Category: Daily Devotional

But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ…and be found in Him [Christ], not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that (righteousness) which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith… Philippians 3:1-11 The Judaizers thought that they had reason to boast…

Leviticus 19-20 The Lord Is Holy 19 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4 Do not turn to idols or make…

…now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Philippians 2:11-22 Conveying the greatness of salvation is one of Paul’s major themes in his letter to the Ephesians. Paul reminds his Gentile readers of the darkness of their life before Christ. Before Jesus’ earthly ministry, Gentiles were…

Leviticus 17-18 The Place of Sacrifice 17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the people of Israel and say to them, This is the thing that the Lord has commanded. 3 If any one of the house of Israel kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or kills it…

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2:1-11 Since all humans were, are, and will be born in Adam, we live this earthly life with a fallen nature and achieving unity with…

Leviticus 15-16 Laws About Bodily Discharges 15 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body,[a] his discharge is unclean. 3 And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is blocked up…

…it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. Philippians 1:19-30 A 2nd Century Roman emperor is quoting as saying, “the true worth of a man is to be measured by the…

Leviticus 14 Laws for Cleansing Lepers 14 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, 3 and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person, 4 the…

I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel… Philippians 1:12-18 Tertullian, an early church leader, coined the term Trinitas(Latin), “Trinity”(English). He is also credited with saying, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” It does seem that the church grows most rapidly…

Leviticus 13 Laws About Leprosy 13 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a case of leprous[a] disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons…