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They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:42, NIV

Recommended Reading: Acts 2:42-47

The Chicago Tribune recently reported, “Despite being more digitally connected than ever, many people are struggling to forge the kind of deep, meaningful relationships that give life purpose. We have thousands of online ‘friends’ but fewer real confidants. We work longer hours, move more frequently, and engage in fewer communal activities…. A 2015 meta-analysis … found that prolonged social isolation carries the same health risks as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.”¹

Does any of that relate to you? God made us with a need for fellowship with Himself and others. Our word fellowship is a translation of the New Testament Greek word koinonia, which meant “something held in common, a shared state, being partners in a relationship.” This word occurs twenty times in the New Testament, beginning with Acts 2:42 and the Church created by the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost.

Do you have a church to attend? Ask God to guide you to a circle of fellowship in a church or Bible study. Make the effort, and you will be blessed.

When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles.
Corrie Ten Boom

1. John Hewko, “Chicago Tribune: Curing the Loneliness Epidemic, Rotary-Style,” Rotary International, February 2025.

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Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12, NIV

Recommended Reading: Colossians 3:12-17

Did you hear about the man who stormed through the hardware store, fuming because he couldn’t find the right nails. He finally slammed a box onto the counter. The shopkeeper looked at the man, then read the slogan on his t-shirt. It said, “He Took the Nails for Me.” The shopkeeper said, “If He took those nails with love, surely I can give you these for free.” He bagged the box and handed it to the man, who walked out of the store speechless, nailed by his own shirt.

Those who share the Gospel most be clothed in love and carry in their hearts a genuine burden for others. What’s displayed in our attitude is more important than what’s printed on our clothing or bumper sticker. D. L. Moody said, “Of all the people in the world, those who follow Christ should be the most gentle, patient, loving, and hopeful.”

Ask yourself today if you can relay the Good News of the Gospel to others, showing the love of God to all you meet.

Harsh, rough, uncourteous ways do not recommend Christianity. 
J. C. Ryle

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Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14

Recommended Reading: Revelation 21:27; 22:14-15

It is said that modern governments run on paper—records of statutes, decisions, orders, personal appointments, and more. But ancient governments ran the same way, using clay tablets and scrolls instead of paper and computers. Even God is portrayed as having a book in which the names of His people and their acts are recorded—and sometimes blotted out (Exodus 32:32-33; Psalm 51:1). The “Book of Life” is mentioned eight times in the New Testament.

The Book of Life contains the names of those who will enter God’s eternal Kingdom. None who would defile the eternal Kingdom by their unholy acts will enter in (Revelation 21:27; 22:14-15). Thus the writer to the Hebrews exhorted his readers to “pursue … holiness, without which no one will see the Lord”—“see the Lord” being a reference to entering eternal life. Thankfully, our inheriting eternal life doesn’t depend on our human holiness but on the righteousness of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21).

If you want to see the Lord for all eternity, receive the gift of righteousness through faith in Christ.

Everything in Scripture has in view the promotion of holiness. 
A. W. Pink

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But one and the same Spirit works all these [spiritual gifts], distributing to each one individually as He wills.
1 Corinthians 12:11

Recommended Reading: Romans 12:3-8

Each human organ and limb has a role to play. No wonder the apostle Paul used the human body to illustrate how every member of the Body of Christ has a role to play in the Church. Instead of limbs and organs, God has equipped the Body of Christ with spiritual gifts to accomplish its purpose in the world.

And what is the purpose of the Church in the world? It is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and see people become His followers (Matthew 28:19-20). Christians have different spiritual gifts based on the grace given to them by God (Romans 12:6). Just as all the parts of the human body have a role to play, so every member of the Body of Christ has a role to play in spreading the Gospel and making disciples. It is every Christian’s responsibility to understand their gift and employ it in fulfilling the Great Commission.

Do you know what role God has gifted you to play in the Body of Christ? If not, ask God to show you and help you to put your gift to work!

