This morning’s verses speak of His test. What are we being tested in? He may be testing us in the area of love. Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil, to go through the tests before His public ministry. (See Luke 4:1-13) We may be tempted to keep the record of wrongs, not believing in the good motives of others, which would stir up anger and bitterness in our hearts. The devil may be working through someone who is cooperating with the devil to release hi

This morning’s verse speaks of His help. The Holy Spirit is our Helper. (See John 14:26) If we have the Helper, what would we like to receive as His help? Receiving finances, healing through His help are some of the ways we can receive help through the help of the Holy Spirit. But how about focus, (See Matthew 6:24) love, and being a helper to those who need the help? Even if we received the financial abundance and sound health, what would we do with them? Would we use them f

This morning’s verses speak of His blessings. We may think that the blessings from the Lord are visible. But today’s section of the Bible teaches that they are not always visible. One of the most important blessings from the Lord is our relationship with the Lord. Believers are the children of God. We have a relationship with the Lord. The world may be after tangible, visible success to gain status, wealth, fame, etc., but we have the most valuable blessings that are not vis

This morning’s verses speak of our assignments from the Lord. What if what we wanted was not His plan for us to experience in our generations on this earth? For some of us, this may be a disappointment. But there is still hope because we can choose to experience His love and release His love towards others wherever we are. (See Romans 5:3-5) Love is what has eternal significance. (See 1 Corinthians 13:13) Our achievements on this earth that are visible are not to be taken to

This morning’s verses speak of the legacy of faith and life. How can our children or the next generation receive the faith that we have in Christ, Who is life? One of the ways to lead others is through our examples. (See 1 Timothy 4:12) Do the people around us see us fighting for Christ, (See 1 Timothy 6:12) Who is life, love? One of the reasons they are not may be because we have not chosen to fight for the right cause. Our motives may have been simply to gain success, resp

This morning’s verses speak of His justice. God is just. There are consequences to ungodly choices, and He repays them accordingly. We may have been busy thinking about how we can repay those who wronged us, but that is His matter. We are to keep no record of wrongs (See 1 Corinthians 13:5), leaving the past behind (See Philippians 3:13), and continue to fight to choose to release His love. (See 1 Timothy 6:12) Today, let us continue to choose love because the Lord is just.

This morning’s verses speak of His vengeance. We may have been wronged, treated terribly, but we can continue to consider our challenges in a positive light as an opportunity to grow in love. (See Romans 5:3-5, 1 Peter 1:6-7) Our growth in love has eternal implications. (1 Corinthians 13:13) We can fight the good fight of faith to love others. (See 1 Timothy 6:12) This, indeed, is one of the finest ways to experience His peace, which comes after love in Galatians 5:22. On the

This morning’s verses speak of the consequences of sin. Where is our primary focus? Is our focus on what has eternal value or what is only temporary? (See 2 Corinthians 4:18) We may have gained a significant amount of wealth, status in society, earning respect and influence. Yet, the way we moved up the ladder was through our own effort, with little work on our character development, which has eternal significance. The Lord is interested in where our hearts are. Do we beli

This morning’s verses speak of His promotion and abundance, leading believers into a fall and lack. Why does this happen? One cause could be a lack of maturity to handle His blessings. Because the Lord blessed them, He must have trusted them that they would be able to handle them with wisdom, but the Israelis could not. This is one of the reasons why what matters at an eternal level is our maturity in character. We must choose to continue to grow in Christ despite all of the

This morning’s verses talk about His faithfulness, justice, and protection. Is God faithful? Yes, He is, and He does it in a way that is just while He protects. As He leads us from within, let us align with Him to be just (See Proverbs 21:15) in our dealings with people, trusting in His protection. Today, let us reflect on areas where we have an imbalance between justice and mercy, as revealed through His work of salvation at the cross. (See Ephesians 2:8) We may have let Hi

