| Jan 01 |
Alpha and Omega – Rev. 21:6,7 |
| Jan 02 |
What the Highest Hope Will Do – 1 Jn. 3:3 |
| Jan 03 |
Elevating Our Aim, Enlarging Our Desires – Hb. 11:16 |
| Jan 04 |
The Next Step Is Always Our Most Important – 1 Cor. 15:9,10 |
| Jan 05 |
Reaching Forward – Phil. 3:13,14 |
| Jan 06 |
Different . . . and Better – 1 Jn. 3:2 |
| Jan 07 |
Is It God We Desire, or a Particular Path to Him? – Psa. 17:5 |
| Jan 08 |
Tenacious Joy – Jn. 16:22 |
| Jan 09 |
Time Wasted? – 1 Thess. 2:13 |
| Jan 10 |
Making a Commitment to Closeness – Jer. 30:21 |
| Jan 11 |
A Key That Opens Many Doors – Prov. 3:13,14 |
| Jan 12 |
The Road That Leads to Life Is Not Effortless – Mt. 7:13,14 |
| Jan 13 |
What’s Ahead Is Worth Reaching For! – Rom. 8:18 |
| Jan 14 |
Stupidity – Prov. 6:9 |
| Jan 15 |
Do We Fear to Go Where God Is Not? – Lk. 16:25,26 |
| Jan 16 |
Choosing Our Basic Outlook – 1 Pt. 1:13 |
| Jan 17 |
Where Self-Discipline Comes From – Hb. 12:1,2 |
| Jan 18 |
Why Don’t We Take God More Seriously? – Lk. 22:46 |
| Jan 19 |
The Importance of Goals to Grow Toward – Eph. 4:14,15 |
| Jan 20 |
It’s a Serious Sin to Discourage Others – Psa. 69:6 |
| Jan 21 |
Don’t Despise the Daily Grind! – Gal. 6:9 |
| Jan 22 |
The Way We Are – 1 Cor. 3:3 |
| Jan 23 |
If We Don’t Forgive, We’re Paralyzed – Gen. 45:4,5 |
| Jan 24 |
The Danger of Looking Back – Lk. 9:62 |
| Jan 25 |
Change: Our Unwelcome Benefactor – Jn. 12:24,25 |
| Jan 26 |
Led by Light to His Dwelling – Psa. 43:3,4 |
| Jan 27 |
Child-Like Wonder – Mt. 18:3 |
| Jan 28 |
Gradual Growth – Eph. 4:13 |
| Jan 29 |
Both Active and Contemplative – Lk. 5:15,16 |
| Jan 30 |
Courageous Reason – Hb. 11:33,34 |
| Jan 31 |
Courageous Desire – Lk. 7:44-48 |
| Feb 01 |
Love . . . and Happiness? – 2 Cor. 12:15 |
| Feb 02 |
On Being a "Cheerful Giver" – 2 Cor. 9:7 |
| Feb 03 |
Devotion During Difficulty – Lk. 22:44 |
| Feb 04 |
Peace and Truth – Jn. 16:33 |
| Feb 05 |
What Do We Hope to Gain? – 1 Cor. 9:10 |
| Feb 06 |
Would We Refuse the Great Invitation? – Lk. 14:16-18 |
| Feb 07 |
Are We Willing to be Weak? – 2 Cor. 12:9 |
| Feb 08 |
Broken Wings – 2 Cor. 12:10 |
| Feb 09 |
In This We Groan – 2 Cor. 5:1,2 |
| Feb 10 |
Strength from Brokenness – Lk. 22:31,32 |
| Feb 11 |
A Heart Will Find Its Home – Rom. 2:7-10 |
| Feb 12 |
Praying for Light – Ac. 9:6 |
| Feb 13 |
God Is Not Neutral Toward Our Needs – Hb. 13:20,21 |
| Feb 14 |
The Highest use of the Human Mind – Psa. 143:5,6 |
| Feb 15 |
Desiring the Process – Jas. 1:2-4 |
| Feb 16 |
No Other Entrance – Ac. 14:22 |
| Feb 17 |
Hard Times – Deut. 8:7-11 |
| Feb 18 |
Tempted to Switch Goals – Mt. 4:8-10 |
| Feb 19 |
No Delight – Eph. 4:20-22 |
| Feb 20 |
New Delight – Eph. 4:23,24 |
| Feb 21 |
He Can Rebuild a Ruined Heart – Isa. 61:1-3 |
| Feb 22 |
Learning to Be Glad When God Is Glad – 1 Cor. 13:6 |
| Feb 23 |
Think Twice Before You Pray for Justice – Psa. 103:10 |
| Feb 24 |
Mammon Is Our Major Obstacle – Mt. 6:24 |
| Feb 25 |
Love Transforms Suffering – 1 Pt. 4:12,13 |
| Feb 26 |
Love Lets Us Be Free – 2 Tim. 2:22 |
| Feb 27 |
Wilderness – Mk. 1:12,13 |
| Feb 28 |
Seeing Our Hurts as Homesickness – 2 Cor. 5:4,6 |
| Feb 29 |
Fighting the Good Fight – 1 Tim. 6:12 |
| Mar 01 |
