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Christmas week is half over… or is it half beginning?  2 Chronicles 25, Revelation 12, Zechariah 8, and Psalm 137-138.

Christmas in Revelation?  Just look at today’s reading in Revelation 12.  A woman gives birth to a child and the dragon tries to destroy the child.  Hmmm…. where have we seen this before.  Oh yeah, the Christmas story. Jesus is born and then threatened – the family flees to Egypt.  Remember that Revelation is this series of visions of Christ triumph over sin and death.  So, John is shown this great sign and this vision of the child who will rule so that he and the church would be encouraged.  This child is the Christ and He reigns.  See, Christmas is really important after all – take in every bit of the story!

Yup – Readings – all for you! 2 Kings 10-11, 2 Timothy 1, Hosea 2, and Psalm 60-61!

How do these readings strike you?  What stands out?  What causes your heart and soul to be stirred up?  How is God just everything?

2 Kings 6, 1 Timothy 3, Daniel 10, and Psalm 52-54!

Hope you enjoy today’s readings!  Ask yourself as you read 1 Timothy 3 – does my life connect with this?  Sure – its for Church leaders, but aren’t we all leaders in various situations?  Aren’t we called to serve God with integrity?  Let’s go with integrity for all.

Saturday Night Reading Fever! 2 Kings 3, 2 Thessalonians 3, Daniel 7, and Psalm 49!
In 2 Thessalonians 3, Paul reminds us of something very important – God is faithful! This is so amazing because so many times everything around is falling apart. Who will always be there? God will – no matter what!

Friday Edition is here! Here are those readings you asked for: Exodus 29, John 8, Proverbs 5, Galatians 4.

Can we talk? Why did Jesus die for us? Why did He die for me – for you? Why? Did Jesus die for me so that I could mess with the same old sins that have never brought me anything but guilt, shame, and destruction? In John 8, Jesus brings His amazing forgiveness to a woman who everyone else wants to stone to death because they caught her in the sin of adultery. Jesus tell the mob to begin the proceedings with the person who has no sin. Suddenly, the schedule is changed – the woman is forgiven and not killed. Jesus ends the proceeding by telling this woman that she is forgiven and to “Go now and leave your life of sin.” This is how we deal with sin. Jesus forgives it and we leave it – simple. Both parts of this are important and cannot be ignored. Jesus forgives us – not so that we return to our mess – but to really live. This is not some scheme that makes me brag about being perfect. Only Jesus is perfect. I am a sinner who has been saved from the fires of hell by the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. Jesus did that to bring me a new life – one where I walk out on sin. This is a life where I strive to ditch sin because it is worthless and utter crap! That’s right – sin is less than crap! What has it ever gotten you? NOTHING! What has Jesus given to you? EVERYTHING! That is some powerful math! Everything – or nothing? Hmmmmm…