November 21 When God Blesses Others When Saul observed that David was very successful, he dreaded him.—1 Samuel 18:15 Jealousy is a destructive attitude that poisons the way you view life. It is so harmful that God condemned coveting in two of the Ten Commandments. King Saul was a jealousRead More …

November 20 Overtaken by Blessings All these blessings will come and overtake you, because you obey the Lord your God: —Deuteronomy 28:2 When you walk in fellowship with God, you do not have to ask Him to bless you. He wants to bless you! Just as you enjoy surprising someoneRead More …

November 19 Thanksgiving But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God. He fell facedown at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.—Luke 17:15–16 Thankfulness is foundational to the Christian life. Thankfulness is a conscious response that comesRead More …

November 18 Sitting at Jesus’ Feet But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”—Luke 10:40 Martha loved Jesus dearly and would have doneRead More …

November 17 The Day of the Lord For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.—1 Thessalonians 5:2 In the Scriptures, the exhortation to prepare for the day of the Lord is usually given to God’s people, ratherRead More …

November 16 Judge Not “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”—Luke 6:37 There is a significant difference between judgment and discernment. God sees people’s hearts and knows their motives (Prov. 16:2). Only GodRead More …

November 15 Christian Anger Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger. . . —Ephesians 4:26 Few things are more destructive to Christians than anger. Anger causes us to lose our self-control and to say and do things we would otherwise never consider. Anger, if allowedRead More …

November 14 God Is Faithful He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.—1 Thessalonians 5:24 God never calls us to do anything without faithfully keeping His word and enabling us to do it. We are not always faithful to do what God tells us, but He remainsRead More …

November 13 Not Sorrowing as Others We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.—1 Thessalonians 4:13 Christians do not grieve as the world grieves. The world experiences sorrow without hope. TheRead More …

November 12 A Part of Something Bigger Then He continued, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.—Exodus 3:6 God always speaks to you in theRead More …