2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 280
by Walt Martin on October 7th, 2026
Grace comes first. Everything that follows—obedience, holiness, perseverance, mission—is Paul’s response to the Christ who has already claimed him.   Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 279
by Walt Martin on October 6th, 2026
We sometimes make Christlikeness more mysterious than it needs to be. We imagine that spiritual maturity will primarily reveal itself through greater knowledge, dramatic experiences, or visible accomplishments. Paul points us somewhere much more ordinary.   Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 278
by Walt Martin on October 5th, 2026
Christian confidence doesn't require us to call suffering good, pretend disappointment doesn’t hurt, or insist that every circumstance happened because God wanted it. Paul can acknowledge the hardship while trusting that hardship does not have the final word. God is still at work.   Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 277
by Walt Martin on October 4th, 2026
Christian perseverance is not powering through until we become spiritually tough enough. Holiness has never meant proving how strong we can become on our own. We stand because grace has already surrounded us with everything we need to remain faithful.   Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 276
by Walt Martin on October 3rd, 2026
Our bodies are good. Marriage is good. Sexuality is good. Food and drink are gifts. Time is a gift. Human relationships are gifts. But good things become destructive when desire becomes our master.   Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 275
by Walt Martin on October 2nd, 2026
God’s grace doesn’t only forgive what we have been. The Holy Spirit renews the way we think, speak, work, respond, forgive, and love. We cooperate with that grace by taking off habits that belong to the old life and practicing ways of living that resemble Jesus. And we do this together.   Read More
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