I already shared earlier this morning in my blog our chapter for today in the book of Acts. But I also love reading commentaries and devotionals. So I’m sharing from William Barclay’s Commentary, The Letters to the Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians, this excerpt that is painful to read in the first part and illuminating in…

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. Psalm 23:1-3. Indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to Him who formed it, “Why have you made…

In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like Him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect…

Send forth Your light and Your truth, let them guide me, let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell. Psalm 43:3. Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let…

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant – not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 3:6. He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. 1 John 2:2. The…

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. Psalm 34:8. Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.” Matthew 28:18-19. Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually…

If I can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8. For this reason…

Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God. 1 Corinthians 8:1-3. Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father…that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and…

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by Him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 NRSV. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.…

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him. Psalm 62:5. Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your…