Author: (Venus Wan)

Monday Acts 1:7-9 Jesus’ Last Words Scripture tells us that Jesus rose from the dead. He didn’t immediately ascend to heaven after He rose from the dead. For forty days as our Resurrected Savior, He proved He was risen from the dead through physical appearances to His disciples and miracles like the miraculous catch of...

Monday 1 John 3:10, 11; Galatians 5:22, 23 Unless one is a botanist, it is difficult to distinguish a tangerine tree from an orange tree. Only when a tree bears fruit can one tell what type of tree it is. So too with Christians. The evidence that we are “walking in Truth” is the fruit...

Monday 1 John 2:28-3:2; 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 Have you ever heard this from another who self-describes as “spiritual” or “good”: “I don’t like organized religion—I have my own relationship with God.” A generally effective way of responding, unexpected while also meeting others where they are, is the sincere reply, “Neither do I. In fact, I’m...

Monday 1 John 2:18-27 “From that day on the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David.” (1 Samuel 16:13) Samuel anointed the boy David to be king. In an instant, God changed the trajectory of David’s life. The anointing—the Holy Spirit—would affect his life forever. The anointing would get him into scrapes (Saul trying...

Monday 1 John 2:6 “Those of us who aspire to live in Jesus are to live as He lived.” —1 John 2:6 How did Jesus live? And how can we live like that? Reading and studying the gospels helps us to understand how Jesus lived. First, Jesus lived in fellowship with and in union with...

Monday Genesis 32:22-32 – Jacob Wrestling with God “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” —2 Corinthians 12:10 The strange story of Jacob wrestling with “a Man” in Genesis 32 has long been a personal...

Monday Mark 1 “The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, ‘What is this?’” —Mark 1:27 Scripture is a funny thing. We can try to master the Bible by studying it or reading through it. But we cannot control it; the Bible must control us. This comes about through meditating on it...

Monday Hebrews 12:14-15 – Root of Bitterness “Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of...

Monday John 13:35 – Opportunities “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” —John 13:35 We’ll be given many opportunities to love God and love our neighbors. How well we follow God’s commandments will be part of our legacy of faith. Our actions will also stand as proof...

Monday 100,000 MILES OF NERVE FIBERS (in just one human body!) I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. —Psalm 139:14 An article in a 2014 issue of the National Geographic magazine highlighted the work on the brain by Van Wedeen, M.S., MGH/Harvard U: … creating in unprecedented detail representations of the brain’s...