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…

2 Corinthians 11:1-13:13; Acts 20:7-12~ 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 2nd Corinthians – Paul’s words in Second Corinthians chapter 11 verse 14 are some of the scariest words in Scripture for each of us to take to heart:…

2 Corinthians 6:14-10:18~ 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 Second Corinthians chapter 7 verse 1 today is powerful – “Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit.…

2 Corinthians 2:5-6:13~ 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 absolutely love and appreciate Paul’s words today in Second Corinthians chapter 2 verses 14 through 16: “But thanks be to God, who made us his captives and leads us…