July-December

July

Jul 01 Focusing on the Finish – Hb. 12:2
Jul 02 Would You Pray for More Years to Live? – 2 Kgs. 20:1
Jul 03 Window of Opportunity – Eph. 5:15,16
Jul 04 Glad to Be Unsatisfied – Eccl. 3:11
Jul 05 Eternity – Mt. 19:16
Jul 06 Evergreen – Rev. 21:5
Jul 07 The Challenge of Abundance – Phil. 4:12
Jul 08 You’ll Have to Let Go – Lk. 14:33
Jul 09 We Don’t Change Until We Have To – Deut. 4:27-29
Jul 10 A Wrong Kind of Determination – 2 Cor. 1:9
Jul 11 Under the Tree – 2 Cor. 5:14,15
Jul 12 The Worst Time to Decide – 1 Sam. 13:11,12
Jul 13 Turning From, Turning To – Hb. 10:39
Jul 14 Disqualifying Ourselves by Default – Ac. 28:28
Jul 15 We Promised We’d Reach Forward – 2 Tim. 4:7
Jul 16 Here Be Dragons – Josh. 3:3,4
Jul 17 Expect the Unexpected – Ac. 16:8-10
Jul 18 The Next Step Can Always Be Taken – 2 Cor. 8:12
Jul 19 Why a Good Name Matters So Much – Prov. 22:1
Jul 20 The Day of Our Death Is Coming – Psa. 90:12
Jul 21 The Wealth of God’s Wisdom – Rom. 11:33
Jul 22 On Being Battle-Ready – 2 Cor. 10:4,5
Jul 23 Jeremiah – Jer. 8:18
Jul 24 Independent Faith – 2 Tim. 4:16
Jul 25 Much More Than Mere Safety – Josh. 1:9
Jul 26 No Day Ever Comes Back – Jn. 9:4
Jul 27 As the Days Go By – Prov. 20:29
Jul 28 Faith, Hope, and Patience – Hb. 11:13,16
Jul 29 The Indispensable Fact – 1 Cor. 15:14
Jul 30 The Very Worst Kind of Weariness – Jas. 4:17
Jul 31 Taking the Time to Think – 1 Tim. 4:15

August

Aug 01 Don’t Be Impeded by the Impossible – Mt. 25:24,25
Aug 02 On Happiness: Big and Little – Psa. 16:6
Aug 03 Which Shall We Choose? – 2 Cor. 4:16
Aug 04 Slowly But Surely – Hb. 10:35,36
Aug 05 God Writes the Story – Ac. 18:20,21
Aug 06 Resting in God’s Sovereignty – Isa. 40:13
Aug 07 Fully Embracing God’s Will – Eccl. 9:10
Aug 08 The Encourager Is Encouraged – Rom. 1:11,12
Aug 09 Anticipation – Phil. 1:8
Aug 10 Are We Happy? Yes, But Are We Helpful? - Ac. 20:35
Aug 11 When Willingness Becomes Work – 2 Tim. 4:2
Aug 12 No Little Jobs, Only Little People – Lk. 16:10
Aug 13 The Pain Is a Part of the Happiness – Psa. 126:5
Aug 14 Alone with God – Mt. 14:23
Aug 15 Above and Beyond – Eph. 3:20,21
Aug 16 Learning to Trust the God We Believe In – Psa. 34:8
Aug 17 When We Think All Is Lost – 1 Kgs. 16:17,18
Aug 18 Truth for the Time to Come – Jd. 17
Aug 19 Yesterday and Today – Phil. 3:13
Aug 20 Today and Tomorrow – Psa. 119:60
Aug 21 Thoughts on Being "Next" – Eccl. 1:4
Aug 22 Real Life Is Waiting – Job 19:25,26
Aug 23 Enjoyment and Relinquishment – 1 Cor. 7:31
Aug 24 Is There Not a Greater Victory to Be Won? – Mt. 6:5
Aug 25 Earthly Advantages Will Disappear – Lk. 12:20
Aug 26 Only One Thing About You Will Last – 1 Cor. 3:11-14
Aug 27 Opportunity and Opposition – 1 Cor. 16:8,9
Aug 28 What Would Be On Your Reading List? – Mt. 6:21
Aug 29 Ready and Waiting – Lk. 12:42,43
Aug 30 Awake! – 1 Thess. 4:16
Aug 31 Perfection? – 2 Cor. 7:1