The Pursuit of God . . . or Mere Polemics? 1 Tim. 6:3-5 |
| Mar 02 |
Journey’s End – Psa. 107:28-30 |
| Mar 03 |
The Freedom of the Right Focus – Mt. 22:35-40 |
| Mar 04 |
Seeking God with Gratitude – Lk. 17:15-18 |
| Mar 05 |
The Troubles of a Temporary Home – Rom. 8:22 |
| Mar 06 |
No Time for Negligence – 1 Pt. 5:8 |
| Mar 07 |
Established Hearts – Jas. 5:8 |
| Mar 08 |
Days Well Spent – Eph. 5:15,16 |
| Mar 09 |
Hints of Glory – Psa. 145:10 |
| Mar 10 |
God’s Works: Seen and Unseen – Mk. 2:9-11 |
| Mar 11 |
Insatiable – Eccl. 5:10 |
| Mar 12 |
We Need More Than Better Moods – 2 Pt. 3:17,18 |
| Mar 13 |
Bearing What We Need to Hear – Jn. 16:12 |
| Mar 14 |
Your Wreckage Can Be Repaired! 1 Tim. 1:15,16 |
| Mar 15 |
No Need to Know the Territory – Ac. 20:22 |
| Mar 16 |
Desperate Days – 2 Cor. 1:8 |
| Mar 17 |
Deep Joy – 2 Cor. 1:9-11 |
| Mar 18 |
In a Broken World, We Yearn for Unity – Col. 1:19,20 |
| Mar 19 |
What’s Our Problem? Mt. 16:26 |
| Mar 20 |
Seeking the Light of God – Jn. 3:19-21 |
| Mar 21 |
A Love Worth Dying For – 2 Tim. 4:6 |
| Mar 22 |
Poverty and Wealth – Lk. 18:22,23 |
| Mar 23 |
Sins of Ignorance, Sins of Weakness – Jas. 3:2 |
| Mar 24 |
Benefit of the Doubt – Mt. 7:2 |
| Mar 25 |
The Right Kind of Fear Begets Courage – Mt. 10:28 |
| Mar 26 |
Don’t Mistake the Means for the End – 2 Tim. 3:7 |
| Mar 27 |
The Dangers of Having Been Here Longer – Eccl. 4:13 |
| Mar 28 |
On Loving Our Enemies – Mt. 5:46,47 |
| Mar 29 |
Respect for the Name of God – Lev. 19:12 |
| Mar 30 |
Not Content with True Contentment? Gal. 4:9 |
| Mar 31 |
God, the Perfectly Faithful – 1 Pt. 4:19 |
| Apr 01 |
Determined Not to Miss Out – Hb. 4:1 |
| Apr 02 |
Invincible Faith – Job 19:25 |
| Apr 03 |
Calm Enough to Consider – Prov. 17:27 |
| Apr 04 |
Humble Enough to Worship – Lk. 18:11,12 |
| Apr 05 |
Preschool – Hb. 12:11 |
| Apr 06 |
Grateful for the Work God Gives Us – 1 Cor. 12:17,18 |
| Apr 07 |
Sick or Sinful? Rom. 1:20,21 |
| Apr 08 |
Being "Human" Requires No Apology – Psa. 8:5 |
| Apr 09 |
Putting Pain Into Perspective – 1 Pt. 1:6,7 |
| Apr 10 |
Everything Burns Away But the Beauty – Phil. 3:20,21 |
| Apr 11 |
When Our Questions Are Not Answered – Deut. 29:29 |
| Apr 12 |
Bereft – Eph. 2:12 |
| Apr 13 |
Joyful Longing – 1 Pt. 1:7-9 |
| Apr 14 |
The Positive Choice Is Possible! Deut. 30:11-14 |
| Apr 15 |
No Comfortable Cross – Rom. 6:6 |
| Apr 16 |
Checkmate – Dan. 4:25 |
| Apr 17 |
Being Lost Takes Persistence Too – Jn. 5:40 |
| Apr 18 |
Consequences Can’t Be Avoided Forever – Rom. 6:21,22 |
| Apr 19 |
Does Your Life Look Desperate? Eph. 4:17,18 |
| Apr 20 |
On Being Glad That God Is Good – Exo. 34:4-6 |
| Apr 21 |
When Meaning Makes a Thing Important – Josh. 4:5,6 |
| Apr 22 |
Something More Than Ourselves – Gen. 2:18 |
| Apr 23 |
Professed Beliefs vs. Practical Beliefs – Tit. 1:16 |
| Apr 24 |
In the Midst of It All – Rom. 8:19 |
| Apr 25 |
Patience While We Make Progress – Jd. 24,25 |
| Apr 26 |
God Sees Behind Our Personalities – Num. 32:23 |
| Apr 27 |
The Set of Our Sails – 1 Kgs. 18:21 |
| Apr 28 |
Seeking, Searching, Striving – Prov. 2:4,5 |
| Apr 29 |
Reaching for the Wrong Things – 1 Sam. 12:20,21 |
| Apr 30 |
But What If . . . ? Isa. 55:10,11 |
| May 01 |
Aimless Conduct – 1 Pt. 1:18 |
