Friday, September 20, 2024

Friday, September 20, 2024
Revelation 5:13
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!

This will be a moment in heaven no one will want to miss. It will be a cacophony of sound when every creature will say the same thing. And they’ll be saying it to the One who deserves all the honor, all the praise, and all the glory forever. He’s the only One who’s worthy to sit on the throne and to receive this special blessing.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Thursday, September 19, 2024
Acts 1:11
Men of Galilee, they said, why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.

When Jesus ascended into heaven, the disciples just stood there with their mouths hanging open in shock. And it wasn’t until a few angels showed up that they remembered their focus wasn’t to be on the heavens, but on the mission, Jesus entrusted to them. The same mission that’s ours to carry out today: to go make more disciples.

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
John 3:13
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.

A man focused on fulfilling every single aspect of the law, met the only Man who could. And he met him at night in secret because Nicodemus wanted some answers. The problem was the Answer was staring him in the face, but he couldn’t see it yet…the Son of Man straight from heaven.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Philippians 3:20-21
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like His glorious body, by the power that enables Him even to subject all things to Himself.

We don’t usually celebrate Citizenship Day, but maybe as Christians, it’s something we should start doing. Not to celebrate the country we’re currently living in, but the country that we’re made to live in for eternity…heaven. A place that holds our new body and our new life with our Savior.

Monday, September 16, 2024

Monday, September 16, 2024
Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

No homeowner just gives out the keys to their home. Because that would mean the other person would get to share their authority to open and close, to lock and unlock, the entrance to their home. But that’s exactly what Jesus did! He gave His disciples the keys for the gospel to be unlocked for every single person who believed: Jew or Gentile, free or slave.

Friday, September 13, 2024

Friday, September 13, 2024
1 Timothy 1:5
The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

What’s my motivation? That’s a good question to ask yourself every day. Are you serving, giving, and helping others so that people think you’re a good person or are you doing it out of love for God and others? Paul figured out his own motives and, in this passage, he reminded Timothy to make it his goal to do the same thing…be motivated only by love.