Today’s Reading: Matthew 7:24-25 (HCSB) Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. Today’s Question: What […]
October 5, 2012
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Today’s Reading: Matthew 7:22- 23 (HCSB) On that day many will say to Me, “Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?” Then I will announce to them, “I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!” Today’s Question: How deeply do […]
October 4, 2012
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Today’s Reading: Matthew 7:21 (HCSB) Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven. Today’s Question: What is the scariest verse in the Bible? Today’s Commentary: This verse should cause every church-goer to shudder. It should stop us […]
October 3, 2012
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Today’s Reading: Matthew 7:16-20 (HCSB) You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit […]
October 2, 2012
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Today’s Reading: Matthew 7:15 (HCSB) Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves. Today’s Question: How do you know if someone in the church fellowship is a false teacher? Today’s Commentary: According to the US Secret Service website, there are five visual cues that one could use to identify counterfeit […]
September 25, 2012
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Today’s Reading: Matthew 7:14 (HCSB) How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it. Today’s Question: Would you ever tell someone that it is easy to live as a Christian? Today’s Commentary: Few people have ever described me as being “normal.” In college, if I was known […]
September 15, 2012
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Today’s Reading: Matthew 7:12 (HCSB) Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them—this is the Law and the Prophets. Today’s Question: Do you believe you get what you deserve in life? Today’s Commentary: The concept of “karma” is embraced by many in the American culture. “What goes around, […]
September 13, 2012
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Today’s Reading: Matthew 7:7-11 (HCSB) Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What man among […]
September 11, 2012
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