2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 117
by Walt Martin on April 27th, 2026
The Temple represented everything. Security. Identity. Religion. National pride. If it stood, everything felt stable. If it fell… everything changed. And Jesus is saying: Don’t confuse what looks permanent with what actually is.
This is about rightly ordered love. What we treasure shapes how we live. The scribes loved recognition. The rich loved comfort. The culture loved the Temple.
But the widow? She trusted God. Fully. Not from abundance, but from surrender. Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 116
by Walt Martin on April 26th, 2026
What is your why? Do we come to worship to encounter God? Or to fulfill an obligation? Do we pray expecting God to hear? Or just going through the motions? Do we read Scripture as living truth? Or as a task to complete?
Grace is not meant to leave us where we are. It awakens. It revives. It transforms. A living faith is responsive—to the Spirit, to the Word, to the presence of God. Holiness is not external performance. It is inward life that overflows outward. Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 115
by Walt Martin on April 25th, 2026
The coin bears Caesar’s image. So it belongs to Caesar. But you… you bear God’s image. So what belongs to God? Not just a portion. Not just a category. Everything. Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 114
by Walt Martin on April 24th, 2026
It’s about alignment. Are we recognizing who Jesus is? Or are we trying to manage Him? Because it’s easy to praise… as long as Jesus seems to fit our expectations. As long as He’s doing what we want. Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 113
by Walt Martin on April 23rd, 2026
Zacchaeus doesn’t just feel something. He does something. It manifests as generosity and restitution. But maybe more importantly, what we see is evidence of transformation. His relationship with money—his identity—his priorities—reordered. Not to earn salvation. But because salvation has already come near.
Grace initiates. We respond. Jesus seeks. We receive. Our lives change. This is the rhythm of salvation: Prevenient grace drawing us… Saving grace meeting us… Sanctifying grace reshaping us. Read More
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2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 112
by Walt Martin on April 22nd, 2026
This passage holds two realities together: Darkness is coming. And healing is already happening. Suffering ahead, but restoration breaking in.
At first, it doesn’t make sense. Even the disciples can’t put it together. But Jesus makes it clear: This is the plan. What the prophets spoke is being fulfilled.
Grace meets us before we understand. It invites us to trust, even when we don’t see clearly. We don’t need full comprehension. We need faith in a faithful God. And that faith becomes the doorway to healing, transformation, and new life. Read More
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