by 4theloveofgod in April, Devotionals/Commentaries, JoshuaTags: A.W. Pink, April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Gleanings in Joshua An Intro by A.W. Pink, God Will Complete What He Starts, Joshua, Scripture
In our Bible reading for today, we come to Joshua 13-14 where God promises an elderly Joshua that he WILL complete what he started. This is a theme we see again in the New Testament: And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion [...]
Grace Eliminates Boasting, Unless You Boast in Grace
Posted: April 5, 2011 by 4theloveofgod in 1 Corinthians, April, Devotionals/CommentariesTags: 1 Corinthians, April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, God's grace, grace, Grace Eliminates Boastin Unless You Boast in Grace, Scripture, sermon, sustaining grace
John Piper, in “Sustained by All His Grace”- In 1 Corinthians 4:7 Paul says, And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? The answer to that first question is “nothing.” “What do you have that you [...]
Spurgeon on the Fear of God
Posted: April 5, 2011 by 4theloveofgod in April, Devotionals/Commentaries, PsalmsTags: April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, daily Bible, fear of God, fear of man, Hymn, O My God I Fear Thee, Psalms, Scripture, Spurgeon on the Fear of God, Treasury of David
Psalm 76:7 But You, You are to be feared! The fear of man is a snare, but the fear of God is a great virtue, and has great power for good over the human mind. God is to be feared profoundly, continually, and alone. Let all worship be to him only. ~C.H. Spurgeon, in The [...]
More of God’s Grace
Posted: April 4, 2011 by 4theloveofgod in April, Devotionals/Commentaries, JoshuaTags: April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Gibeonites, God's grace, God's mercy, Joshua, More of God's Grace, Scripture
Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell among us? Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.” They answered [...]
