Monday Read Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22; 19:7-8 How is the true Church—Christ’s faithful followers, His promised Bride and eternal reward—doing? How is anyone doing in this extended season of COVID, domestic and global strife? Although God continues at work and the Spirit continually calls many to saving relationship with Jesus, church health “numbers” are mixed....
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Romans 8:31-39 Far too often, people read the Bible with all the enthusiasm they’d have if they were reading last week’s news. They feel it sounds outdated, out of touch with real life. Yes, Scriptures were written many years ago in a very patriarchal farming society. However,...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Philippians 2:12-13 “It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.” (Philippians 2:13) We need to start our days with trust. Trusting that God has a purpose and plan for our lives. Trusting that God has our best...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 139 What are your goals in life, your hopes for the next 5-10 years? What are God’s hopes for you? Just as in the Garden, the adversary would have us focus on areas unrelated to God’s purposes, resulting in frustration and defeat. In Acts...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Matthew 7:24-27; John 16:33 “Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone.” (Ephesians 2:20) When constructing a house, does the builder start with the roof? Or with the kitchen? Do they build the bathroom first? No. They start at the...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Romans 8:22 Anticipation Paul continues the thought introduced in Romans 8:18-21 by using the metaphor of childbirth to describe how the whole of Creation anticipates God’s transformation of our present order. The metaphor of childbirth is a helpful one with several clear connections to the theological truth...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Romans 8:18-21; Galatians 4:4-7 The Bible is a book of waiting. One of the hardest lessons growing up occurred at a Cub Scout meeting one afternoon. I was so looking forward to going swimming at the close of the meeting; I just couldn’t wait. The poor den...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Romans 8:9-11 “You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.” (Romans 8:9)...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Psalm 150; Acts 2:46-47 “Glenkirk Church is a worshipping community, inviting everyone to join in the journey of becoming fully devoted followers of Christ, loving God and His world.” Hopefully the above declaration is very familiar, as it is Glenkirk’s mission statement. What better emphasis this week,...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Romans 5:5-8; Genesis 3:4-9; Hebrews 11:4-11 This week’s theme is “the futility of life apart from the Spirit.” The related problems confronting each of us as “recovering humans”—pridefulness and its byproducts, selfishness, etc.—originated in the Garden of Eden. Like the true and living God, we are triune:...
