Author: (Venus Wan)

Monday Genesis 16 This week we begin a new sermon series, “Finding God in the Wilderness.” This week’s sermon is titled: “The God Who Sees.” We are told in today’s passage that God sees. How we long to be seen, to be noticed. How often we put our best foot forward, hoping someone will see....

Monday Galatians 5:13-26 “You, my brothers and sisters, are called to be free” (v. 13). That is how the passage on the fruits of the Spirit begins, and I think that is significant. Many times I have read this passage and skipped over this part, turning to the fruits that I want to see in...

Monday Philippians 4:1-4 The disagreement between two Christian women was serious enough to be addressed in a public letter to the Philippians. Paul does not take sides. He urges the two who are at odds to be of the same mind in the Lord. He asks those close to the situation to encourage reconciliation and...

Monday  Philippians 3:12-21; Hebrews 5:12-14 As we consider Philippians 3:15-21 this week, our theme being “joy despite adversity,” let’s step back three verses today for context. Paul writes about “pressing toward the goal” (Philippians 3:12-14), calling for Christian growth. In verse 15, he challenges, “Let those of us who are mature think this way.” Each...

Monday Philippians 3:1-3; Colossians 2:8-23; Romans 14:10 After one of her volleyball matches years ago, my daughter complained about several referees’ calls that favored the opponent. This prompted another parent to observe, “She seems to have an overdeveloped sense of justice.” If you’re inclined toward being judgmental, as I am, and/or self-righteous, you can tend...

Monday John 15:12-17; Philippians 2:19-30 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”  (John 15:13) The Bible has a lot to say about friendship, more than you may have thought. The subject of friendship is woven throughout the whole storyline of Scripture. It reaches its climax at...

Monday Philippians 2:12-13 THE JOY OF KNOWING THAT GOD IS WORKING THROUGH YOU Salvation is a richer truth than my being saved from God’s judgment and condemnation of the world for its sin and wickedness. Indeed, that is its primary meaning, and I obtain it by trusting in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior....

Monday Philippians 2:1-11 I have a friend who labored as a full-time missionary for about twenty years. I asked him, “What was the greatest obstacle that you faced in your years of missionary service.”  I expected him to say something like “learning a foreign language or culture, learning to work with local native workers, etc.” ...

Monday Philippians 1:1-11; Acts 15:36-16:40 Philippians is meaningful not only for its content and Paul’s circumstances, but also because of Philippi’s position in the Roman Empire. The places Paul focused upon in church-planting were very purposeful: he was Spirit-led to emphasize influential cities ideally situated for spreading the Gospel. Given his trade as a tentmaker (Acts...

Many of you have asked who our devotional writers are. We purposely have not identified them each week, but we thought we would take this opportunity to let you know who some of them are and tell you a little about them. Next week we will again be publishing our normal devotional that leads up...