Daily Devotional

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 159 – 8 June News you only have to receive Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand. (1 Corinthians 15:1, NKJV) The most quietly revolutionary feature of the Christian message is that it […]

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 158 – 7 June The harvest you cannot hurry I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. (1 Corinthians 3:6, ESV) A newly sown field holds one of the quietest scenes in all of working life. The seed lies hidden beneath the dark crumb of the soil,

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 157 – 6 June Strong enough to feel it with you Who is weak, and I am not weak? (2 Corinthians 11:29a, KJV) You know, from the inside, the particular loneliness of being the weakest one in the group. Perhaps it was the sports field where the captains

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 156 – 5 June When good news presses to be told I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! (1 Corinthians 9:16, NIV) A quiet but enormous gulf separates the things we feel we ought to do from the things we

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 154 – 3 June The gain that outlasts the ledger To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. (1 Corinthians 9:22a, NKJV) Ask almost anyone what they hope to gain from the year ahead, and the replies arrive with little hesitation. A promotion,

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 155 – 4 June The love that refuses to rank a room For there is no partiality with God. (Romans 2:11, NASB) Watch what happens in a crowded room the instant someone important walks in. A subtle current passes through the gathering, heads turning by slow degrees, conversations

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 153 – 2 June The freest person in the room For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. (1 Corinthians 9:19, ESV) A quiet pattern shows itself at almost any gathering. The people who

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 152 – 1 June The word ‘some’ has names in it I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. (1 Corinthians 9:22b, KJV) Read that sentence slowly and one small word will snag on something inside you. The phrase everyone

May — Flexibility Without Compromise Day 151 — 31 May Now Carry What You Have Learned “I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.” — 1 Corinthians 9:22b–23 (KJV) Thirty-one days

MAY: FLEXIBILITY WITHOUT COMPROMISE Day 150 – 30 May The Strength You Find When You Stop Pretending “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.