Day 103 Joshua 7:16‐9:2; Luke 16:1‐18; Psalm 82:1‐8; Proverbs 13:2‐3 The Lord Has Spoken! Psalm 82 has the full drama of the cinema. God takes His seat among the gods of the world, and He prosecutes them for their conspiracy against the ordinary people—and the gallery erupts in cheers, encouraging God on in His victory….

Day 327  Ezekiel 45:13-46:24; 1 Peter 1:13-2:10; Psalm 119:33-48; Proverbs 28:11 The Test of Eternity There was a time when my father worked as a mason’s apprentice. He would come home every evening dirty, exhausted, and yet content. As a teenager, I once spent a day with him doing the back-breaking work as a “gopher,”…

Day 321  Ezekiel 35:1-36:38; James 1:1-18; Psalm 116:1-19; Proverbs 27:23-27 Are You a Good Steward? In Papua New Guinea, where I grew up, you could ask any person if they know who owns something, whether it was a house, bow & arrow, garden, or a canoe, and the response would be, “Yes I can tell…

Day 140 1 Samuel 26:1-28:25; John 11:1-53; Psalm 117:1-2; Proverbs 15:22-23 I am the Resurrection and the Life The stage is set for a climactic revelation of Jesus’ glory through the resurrection of a dead man. The disciples are very much aware that a return trip to Judea could result in Jesus’ persecution and death…

Day 69 Numbers 14:1‐15:16; Mark 14:53‐72; Psalm 53:1‐6; Proverbs 11:4 Denying the Jesus We Love Most of us would be the very first to say that we would not deny Jesus, just like Peter told Jesus Himself that he would never deny Him. However, I believe that we are far too often like Peter. If…

Day 87 Deuteronomy 9:1-10:22; Luke 8:4-21; Psalm 69:19-36; Proverbs 12:2-3 Ears That Hear Our Old Testament reading continues today with Moses rehearsing some scenes of Israel’s recent past – some scenes that, most likely, they would rather forget. Don’t we all have such scenes in our lives? But, thankfully, in addition to the mistakes in…