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Monday, November 2nd, 2026 4:47 am Good morning! Today I am in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16. Paul tells the Thessalonians that they know that their visit to them was not a failure. They knew how bad they had been treated in Philippi just before they visited them. And God gave them the courage to declare His Good News boldly, in spite of great opposition. For they speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Their purpose is to please God, not peopl

Friday, October 30th, 2026 8:27 am Good morning! Today I am in 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10. Paul, Silas, and Timothy, write this letter to the Thessalonian church. He begins by saying that they are writing this to those who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Saying, "May God give you grace and peace." They tell them that they always thank God for them and pray from them constantly. And that as they pray, they think about their faithful work, their loving de

Thursday, October 29th, 2026 4:54 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 18:1-11. When Paul left Athens, he went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla. They had left Italy when Claudius Caesar deported all the Jews from Rome. Paul lived and worked with them. They were tent makers just like him. Each Sabbath he went to the synagogue, trying to convince the Jews and Gentiles alike. After Silas and Timothy

Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 4:27 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 17:16-34. As Paul was waiting on Silas and Timothy to join him in Athens, Paul was deeply disturbed by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city. He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles. And he spoke daily in the square to all who happened to be there. He also debated with some of the dominant philosophers there. When he told them about Jesus' resurrection, th

Tuesday, October 27th, 2026 4:34 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 17:10-15. After Paul and Silas left Thessalonica, they went to Berea. The believers in Thessalonica sent them there. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue. The people there in Berea were more open-minded then the people in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul's message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. As a result,

Monday, October 26th, 2026 4:18 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 17:1-9. Paul and Silas traveled to Thessalonica. For three Sabbaths in a row Paul went to the synagogue there and tried to use the Scriptures to reason with the people. He explained the prophecies and proved that the Messiah must suffer and be raised from the dead. And that Jesus Christ was that Messiah. Some of the Jews that listened were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with many God-fearin

Friday, October 23rd, 2026 10 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 16:16-40. One day as Paul and Silas was heading to prayer, they came across a demon possessed, slave girl. She was a fortune teller that made a lot of money for her master. She began following them and shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God and are here to tell you how to be saved." She followed them day after day, shouting this, until finally Paul became agitated. He turned to her and to

Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 4:29 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 16:11-15. Paul and Silas headed to Philippi, a major city in Macedonia, a Roman colony. They stayed there for several days. One Sabbath, they headed to a riverbank outside of the city, where they thought people would be, for prayer meetings. They sat down and spoke with some women that were gathered there. One was a woman named Lydia. She was a merchant of expensive purple cloth and she worshiped G

Tuesday, October 20th, 2026 4:41 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 16:6-10. Paul and Silas continued traveling through the area of Galatia. Luke tells us that the Holy Spirit prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia, so they headed north for the province of Bithynia. But again the Holy Spirit did not allow them to go there. Instead, they went to the seaport of Troas. That night Paul had a vision that a man from Macedonia was standing there, plea

Monday, October 19th, 2026 4:19 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 16:1-5. After Paul and Silas left Antioch of Syria, they went first to Derbe then to Lystra. In Lystra there was a young disciple named Timothy. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well thought of by the believers in Lystra and Iconium, so Paul wanted him to join them on their journey. Because Timothy was half Jew, and because of the Jews beliefs in the area, Paul arran

Thursday, October 15th, 2026 4:07 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 15:36-41. After Paul and Barnabas spent some time in Antioch, Paul wanted to go back and visit cities they had previously visited and preached the Word of God, to see how the new believers were doing. Barnabas agreed and wanted to take John Mark, but Paul disagreed strongly because John Mark had deserted them earlier and did not continue with them in their work. Because of this disagreement, Paul and B

Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 4:03 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 15:22-35. After the meeting with Paul, Barnabas, the other apostles, and the elders of the church, they decided to send some delegates with Paul and Barnabas back to Antioch to report their decision to the Gentiles. They took a letter with them from the apostles and elders, telling them that the men that had troubled and upset them were not sent by them. And that they had come to an agreement on the q

Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 4:09 am Good morning! Today I am in Acts 15:1-21. While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men arrived from Judea and began teaching the gentile believers there that they had to be circumcised or they would not be saved. Paul and Barnabas disagreed, arguing against this. The church there, decided to send Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem accompanied by some of the local believers, to talk to the other apostles and elders about this.

Monday, October 12th, 2026 4:03 am Good morning! Today I am in Galatians 6:11-18. Paul finishes this letter to the Galatians by telling them that those who are trying to force them to be circumcised want to look good to others. They don't want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save. And they don't even keep the whole law themselves. They only want them to be circumcised so they can boast about it and claim them as their disciples. He tell

Saturday, October 10th, 2026 10:25 am Good morning! Today I am in Galatians 6:1-10. Paul tells us that if we see another believer overcome by sin, we as fellow believers should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. But we must be careful not to fall into the same temptations. We should share in each other's burdens, and in this way we are obeying the law of Christ. If we think we are too important to help someone, we are only fooling ourselves bec

Friday, October 9th, 2026 8 am Good morning! Today I am in Galatians 5:16-26. Paul tells us to let the Holy Spirit guide our lives, then we won't be doing what our sinful natures crave. For the sinful nature wants to do evil, which is opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. He tells us these to forces are constantly fighting each other, so we are not free to carry out our own good intent

Wednesday, October 7th, 2026 4:22 am Good morning! Today I am in Galatians 5:1-15. Paul tells us that Christ has truly set us free, but he warns us to make sure we stay free and not get tied up again in slavery to the law. He tells us that if we are trying to win favor with God through the law, then we must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses. If we are trying to make ourselves right with God by keeping the law, then we have been cut off from Christ, we have

Monday, October 5th, 2026 4:34 am Good morning! Today I am in Galatians 4:21-31. Paul asks the Galatians that were wanting to live under the law, if they knew what the law actually said? He tells them that the Scriptures say that Abraham had 2 sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife. The son of the slave wife was born in an attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God's promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God's own fulfillment of

Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 8:05 am Good morning! Today I am in Galatians 4:8-20. Paul tells the Gentiles that before they knew God, they were slaves to the so called god's that did not exist. And now that they know God, he asks them why they want to go back and become slaves again to the weak and useless spiritual principles of the world? Asking them why they are trying to earn favor with God by observing certain days, months, seasons, or years. He tells them that he f

Friday, October 2nd, 2026 6:57 am Good morning! Today I am in Galatians 3:23-4:7. Paul tells the Galatians that before Christ came we were placed under guard by the law. It protected us until we could be made right with God through faith. And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian. For we are all children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. And all of us who have been united with Him in baptism have put on Christ, like putting o