This morning’s verse talks about how we communicate and share the Gospel with people. Turning our message from the Lord into a musical song is one of the most effective ways because it helps people remember the Truth. Just like we remember a musical song and sing it, we can choose to confess the Word of God throughout the day to grow to become more and more like Christ, reflecting His character. (See 2 Corinthians 3:18) And the key here is to choose to be intentional because

This morning’s verses talk about sowing the seeds of faith into the next generation. How have we approached sowing seeds of faith into the next generation? One of the ways to do this is to lead by example. (See 1 Timothy 4:12:) What areas are we working on to become more like Christ in character? (See 2 Corinthians 3:18) If people around us see Christ in our character, they will be influenced and become likewise. (See Proverbs 27:17) We may not have the wealth, status, fame l

This morning’s verse talks about being strong and courageous. Even though the Lord revealed to Joshua how the Israelis would be after conquering the promised land, He still fought the good fight of faith (See 1 Timothy 6:12), focused on His assignment for him. Because all things work together for good (See Romans 8:28), we can leave the rest to the Lord and focus our hearts on the assignment at hand. We may wish we had a better job or opportunity, but, like Joshua, we can ch

This morning’s verses talk about love trusting all things. (See 1 Corinthians 13:7) Do we trust others even if we know that they would fall short? (See Romans 3:23) The Lord knew that the Israelis would turn away from God in sin, but still led them into the promised land. Jesus knew that Judas would later betray Him, but still chose him to be one of the disciples. We may be so concerned that we may be betrayed by others because of our past negative experiences with people, bu

This morning’s verses talk about the transition into new assignments. Moses and Joshua were called by the Lord to transition leadership and were told that the people they led would fall into ungodliness. Moses had to let go of his leadership after having fulfilled his assignment, and Joshua would lead the people into the promised land, fighting battles with people who would later fall into sin. Joshua may have wondered if it was worth the effort, and Moses may have wondered

This morning’s verses talk about our reverent fear of the Lord. What is the motive of our obedience to the Lord? So that we can be blessed? Or so that we can honor and respect the Lord? We all want to be blessed, and he promises that our obedience will enable us to experience His blessings. (See Deuteronomy 28:2) But how about our honor, fear towards the Lord? Today, let us choose to honor the Lord. If we choose to honor the Lord, how would we obey the Scriptures in the Bibl

This morning’s verses talk about choosing not to fear to fulfill an assignment for the sake of others. The Lord gives us assignments to serve others that would involve fear. If what we are doing is to serve ourselves with comfort, this may not be from God. For example, how can we serve others through our work daily by taking a step of faith into the unknown to solve a problem? Today, let us assess how we are approaching our daily tasks. The Lord is expecting us to take a ris

This morning’s verses talk about transitions and seasons. When Moses was 120 years old, he handed over leadership to Joshua so Joshua could cross the Jordan River into the promised land. Whatever season we are in, this season will not last forever. We will move into the next season of walks with Christ. What is He revealing to us in this season? We may tend to look at our vocations, finances, physical locations, etc., when we think about seasons, but one of the areas that la

This morning’s verses talk about the choices we make. Do we choose life or death? We may all want to choose life, but what are our blind spots that are keeping us from experiencing life? This is one of the reasons why we need the Counsellor, the Holy Spirit, Who teaches us all things. (See John 14:26) We can choose to continue to grow each day and experience His life. We may have grown past what we have been working on, and a new opportunity to grow shows up to experience mor

This morning’s verses talk about His Word being in us. Christ is the Word (See John 1:1, John 1:14), and Christ lives in us. (See Galatians 2:20) The Scripture even says that we know all things. (See 1 John 2:20) Therefore, it is our choice to fight the good fight of faith (See 1 Timothy 6:12) to be intentional (See Colossians 3:23) about choosing to follow Christ to become more like Him in character (See 2 Corinthians 3:18), which has eternal implications. (See 2 Corinthi