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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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May — Flexibility Without Compromise Day 149 — 29 May The Joy That Makes No Sense “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking
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May — Flexibility Without Compromise Day 148 — 28 May Love with Eyes Wide Open “And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ.”
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May — Flexibility Without Compromise Day 147 — 27 May What They Meant and What God Intended “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” — Genesis 50:20 (KJV) The deepest test of flexibility
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May — Flexibility Without Compromise Day 146 — 26 May Stewards of Many-Coloured Grace “As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the multifaceted grace of God.” — 1 Peter 4:10 (NASB) Grace arrives in colours you did not choose. The gift you carry into
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May — Flexibility Without Compromise Day 145 — 25 May The Tongue That Plants Trees “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” “The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.” — Proverbs 15:1, 4 (NIV) The ancient Near Eastern scribal tradition held
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