| May 02 |
Nostalgia: Handle with Care – Eccl. 7:10 |
| May 03 |
The Tree of Life – Rev. 2:7 |
| May 04 |
Reach for Holiness Before Happiness – Hb. 12:14 |
| May 05 |
Do It Because You Don’t Want To – 1 Cor. 9:27 |
| May 06 |
That Would Be Progress – 1 Pt. 3:10,11 |
| May 07 |
On Laziness and Leaky Houses – Eccl. 10:18 |
| May 08 |
Just a Few More Days – Gen. 29:20 |
| May 09 |
Metamorphosis – Rom. 6:5 |
| May 10 |
Hearts That Don’t Turn Back – Psa. 44:17,18 |
| May 11 |
The Race Is Not Always to the Swift – Eccl. 9:11 |
| May 12 |
Will Our Desires Be Fulfilled or Frustrated? Prov. 10:24,28 |
| May 13 |
Do Our Actions Show Appreciation? 2 Chron. 32:25 |
| May 14 |
Only Truth Shows the Way to God – Psa. 43:3 |
| May 15 |
Harvest of Joy – Psa. 126:5,6 |
| May 16 |
Seeking for . . . Recognition? Mt. 6:1 |
| May 17 |
Inevitable Return – Eccl. 12:7 |
| May 18 |
When We’re Moved by Love – Song of Sol. 8:6,7 |
| May 19 |
In Our Hearts, Do We Turn Back to Egypt? Ac. 7:38,39 |
| May 20 |
Let Us Run the Race – Hb. 12:1 |
| May 21 |
The Longsuffering of the Lord Is Salvation – 2 Pt. 3:15 |
| May 22 |
Far Above Us – Isa. 55:8,9 |
| May 23 |
Full Mouths, Empty Souls – Eccl. 6:7 |
| May 24 |
Needful to Know – Psa. 39:4 |
| May 25 |
We’re Hindered If We Try to See Ahead – Hb. 11:8 |
| May 26 |
The Most Futile Fight in the World – 2 Chron. 13:12 |
| May 27 |
Anticipating the End – Eccl. 7:8 |
| May 28 |
Forgetting What God Has Done – 2 Pt. 3:5 |
| May 29 |
What Hunger Helps Us to See – Deut. 8:3 |
| May 30 |
Learning to Long for God – Psa. 143:5,6 |
| May 31 |
When Hope Makes Us Strong – 2 Cor. 1:8-10 |
| Jun 01 |
Ease vs. Effort – 2 Tim. 4:21 |
| Jun 02 |
If We Pay Attention, We’re Enticed – Psa. 8:3 |
| Jun 03 |
Too Much Tranquility – Gen. 12:1 |
| Jun 04 |
We Learn More from Losing Things – Eccl. 7:2 |
| Jun 05 |
Confidence in Grace – 1 Pt. 5:10,11 |
| Jun 06 |
The Wrath to Come – 1 Thess. 1:9,10 |
| Jun 07 |
If Not Hope, Then Defiance – Jas. 4:7 |
| Jun 08 |
Letting Ourselves Be Reminded – 2 Cor. 12:7 |
| Jun 09 |
Flexibility in Reaching the Goal – Ac. 20:22-24 |
| Jun 10 |
Whatever Draws Us Closer to God – 2 Cor. 12:10 |
| Jun 11 |
Whatever Causes God’s People to Give Thanks – 2 Cor. 1:9-11 |
| Jun 12 |
Earthly Satisfactions Can Be Misleading – Rev. 3:17 |
| Jun 13 |
Man Proposes, But God Disposes – Prov. 19:21 |
| Jun 14 |
Pursuing the Knowledge of God – Hos. 6:3 |
| Jun 15 |
Would You Go Back? – Lk. 17:32 |
| Jun 16 |
On Having Hope – 1 Pt. 1:6 |
| Jun 17 |
On Giving Hope – 1 Thess. 1:2,3 |
| Jun 18 |
Submission, Sacrifice, and Strong Joy – 2 Cor. 12:15 |
| Jun 19 |
Costly Love – Phil. 3:7 |
| Jun 20 |
Eowyn – Prov. 31:29 |
| Jun 21 |
There Is No Love Without Sorrow – Lk. 2:35 |
| Jun 22 |
Finding Our Joy in What Is Right – Psa. 4:7,8 |
| Jun 23 |
All the Sweeter – Jn. 16:21,22 |
| Jun 24 |
We All Live in the Same World – Eccl. 1:9 |
| Jun 25 |
How Much Does Heaven Mean to Us? – 1 Pt. 1:8 |
| Jun 26 |
Each His Own Burden, His Own Grief – 2 Chron. 6:28-30 |
| Jun 27 |
Waiting on the Lord – Isa. 40:31 |
| Jun 28 |
Does Heaven "Frustrate" You? – 2 Cor. 5:2 |
| Jun 29 |
Movement Is the Main Thing – Rom. 6:21,22 |
| Jun 30 |
The Most Dangerous Place Is In Between – Mt. 12:30 |
