Friday, January 22. Matthew 4:18-22 Think about what you do for a living. If you are a student, and are still thinking about your coming career, then think about how you spend most of your time as a student. Why do you do it? Are you motivated by money? Are you trying...
Thursday, January 22. Deuteronomy 8:1-10 Have you ever been really hungry, or really thirsty, and then got to eat or drink? When I played football in high school we would have three practices a day for two weeks in August, before school started. August can be brutal...
Wednesday, January 21. Genesis 3:1-7 The serpent must have been in advertising. Think about most of the commercials you watch on TV or hear on the radio. What is their tactic? They try to convince you that you are somehow incomplete until you buy their product....
I’m preaching from Matthew 5:1-20 this weekend. Jesus said, You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In...
Tuesday, January 20. Genesis 1:26-27 The main text for this week is Matthew 4:1-17. Satan tempts Jesus in the wilderness. He begins each temptation with the phrase, “If you are the Son of God…” Do you see what he’s doing? Satan is trying to get...
