Monday: God speaks. How do I know I am on the right track, spiritually? How can I be comforted when everyone else is speaking evil about me? How can I know when what someone says is rebuke that should be heeded or persecution that should be ignored? I must test everything against what the Bible says, and where the Bible seems silent...
read moreREAD IT ALOUD: Let all things be done decently and in order (1 Corinthians 14:40). PONDER IT PRAYERFULLY: The word “decent” does not only refer to things of a sexual nature (as most people derive from its antonym, “indecent”). It simply means “morally upright or acceptable” or “meeting [an] accepted standard” (Free...
read moreREAD IT ALOUD: Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning (Luke 12:35). PONDER IT PRAYERFULLY: During the days when Jesus spoke these words, people used candles/burning torches and the men ungirded their loins before they went to sleep at night. We can call the current times a night of sorts; when the Bible says the...
read moreREAD IT ALOUD: Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ (Philemon 1, 9). PONDER IT PRAYERFULLY: This is a strange introduction and one that can easily be taken for granted. Paul always introduced himself as either a servant or an apostle. Sometimes he used both terms. But here he is, calling himself a prisoner of Jesus Christ. It’s tough...
read moreREAD IT ALOUD: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen (Philemon 25). PONDER IT PRAYERFULLY: No matter where he was or what was going on at the time he wrote his letters, Paul always started and ended them with statements that included the word “grace”. Why did he feel it was so important to do this?...
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