Pride of gifts robs us of God’s blessing in the use of them. 
William Gurnall

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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Matthew 23:27-28

Recommended Reading: Mark 7:17-23

In the Old Testament and in Jesus’ day contact with a dead body rendered a person ceremonially unclean (Numbers 19:16). For that reason, graves and tombs were often whitewashed to keep people from accidentally coming in contact with them. Bright and white on the outside but unclean on the inside.

Jesus used this well-known custom to illustrate that what is on the outside of a person may be very different from what is on the inside. Religiously lifelike on the outside but spiritually dead on the inside. The same can be true today: Being religious on the outside is no guarantee of being spiritually alive on the inside. Jesus said that it is necessary to be born again to enter the Kingdom of God (John 3:3). We must become a “new creation” through faith in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).

Have you become a new person in Christ? Don’t confuse religious life with true spiritual life.

The Christian faith is ultimately not only a matter of understanding or of intellect, it is a condition of the heart.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
1 Corinthians 4:2

Recommended Reading: Hebrews 11:1-7

Faith is only required when we do not see the fulfillment of a promise or the answer to a prayer. That is why the writer to the Hebrews said that faith is “being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1, NIV1984). If we are not “sure and certain,” we do not have faith. The Classic Amplified Version of the Bible expands on Hebrews 11:1: Faith is “perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses.”

We most often think of faith in terms of trusting God for our short or long-term needs. But what about faith when it comes to trusting God for His prophetic plans for planet Earth? When this world pressures us to conform our lives to its values and standards, are our eyes of faith fixed—are we “sure and certain”—on the fact that God will ultimately reward our faithfulness? Faithfulness, Paul wrote, is the main trait required of those who follow Christ.

As cultures around the world grow dark in these latter days, let us remain “sure and certain” that God’s prophetic plans will be fulfilled.

Glory for the Christian is more certain than the grave. 
John Blanchard

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This is the burden which came in the year that King Ahaz died.
Isaiah 14:28

Recommended Reading: Isaiah 14:28-32

Mary Jones, a poor Welsh farm girl, had only one burning desire: to own a Bible in her own language. No Bible existed in her home, and the nearest one was a couple of miles away. For years she saved money by doing small jobs. Finally, at the age of sixteen, she walked more than twenty miles across the Welsh countryside to buy a Bible from the Rev. Thomas Charles. He later helped start the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1804—an organization that went on to distribute millions of Bibles around the world.¹ Mary’s passion for a Bible helped ignite Charles’ passion for a ministry distributing Bibles.

The prophet Isaiah sometimes referred to his messages as “burdens.” The Hebrew word means something that is heavy and must be carried and delivered. We should have a burden for the world, especially for the distribution and scattering of the message of the Gospel. Ask God to give you a renewed burden for the world. Ask Him to show you people who need your prayers for their salvation, and let Him show you what you can do today.

Christians who have little or no burden for the lost are not attuned to the heart of God.
Woodrow Kroll

1. William Canton, A History of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Volume 1 (London: John Murray, 1904), 465-466.

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They received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
Acts 17:11

Recommended Reading: Acts 17:10-15

Every year the American Bible Society releases its State of the Bible report. The most recent study finds that overall Bible use in the U.S. has increased for the first time since 2021, rising from 38 percent to 41 percent of adults reading the Bible outside church at least three times a year—about 10 million more adults in 2025 than in 2024. Digital formats are very popular (about two-thirds of users), especially apps and websites. The U.S. stands out in comparison to other secular, Western nations for how many find the Bible personally relevant.¹

But three times a year! While we praise God for the renewed interest we’re seeing in Bible reading, let’s aim for 365 days a year—daily Bible reading and study. To grow as a Christian, be diligent in your study of the Word so you can daily spread the knowledge of God to others. Search the Scriptures daily, starting today!

Read it through, write it down, pray it in, work it out, pass it on. 
Unknown

1. Dr. Jeffery Fulks, Randy Petersen, Dr. John Farquhar Plake, and Sandra Siggins, State of the Bible: USA 2025 (American Bible Society, 2025), 3-5, 13.

