Philippians 2:12-4:23~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Philippians chapter 3 verse 3 is a great teaching from Paul – “For we who worship God in the Spirit are the only ones who are truly circumcised. We put no confidence…

Philemon 1:1-25; Philippians 1:1-2:11~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Philemon: Today we read Paul’s letter to Philemon! ~ Philemon ~Author: Paul the apostlePlace: RomeDate: A.D. 60 or 61Content: A slave named Onesimus, who was owned by a Christian…

Colossians 1:24-4:18~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit I love Paul’s teaching about the Christian life in Colossians chapter 1 verse 27 today! “For this is the secret: Christ lives in you, and this is your assurance that you…

Ephesians 5:15-6:24; Colossians 1:1-23~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Ephesians: Ephesians chapter 5 verse 17 really stood out to me today: “Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do.”  I am wondering…

Ephesians 3:1-5:14~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Wow, Paul’s opening verse 1 in chapter 3 of Ephesians today reminded me that Paul literally wrote this letter to the church in Ephesus while he was in prison in Rome! …

Acts 28:1-31; Ephesians 1:1-2:22~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Acts – Today we finish the book of Acts!  Interesting segment in today’s readings when Paul encounters the snake on the island of Malta.  Everyone first believes that justice…

Acts 27:1-44~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Today in Acts 27 verses 1 & 2 we read: “When the time came, we set sail for Italy. Paul and several other prisoners were placed in the custody of an…

Acts 24:1-26:32~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Today we read about Paul before the Roman Governor Felix.  I love this image below of Paul expertly laying out his case! (image courtesty of http://www.lamp.ac.uk/hogarth/81to100.htm) The close of today’s readings…

Acts 21:37-23:35~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit We get some classic Paul in today’s Acts readings!  You’ll recall from yesterday’s readings, the crowd in Jerusalem got riled up against Paul and the crowd was beating on Paul.  Then,…

Acts 20:13-21:36~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit To start our readings today, Paul gives a powerful farewell address to the elders of the church in Ephesus.  Great stuff…  Verses 36 & 37 do kind of bring a tear…