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Daily Strength for Daily Needs

November 2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.—Hebrews 12:1. When the powers of hellRead More …

The True Church

November 2. Reading 306. The True Church Ephesians 1 “You also were included in Christ when you heard the Word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit” (Eph. 1:13). Christ’s church is people, not buildings. BackgroundRead More …

Our Excellent Example

November 2. Our Excellent Example Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. While Jesus was hanging on the cross, there were those around who rejoiced because theyRead More …

Daily Help – November 02

NOVEMBER 2 Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.” For this also the godly praise the name of the Lord, saying, “He healeth all our diseases.” What a transcendent comfort it is that in the person of Jesus “dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily!” My soul,Read More …

Streams in the Desert – November 02

November 2 “But prayer…” (Acts 12:5.) BUT prayer is the link that connects us with God. This is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need. How significant the picture of the Apostolic Church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant, HerodRead More …

Have You Done What You Know to Do?

November 2 Have You Done What You Know to Do? So, for the person who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, it is a sin.—James 4:17 It is never a minor thing to know God’s will and not do it. God calls this sin. We can make excusesRead More …

Thoughts – November 02

November 2 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fullness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psa. 16:11 The man who walks along the path of life lives in the presence of the joy-giving God. Just in so far asRead More …

Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible – November 01

November 1 Jeremiah 39:1-41:18 Psalm 119:89-95 Proverbs 26:7-9 2 Timothy 4:1-22 “Flaming Arrows” The Lord stood with me and strengthened me … So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. —2 Timothy 4:17 The main purpose of the Roman shield was to protect soldiers from the fiery darts thrown atRead More …

Daily Light – November 01

NOVEMBER 1 MORNING Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. Proverbs 8:34 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress;Read More …

Ephesians

Ephesians Introduction Paul’s letter to the Ephesians was written during his two-year imprisonment in Rome, about a.d. 61. It shares Paul’s vision of a Christian community united by love and a common purpose under the headship of Christ. Each believer, linked to Jesus by faith, is linked to every otherRead More …