September 2 Working Alone When Moses’ father-in-law saw everything he was doing for them he asked, “What is this thing you’re doing for the people? Why are you alone sitting as judge, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”—Exodus 18:14 In our zeal to please GodRead More …

September 1 If You Seek Him The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you.—2 Chronicles 15:2 Our response to God greatly determines His presence in our lives. If weRead More …

August 31 Motives Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”—Mark 10:51 It is hard to believe that the Lord would ask us what He could do for us. However, sometimes that is the question we must answer. Bartimaeus was blind, and he knew exactlyRead More …

August 30 A Ministry of Reconciliation Now everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. . . —2 Corinthians 5:18 The world abounds with people whose sin has alienated them from God. Christ’s sacrificial work has restored Christians to a love relationship withRead More …

August 29 The Judgment Seat For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or bad.—2 Corinthians 5:10 There are many motivations in the Christian’s life. One is our awareness that oneRead More …

August 28 Open Doors and Adversaries . . . because a wide door for effective ministry has opened for me—yet many oppose me.—1 Corinthians 16:9 Open doors of service may also let in adversaries. Paul had many of both. As Paul wrote to the Corinthians from Ephesus, he was trying to determine whereRead More …

August 27 Humble Yourself “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”—Luke 14:11 There are two ways to attain high esteem. One is the world’s method: Take every opportunity to promote yourself before others; seize occasions for recognition and manipulate yourRead More …

August 26 Redeeming the Time Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise— making the most of the time, because the days are evil.—Ephesians 5:15–16 These days we are bombarded with opportunities that entice us to invest our time and energy. Each day theRead More …

August 25 Abundant Life A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance.—John 10:10 Jesus warns us to be on guard for thieves who will try to rob us of what God has forRead More …

August 24 The Spirit of Wisdom The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him— a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.—Isaiah 11:2 Throughout His ministry, Jesus relied upon the Holy Spirit to directRead More …