In today’s Bible reading*, we read, “When Jesus heard this, he told them, ‘It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.’” Mark 2:17 (CSB) Does that mean that Jesus only came for the Pharisees, Sadducees, and other First…
Welcome to a new year of growing in your walk with God. My prayer is that these devotionals will help you to know God better and love Him more. Our daily Bible readings are from Discipleship Journal’s 5x5x5 Reading Plan. Each day, five times a week, we’ll read the assigned chapter and I’ll post a…
We finish our reading through the New Testament with today’s Bible reading*. John describes heaven as the Garden of Eden revisited, with only the Tree of Life, not the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. What was lost in the Garden of Eden has been remade in the new beautiful City of heaven. Where…
In today’s Bible reading*, we see two things that are called, “awe-inspiring”: an awe-inspiring sign in heaven (v. 1) and the awe-inspiring works of God (v. 3). Awe is a word that is foreign to many Believers. We just don’t see things as being “awe-inspiring”. The things of God tend to be, quite frankly, normal. Boring….
In today’s Bible reading*, we see two witnesses given authority to prophesy/preach against the people’s sins for a period of time. During their allotted time, they are immortal; no one can harm them. At the end of the allotted time, people martyr the witnesses and leave their bodies on the street until the witnesses are resurrected…
There is an American Religious Cult that claims only 144,000 people will be in heaven (of course, all of which are from their cult). Everyone else who has an eternal hope will live in Paradise on Earth. Is that what Jesus says in today’s Bible reading*? Emphatically no! But what does Jesus say about the 144,000…
