Category: Daily Readings

October 10 (Daily reading: Matthew 5-7) Jesus emphasized what is true for Christians. (1) True happiness (5:3-10). Among other things, the Beatitudes promised that the kingdom of heaven is ours, that we will see God and be called His children. The Christian lifestyle will bring happiness! (2) A true purpose in life (5:13-16). Jesus said,…

October 9 (Daily reading: Matthew 12; Mark 3; Luke 6) Jesus healing people on the Sabbath was a subject of great controversy with the Jews. Jesus did not conform to the rules they had made about the Sabbath. It is hard to recognize truth once you fabricate your own truth by believing a lie! This…

October 8 (Daily reading: John 5, NIV) The Jews had a three-fold problem with Jesus. First, He had healed a man and then He had told the man to take up his pallet and walk. This had occurred on the Sabbath when both of these things were forbidden. The third problem arose when they confronted…

October 7 (Daily reading: Matthew 8; Mark 2) We have seen that Jesus was God while on this earth. We saw that His name was Immanuel, meaning “God with us” (Mt. 1:23), and that He was called the Word, and “the Word was God … And the Word (God) became flesh, and dwelt among us”…

October 6 (Daily reading: John 2-4) In His brief time in Judea to begin His ministry, Jesus met Nicodemus. Nicodemus, as a Pharisee, made an amazing concession to Jesus: “We know that You have come from God” (3:2). God had been speaking to his heart! Nicodemus, like all the Jews, was focused on the messianic…

October 5 (Daily reading: Matthew 4; Luke 4-5) Jesus’s baptism showed He was ready to follow His Father’s plan for saving the world, “even death on a cross” (Phil. 2:8). After His baptism, “Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Mt. 4:1). Even Satan’s ruses can…

October 4 (Daily reading: Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3) Today and tomorrow, we will tie together Jesus’s baptism and His temptations. When John the Baptist was baptizing, some speculated that he might be the expected Messiah. John made it clear from the outset: “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and…

October 3 (Daily reading: Matthew 2) Today we meditate on the marvelous truth that Jesus came to be our King! Matthew alone presented this story about the visitors from the east. One of Matthew’s gospel themes was the kingship of Jesus. He opened his gospel with the words: “Jesus the Messiah, the son of David.”…

October 2 (Daily reading: Matthew 1; Luke 2) Matthew and Luke were led by the Holy Spirit to share details of the birth of Jesus, what we call the Christmas story. This celebration of His birth has blessed countless people over the years. We believe in His miraculous birth as we belief in His miraculous…

October 1 (Daily reading: Luke 1; John 1) In the name, Jesus Christ, we see the existence of the human and the divine. Luke wrote about the human birth of Jesus. The angel Gabriel announced the birth of John (called John the Baptist) to Zechariah. He announced the birth of Jesus to Mary. The ministry…