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For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
1 Corinthians 13:12

Recommended Reading: 1 John 3:1-3

The Greek myth about Narcissus illustrates what was probably the earliest kind of a mirror: a reflection in a pool of water. The first physical mirrors were likely polished stones like obsidian, gradually evolving into polished plates of copper or bronze. Metal mirrors were, at best, poor reflectors—they illustrate the words of Paul about seeing “in a mirror, dimly.”

Paul was contrasting our spiritual perception in this life—dim and cloudy—with what our perception will be when “that which is perfect has come” (1 Corinthians 13:10). Paul describes that future time as seeing Christ “face to face.” No longer will we see dimly, but when Christ, the “perfect,” comes, we will know Him the same way He now knows us. The gaps in our spiritual vision will be filled in by His glorious presence when “that which is in part will be done away.”

Do not despair at seeing dimly at the present time. Rejoice that the day is coming when you will behold the Lord face to face.

We may see God’s glory blazing in the sun and twinkling in the stars.
Thomas Watson

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And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32

Recommended Reading: Matthew 10:1-15

When Jesus sent His twelve disciples out to minister to the needy in His Name, He gave them power to heal the sick and drive out demons—even raise the dead (Matthew 10:1-15). And He spoke a principle that infuses all the Christian life: “Freely you have received, freely give” (verse 8). In other words, the disciples had no power of their own to restore the afflicted; Jesus gave them power. Since they had freely received power and authority, they were to freely use that power to help others. They were to do what Jesus would have done if He had been there.

The principle of freely receiving and freely giving applies to a challenging part of life—the challenge of forgiveness. The apostle Paul wrote about forgiveness: We are to forgive others in the same way God has forgiven us. Freely we have received forgiveness, so freely we are to give forgiveness. Not to give forgiveness is to imprison ourselves behind the bars of resentment, anger, and vengeance. Why would anyone want to do that?

The only way to live free is to receive God’s forgiveness and then freely give it to others.

Forgiven us is to be set loose from sins.
G. Campbell Morgan

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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5

Recommended Reading: Psalm 111

When we think of the need for wisdom, it is usually in the context of a decision we need to make. But when James wrote his epistle, he discussed wisdom in a deeper context. He wrote to the Jews who had been scattered among the nations and were experiencing trials and persecution (James 1:1-2). They needed wisdom for living as followers of Christ in a spiritually unfriendly world. And he told them where to start when needing wisdom: ask God (verse 5).

James wrote that whenever we need wisdom in life, we can ask God and He will supply it generously. And we need wisdom in many practical areas of life! But what about wisdom for navigating carefully through the challenges of an increasingly dark world? Those challenges appear all the time—spiritually, morally, physically, financially—and require great wisdom. Besides praying for wisdom in the specific areas that arise in life, we should also pray daily for wisdom to walk wisely through this world.

Get in the habit of asking God daily for wisdom to walk in ways pleasing to Him (Ephesians 4:1).

The wise weigh all things by the Word.
Henry T. Mahan

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For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
Ephesians 5:8

Recommended Reading: Colossians 1:11-13

One party game involves blindfolding a guest and having them identify, by touch alone, certain pieces of food or other common items. Two words characterize this game: darkness and deception. It is very easy to be deceived when we find ourselves in darkness. The only way to avoid deception is to live in the light.

We live in a world that is shrouded in spiritual darkness. Jesus came into this world as the Light of the World, pushing back the darkness—yet not without resistance (John 1:4-11). Because those who do not know Christ are still living in spiritual darkness, they live “deceiving and being deceived” (2 Timothy 3:13). Because Christians have been delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred into the Kingdom of light (Colossians 1:13), we are able to avoid being deceived. As the world grows increasingly dark toward the end of this age, we must be the light of the world (Matthew 5:14-16), helping others to see God’s truth.

Meditate on Paul’s words concerning living as children of light in Ephesians 4:17–5:21. And look for ways today to be the light of the world.

We are not here to commune with darkness but to conquer it. 
Vance Havner

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Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:24

Recommended Reading: Romans 3:21-26

In his mid-teens John Stott was aware of two things about himself. “First, if there was a God, I was estranged from Him…. Secondly, I was defeated…. I fell far short of the person I wanted to be.” A friend invited him to a Bible study taught by Eric Nash, who explained the Gospel to him. That evening in his dormitory, John knelt and prayed, opening his heart to the Lord.

