DAY 50 - Sunday, May 19, 2024Luke 24:49I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.Scripture InsightsPentecost started as a sit-in: the last recorded words of Jesus were “to stay in the city.” Taking the gospel to the nations required being “clothed with power from on high.” The word “power” in the Old Testament refer...  Read More

Thank You that You are a God Who dwells in the midst of Your people (1 Chronicles 17:4-5)! There is nowhere we can go to escape Your Presence, Your Holy Spirit (Psalm 139:7-12). Truthfully, we do not want to be apart from You, for there we will only find disappointment and even desolation. Tomorrow we will celebrate Pentecost, the super-abundant outpouring of Your Holy Spirit...God with and within...  Read More

DAY 49 - Saturday, May 18, 20241 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.Scripture InsightsWhy is love listed third in today’s scripture? Peter’s teaching in the chapters leading up to this verse is radically countercultural to his contemporaries and deeply offensive to our modern ears. This verse serves as both a concluding exhor...  Read More

Humbly now before You we bow and worship the Name of Jesus. The King of kings Who brings salvation by becoming the Son of man in order to redeem us and restore us to You, Father God. Thank You that You have looked down from Your heavenly throne and looked with favor on the lowly (Psalm 138:6)! We are blessed above all and deeply grateful! Amen....  Read More

DAY 48 - Thursday, May 17, 2024Galatians 3:14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.Scripture InsightsSeveral years ago, I heard the firsthand-account story “Let My People Go,” by Cal Bombay of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In an unnamed, war-ravaged nation, slavery was a wa...  Read More

O Lord, the times in which we live sometimes overwhelm us with the accelerated advancements in technology coupled with the accelerated decline in morality. If ever their was a day we need to 'understand the times and know what we should do' (1 Chronicles 12:32) it is now. Thank You that You have given us Your Spirit of wisdom and truth. Fill us anew and afresh with this Breath of Life and then emp...  Read More