October 23 1 Peter 4:12-19 (ESV) Suffering as a Christian 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is … More October 23 1 Peter 4:12-19
October 23 John 7:1-13 (ESV) Jesus at the Feast of Booths 7:1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews [1] were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand. 3 So his brothers [2] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that … More October 23 John 7:1-13
October 23 Song of Solomon 7 (ESV) 7:1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. 2 Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. 3 Your two breasts are like … More October 23 Song of Solomon 7
October 23 Lamentations 2 (ESV) The Lord Has Destroyed Without Pity 2:1 How the Lord in his anger has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud! He has cast down from heaven to earth the splendor of Israel; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. 2 The Lord has swallowed up … More October 23 Lamentations 2
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is … More Intentional holiness
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. —John 6:63 (verses 60-71 are in our reading plan today.) J.C. Ryle: Our Lord says, “It is the Spirit who gives life.” By this He means that it is … More Spirit-stirring and life-giving words
Solomon 6:10 I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me. “His desire is for me.” Song of Songs is a story of redemption, of God bringing beauty and hope where there was once brokenness. This reminds me of Zephaniah 3:17– The LORD your God is in your midst,a mighty one who will … More God brings beauty and hope and love
Today we begin reading Lamentations. Here is Ray Stedman on Lamentations, to be continued over the next few days: What a description of the utter despair of the human spirit in the grip of deep distress and sorrow! And yet, in each of these chapters an insight is revealed, a lesson that God teaches through … More Lessons through sorrow
October 22 1 Peter 4:1-11 (ESV) Stewards of God’s Grace 4:1 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, [1] arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human … More October 22 1 Peter 4:1-11
October 22 John 6:60-71 (ESV) The Words of Eternal Life 60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were … More October 22 John 6:60-71