Years later John Stott wrote a book on the message of Romans, in which he said, “Faith is the eye that looks to Him, the hand that reaches out to receive His gift, the mouth that drinks the living water. Faith is nothing but the means by which we receive Christ.”

In order to walk in the light, we must remember the grace we’ve received. It’s truly amazing! Keep your salvation experience in mind, and remember that but for the grace of God you would be in darkness. Give thanks each day for God’s saving grace.

To encounter Christ is to touch reality and experience transcendence…. He assures us of God’s love for us. He sets us free from guilt … and from paralyzing fear because He reigns.
John Stott

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He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah.
2 Kings 18:5

Recommended Reading: 2 Kings 18:1-8

King Hezekiah faced two crises in a short period of time. His kingdom was invaded by the Assyrian army, and he contracted a terminal disease (see 2 Kings 19–20). Navigating one crisis is hard enough, but how often we’re hit by multiple calamities! Has this happened to you? Are several pressures bearing down on you?

Hezekiah trusted in the Lord God. His problems were humanly unsolvable. But God can do more than we can. In times of discouragement, we must turn to His promises and seek them out in His presence.

It’s easy to get discouraged in this world, and that can lead to doubt. But when we feel we have nowhere left to turn, we can encourage ourselves in the Lord through Bible study and prayer. When our faith is faltering, we need to turn to Christ and allow Him to strengthen us in our faith. Psalm 112:7 says of the child of God, “He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”

You can do that today!

Trusting as the moments fly, trusting as the days go by; trusting Him whate’er befall, trusting Jesus, that is all.
Edger Page Stites
 

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For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7

Recommended Reading: Romans 4:16-21

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in caves near the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956. The scrolls had been stored in clay jars, calling to mind Paul’s illustration in 2 Corinthians 4:7: “But we have this treasure [the Gospel] in earthen vessels.” We are the fragile “earthen vessels,” subject to weakness and breakage. But Paul’s point is that in spite of our weakness, “we do not lose heart” (verse 16) because we have an eternal dwelling in heaven (5:1). Therefore, “We walk by faith, not by sight” (5:7). “We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen” (4:18).

Abraham saw the same way when God told him he would be the father of a multitude even though he and Sarah were beyond childbearing age. “In hope against hope [Abraham] believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken” (Romans 4:18, NASB). Eyes of faith are needed when our physical eyes cannot yet see what has been promised (Hebrews 11:1).

Like Abraham, trust by faith in God’s promise regardless of what your senses say.

Faith, to put it simply, is the conviction that God does not tell lies.
Frank Retief

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Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.
2 Corinthians 13:5

Recommended Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4

We are tested in school and sometimes in the workplace. God even tested Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 16:4; 20:20; Deuteronomy 8:2). In general, we have a negative attitude toward being tested—and tend to avoid tests when we can.

The idea of testing ourselves is a unique idea found in Scripture. The apostle Paul exhorted the Corinthian Christians to test themselves, to examine whether they were genuine Christians or not. Why is that important? Because a day is coming when many who profess to be Christians will fall away from the faith when their faith is tested (Matthew 24:10-12; 1 Timothy 4:1). Jesus even said that not all who profess faith in Him will enter the Kingdom of heaven (Matthew 7:21-23). The time to examine the genuineness of one’s faith is before the test comes.

Don’t let this day pass without knowing for sure that you are in Christ and that He is in you. If you haven’t already, embrace Him as your Lord and Savior today.

We do believe in eternal security, but we do not believe in eternal presumption. Let a man examine himself.
Donald Grey Barnhouse

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Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5

Recommended Reading: Hebrews 13:1-6

Television celebrity Simon Cowell doesn’t like most rich people. In The U.S. Sun, he said, “I think a lot of those people thought they were better than other people because they had money, which is ridiculous when you think about it.” He recalls asking his fiancée, “Do we actually know anyone who’s rich … and happy?” She said, “No,” and he replied, “Nor me.”¹

Yes, we need enough to meet our needs along with enough to give back to the Lord. But our real comfort and cheerfulness are based on the sheer presence of God with us through thick and thin, through rain and sunshine. Because He will never leave or forsake us, we can be content with what we have.

As the worship of wealth and materialism accelerates, the Bible can keep us from yielding to these pressures. Nothing is sadder than someone whose pockets are full but whose heart is empty. Ask the Lord to make you content with His loving provision and spend time thanking Him for all His daily provisions.

Even if materialism brought happiness in this life (which is certainly does not), it would leave us woefully unprepared for the next.
Randy Alcorn

1. Rod McPhee, “Simon Lets Rip ‘Obnoxious & Snobby,’” The U.S. Sun, May 8, 2025.

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Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.
Philippians 3:8

Recommended Reading: Philippians 3:1-11

He had a bright smile, tussled dark hair, and passion in his youthful eyes. The world saw him on the pages of their news sites when he was killed by a group of indigenous people on a remote island near India. John Allen Chau, 26, simply wanted to share the Gospel with them. In his last letter home, he told his loved ones, “I pray you will never love anything in this world more than you love Christ.”¹

Following Christ comes with a cost. J. Oswald Sanders said, “Jesus never failed to emphasize the cost of following Him.”² Throughout the years, people have paid the cost with their lives, their reputations, their freedom, their health, and their wealth. But if you count the cost, wouldn’t you rather have Jesus than anything this world affords? More than silver or gold? More than houses or land? More than worldly applause and worldwide fame?

In her hymn about this, Rhea Miller said, “I’d rather have Jesus than anything the world affords today.” Do you feel that way too? Aren’t you thankful for that!

I’m in awe of how GREAT our God is.
John Allen Chau

1. “John Chau Martyred on North Sentinel Island,” The Voice of the Martyrs, June 4, 2022.
2. J. Oswald Sanders, The Incomparable Christ (Moody Publishers, 2009), 124.

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And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance of every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8

Recommended Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

William Gurnall wrote, “God is sufficient to bear us up under every burden, though all the world should press upon us.” Is He sufficient for your needs today?

The builders of the tabernacle in Exodus 36:7 found that the “material they had was sufficient for the work to be done—indeed too much.” The apostle Paul said, “Our sufficiency is from God” (2 Corinthians 3:5). He trusted God for “sufficient courage” to face his trials (Philippians 1:20, NIV), and the Lord told him, “My grace is sufficient for you” (2 Corinthians 12:9).

Your Savior is sufficient for you today. Whatever the struggle, whatever the burden, His grace is enough. His power is sufficient for your weakness, His provision is sufficient for your need, and His joy is sufficient for your soul.

Jesus comes to us in the midst of our struggles. He speaks to us of peace and bestows encouragement and strength. He gives a promise for every problem. Take a moment right now to thank Him for giving you all you need—and for being all you need.

There is in Christ a sufficiency of grace to meet the need of every moment.
Andrew Murray

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Are the consolations of God too small for you…?
Job 15:11

Recommended Reading: Zechariah 4:8-10

A British newspaper told about a man who was struck and nearly killed by a car. When he recovered, he found his entire perspective changed. He no longer put off enjoying life, but he began to savor the simple blessings that come every day—drinking a warm cup of tea, having a conversation with a loved one, walking without pain, and enjoying a piece of chocolate.

It shouldn’t take a life-threatening accident for us to embrace the simple attitude of joyful thanksgiving. The Puritan Thomas Watson wrote, “Our thanks are due for little blessings as well as for great. The hand of God is to be acknowledged in the smallest gift.” Hannah Whitall Smith wrote, “The little things of life, though small in themselves, are often of the greatest importance in revealing God’s love.”

The consolations of God are not too small for us! We don’t know when Christ will return, and we have no guarantee of tomorrow. Because of this, we should view each day as special, precious, and sacred. Take time today to thank God for today and for today’s blessings!

It is a good thing to be thankful…. Here on earth, he gives us mercies only in small quantities; the greatest things are laid up in heaven.
Thomas Watson

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