Click for PDF version Monday Read 2 Kings 5:1-27; Matthew 6:1-18; John 14:21-23; Hebrews 11:6 What does heaven reward? According to Jesus, God openly rewards secret giving, secret prayer and secret fasting. What else does God reward? Seeking Him is another activity He rewards (Matthew 7:7). “Without faith nobody can please God, for the...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Matthew 6:1-4; 1 Timothy 6:7-10 As we broach the subject of giving, let us take a look at what the Bible tells us even before Jesus taught about giving in the Sermon on the Mount. Scripture will do the talking throughout this Devo. Pray for the Lord to...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Matthew 5:38-39; Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21 As we continue the Sermon on the Mount teaching series, this week’s theme is “Re-Forming Our Affections.” It’s important to remember who Jesus is speaking to even as we read the Sermon on theMount with our Western eyes and interpretation....
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Matthew 5:27-37 In Matthew 5, Jesus addresses the topics of adultery, divorce, and oath-making. It can be tempting to see these as three completely separate topics—and while there are things to learn about them individually, these three topics share one important element: covenant. The God of the...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Matthew 5:21-22 God gave His people moral and ceremonial laws to help them love Him with all their hearts and minds (the Law of Moses, Old Testament). By Jesus’ time, religious leaders had turned God’s Law into a confusing mass of rules. When Jesus talked about a new...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Matthew 5:1-12 Being the Salt of the Earth One distinctive element of Jesus’ teaching was His use of metaphors and similes. Both are figures of speech, but a metaphor identifies one thing, such as “You are the salt of the earth,” whereas a simile likens one thing to...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Matthew 5:1-12 This week we will look at the Beatitudes. The first beatitude says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (v. 3). The “poor in spirit” is one who realizes his absolute spiritual poverty. This is one who knows he is...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Revelation 18:4-7; Zechariah 8:6-8, 12; John 4:35-36 Next Sunday is Glenkirk Church’s annual congregational meeting. Pastor Tim will speak on “The State of the Church” during that day’s services. The Church’s condition—at Glenkirk, nationally and globally—is therefore the emphasis of this week’s devotionals series. We live in...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Romans 3:21-26; Romans 1:21-25, 28-32; 1 John 5:11-13 How can God send good people (those “kind, moral and generous; faithful Jews, Muslims, Buddhists …”) to hell, where they’ll face eternal damnation and torment? This week we examine some leading issues which unsettle believers. Today’s featured question tops the...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read 1 Peter 5:8-13; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Job 36:15 Suffering prevails across cultures and circumstances. It’s a leading basis for skeptics’ rejection of God. Yet even mature, faithful Christians struggle with it, particularly when “good people” suffer. Some fall into the entitled “I deserve better!” trap, underrating the...
