Friday, November 1, 2024

Friday, November 1, 2024
1 Chronicles 16:29
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.

If your friend gave you a gift for your birthday, you’d never go thank your neighbor for that gift because it wasn’t from them. Yet we’ve been given so many gifts by the Creator of the Universe and yet we don’t often utter our thanks to Him. In fact, most of the time, we take them for granted. So, maybe take some time today to simply look around your house, your neighborhood, and your town, and proclaim your thanksgiving to the God who’s worthy of all praise!

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Thursday, October 31, 2024
Ezekiel 38:23
And so I will show My greatness and My holiness, and I will make Myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

There’s a day coming when every single person on earth will acknowledge the greatness of God. And they will do that by bowing their knees and confessing with their mouths that Jesus Christ is LORD. Until that day, let’s make it our focus today to proclaim the greatness of our Holy God.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.

If you’ve ever gone on a hike with someone in the woods, it’s the person ahead of you on the trail that sees the next step. And if you’re a follower of Jesus, that means He’s the One guiding you on the Way of Holiness. A road exclusively for those who choose to live set apart. It’s not for the perfected, it’s for those who follow the perfect One, in hopes that one day they will be like Him.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

When something is contaminated, you’re not supposed to go near it. The problem is we live in a world that’s contaminated by sin. So, what do we do? Well, the Bible encourages us to set ourselves apart from the world and to focus on pursuing holiness. Only then will others see their own sin and desire to be set apart as well.

Monday October 28, 2024

Monday, October 28, 2024
Hebrews 12:14
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the LORD.

Holiness is one of those virtues that feels a little out of reach because in the Word, God declares, I am holy. But He also asks us to be holy, like He is holy, because He wants us to be set apart. And from what our verse says today, that can take a lot of effort. But it’s an effort that will give rich rewards!

Friday, October 25, 2024

Friday, October 25, 2024
Luke 6:43-44
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.

If a tree that was in your yard always bore bad fruit, you’d probably choose to cut it down. There’d be no point in keeping it, because you wouldn’t enjoy eating bad fruit. And that’s what Jesus was trying to emphasize to His followers. That it wasn’t just trees that bore bad fruit, people can too. But a good tree bears good fruit and that allows others to taste and see that the Lord is good.