To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Exodus 29:1-30:10 Matthew 26:14-46 Psalm 31:19-24 Proverbs 8:14-26 “Peter said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And so said all the disciples” (Matthew 26:35). Oh, the dangers of overestimating the strength of our flesh. Just prior to Peter’s courageous (albeit untrustworthy) outburst, Jesus had given him and the other disciples not just a warning, but a prophecy. “Then Jesus said to them, ‘All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:…

“Holiness to the LORD” To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible

“And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours'” (Matthew 25:25).   To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Exodus 26:1-27:21Matthew 25:1-30Psalm 31:1-8Proverbs 8:1-11 In his commentary on this passage, Matthew Henry (who never pulls any punches) said this: “Christ keeps no servants to be idle: they have received their all from him, and have nothing they can call their own but sin.” Scripture puts it this way: “What do you have that you did not receive?” (I Corinthians 4:7). The first thing we…

“For He Himself is our peace” (Ephesians 2:14). To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Exodus 21:22-23:13 Matthew 24:1-28 Psalm 29:1-11 Proverbs 7:6-23 I was sitting one day in our living room on the couch that faced the front window. Except for the cat, who was sleeping on top of the TV next to that window, I was alone. Outside, a storm was gathering, and the sky had taken on that ominous shade of gray that I love so much. I was looking at that sky when a thunder ball hit the ground just outside…