Day 295 Jeremiah 39:1-41:18; 2 Timothy 1:1-18; Psalm 90:1-91:16; Proverbs 26:1-2 No Room for Timidity In Paul’s second letter to Timothy, he encourages Timothy to follow his example and be aware of the responsibility he assumes to carry on the Word and the Gospel. He emphasizes that we should not be ashamed of the testimony…
Day 294 Jeremiah 37:1-38:28; 1 Timothy 6:1-21; Psalm 89:38-52; Proverbs 25:28 Guard the Deposit of Faith Paul’s final charge to Timothy is to “guard the deposit entrusted to you” (6:21). As a minister of the Gospel, Timothy is being sent into a battle on the front lines for the very Gospel itself. He needs strong…
Day 293 Jeremiah 35:1-36:32; 1 Timothy 5:1-25; Psalm 89:14-37; Proverbs 25:25-27 Too Much Honey Solomon’s wisdom has given much insight into the downfalls of man. In today’s passage in Proverbs, he gives three important wisdom statements that apply to each and every one of us. He begins with telling of the importance of good news…
Day 292 Jeremiah 33:1-34:22; 1 Timothy 4:1-16; Psalm 89:1-13; Proverbs 25:23-24 God of Kept Promises Great nineteenth century musician Johannes Brahms, composer of A German Requiem, assembled the Biblical texts for his sacred masterpiece in a manner that set it apart from the traditional Latin texts of the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass. While the Requiem…
Day 291 Jeremiah 31:27-32:44; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; Psalm 88:1-18; Proverbs 25:20-22 What Is Too Hard? Lance B. Latham was an incredible man with many talents. One of the gifts he had was the ability to memorize. He was known to be able to recite whole books of the Bible from memory. Another area he excelled…
Day 290 Jeremiah 30:1-31:26; 1 Timothy 2:1-15; Psalm 87:1-7; Proverbs 25:18-19 True to the Word “A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.” – Proverbs 25:18-19…
Day 289 Jeremiah 28:1-29:32; 1 Timothy 1:1-20; Psalm 86:1-17; Proverbs 25:17 Familiarity Breeds Contempt A woman told her husband, “You don’t look at me and you don’t love me anymore.” He quickly shot back, “How can I look at you and still love you?” Okay, that doesn’t seem too nice; however, there is an underlying…
Day 288 Jeremiah 26:1-27:22; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18; Psalm 85:1-13; Proverbs 25:16 Sweeter Than Honey “If you find honey, eat just enough – too much of it, and you will vomit.” – Proverbs 25:16 (NIV) Of all the evocative Scriptures in today’s reading (Jeremiah’s brush with death, Paul’s valuable instructions to Christ’s followers, and one of…
Day 287 Jeremiah 23:21-25:38; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17; Psalm 84:1-12; Proverbs 25:15 Standing Firm and Holding to the Traditions It seems there was a problem for the church in Thessalonica. Apparently some nasty rumors were running amok that the Day of the Lord had arrived. Naturally, if you and I thought that cataclysmic events were about…
Day 285 Jeremiah 19:1-21:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:4-28; Psalm 82:1-8; Proverbs 25:7b-10 Do Not Despise Prophecies On the day of Pentecost, the Apostle Peter stood up and declared what had been spoken from the Prophet Joel: “’And in the last days it shall be,’ God declares, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,…
Day 284 Jeremiah 16:16-18:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5:3; Psalm 81:1-16; Proverbs 25:6-7a Potter and Clay Jeremiah speaks of God as the potter and we as the clay, an image behind much great Christian art. All too often, we see ourselves as the potter and our lives as the clay. God may be our pottery coach, but…
