Our Present Possession
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2014 God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the…
Category Harvest
Homing Instinct
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 We are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.— Philippians 3:20 An old chorus begins, “This world is not my home, I’m just…
Promises, Not Explanations
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely,…
Life in Two Dimensions
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014 He raised us from the dead along with Christ, and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.— Ephesians 2:6 A Christian is someone who lives in two dimensions. The…
Setting Sail
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014 What shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far.— Philippians 1:22-23 The word the apostle Paul used for depart in the…
There Is More
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2014 To me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.— Philippians 1:21 The apostle Paul wrote those words from a dungeon in Rome, facing imminent execution, and Christians through the centuries have repeated them. But not…
“Someday” Is Today
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. . .You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment…
Top Priority
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2014 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek…
Pray—Don’t Lose Heart
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2014 “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”— Jeremiah 33:3 What a remarkable verse. What a magnificent invitation! God spoke these words originally to the…