September

Sep 01 What the Tempest Can Teach Us – Mk. 4:37,38
Sep 02 God Will Help, But . . . – 2 Tim. 4:6
Sep 03 Lost – Lk. 9:25
Sep 04 Better Off Not Knowing – Jas. 4:14
Sep 05 When Moonlight Falls Across the Floor – Psa. 63:6
Sep 06 Responding Rightly to the Past – 2 Cor. 7:9,10
Sep 07 After the Drama: An Interview – Hb. 9:27,28
Sep 08 Blessed Are Those Who Endure – Jas. 5:11
Sep 09 Bearing Burdens for a Long Time – Rom. 12:12
Sep 10 Paul, the Aged – Philem. 9
Sep 11 A Better Country – Hb. 11:14-16
Sep 12 A Foretaste of Hell – Jas. 3:14-16
Sep 13 Let Us Go On – Hb. 6:1
Sep 14 Rather Be Absent from the Body? – 2 Cor. 5:8
Sep 15 Promises Made in Distress – Exo. 8:8,15
Sep 16 Faith and Hope – Rom. 8:23,24
Sep 17 Hope and Perseverance – Rom. 8:25
Sep 18 Our Present Understanding Is Limited – Jn. 8:23
Sep 19 Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters – Eccl. 11:1
Sep 20 God, the Eternal "I AM" – Jn. 8:57,58
Sep 21 Don’t Miss This Moment’s Grace – Col. 4:2
Sep 22 Pleasure, the Least of the Enjoyments – Rom. 14:17
Sep 23 Stillness and Joy – Psa. 46:10
Sep 24 The Greatest Joy – Prov. 11:25
Sep 25 Are the Faithful Never in Darkness? - 1 Sam. 30:6
Sep 26 Happiness Is Nice But Unnecessary – 2 Cor. 4:8
Sep 27 A Higher Definition of Happiness – Eph. 1:18
Sep 28 Suffering, Jesus Cried Loudly – Mt. 27:45,46
Sep 29 Zacchaeus – Lk. 19:2-4
Sep 30 What Can You See? – Jn. 8:56

October

Oct 01 Do We Expect God’s Help Too Soon? – 2 Thess. 3:10
Oct 02 Giving the Greater Thanks – Jas. 1:17
Oct 03 Christian Pessimism – 1 Jn. 2:17
Oct 04 Between Promise and Performance: A Gap? – 2 Cor. 8:10,11
Oct 05 Fighting the Undertow – Mt. 26:33,34
Oct 06 Why Do We Dread Our Greatest Day? – 2 Cor. 5:4,5
Oct 07 When to Celebrate – Eccl. 7:1
Oct 08 Questions, Questions, Questions – 1 Pt. 4:19
Oct 09 You Hoped for It, But It Didn’t Happen – 2 Tim. 4:16
Oct 10 The Result of Refusing God – Rom. 1:28
Oct 11 Imagine a Final, Ultimate Loss of Hope – Ac. 27:20
Oct 12 The Kingdom of Self – Mt. 23:37,38
Oct 13 Too Late to Obey – 2 Thess. 1:8
Oct 14 Forward! – Num. 11:5,6
Oct 15 What Our Creator Has in Mind – Jn. 8:11
Oct 16 The Idea of "Spending" – Mt. 13:45,46
Oct 17 Disappointment Need Not Defeat Us – 2 Cor. 2:6-8
Oct 18 God Knows We Need Some Storms – Hb. 12:7
Oct 19 What Did You Expect? – 1 Pt. 4:12
Oct 20 To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain – Phil. 1:21
Oct 21 What Is the Biggest Problem You Have? – Job 1:18,19
Oct 22 The Dead of the Night – 2 Cor. 1:8
Oct 23 Endure Hardship – 2 Tim. 2:3
Oct 24 Sheer Determination – Rev. 2:10
Oct 25 Faith and Love Give Hope – 1 Thess. 1:3
Oct 26 After We Have Suffered a While – 1 Pt. 5:10
Oct 27 Count It All Joy – Jas. 1:2-4
Oct 28 Difficulty Increases the Satisfaction – 2 Cor. 7:4
Oct 29 Love Suffers Long – 1 Cor. 13:4
Oct 30 What Will Happen? – Ac. 20:22
Oct 31 Our Part Is to Try . . . and to Trust – Eccl. 11:6

November

Nov 01 Not Only a Possibility But a Reality – Hb. 11:1
Nov 02 When Our Love for Christ Grows Weak – Isa. 53:5
Nov 03 When the Dream Comes True – Prov. 13:12
Nov 04 We Can’t Grow If We Can’t Let Go – Ac. 20:37,38
Nov 05 What Is That to You? – Jn. 21:21,22
Nov 06 Godly Joy – Hab. 3:18
Nov 07 In the Heart of God, We Are Individuals – Mal. 3:16
Nov 08 It Does Good to Do Good – Phil. 2:15
Nov 09 Taking Pleasure in the Happiness of Others – 1 Thess. 3:7,8
Nov 10 Learning to Be Glad When God Is Glad – Phil. 1:20
Nov 11 Order Out of Chaos – Mt. 16:22,23
Nov 12 Disappointed? – Jn. 11:20,21
Nov 13 Humility About Tomorrow – Prov. 27:1
Nov 14 Future Plans – Jas. 4:13-16
Nov 15 The Way Is Not Easy – Ac. 14:22
Nov 16 When Strength Is a Disadvantage – 2 Cor. 12:9,10
Nov 17 When You’ve Gotten It, Can You Enjoy It – Eccl. 6:1,2
Nov 18 Hunger Is the Best Sauce – Prov. 27:7
Nov 19 Where God’s Glory Dwells – Psa. 26:8
Nov 20 Faces Turned to God Grow Brighter – Psa. 34:5
Nov 21 All That We Long for Is Known to God – Psa. 38:9
Nov 22 What Is Our Hope? Who Is Our Hope? – Psa. 39:7
Nov 23 A Greater Good Than Life – Psa. 63:3
Nov 24 Unto the Hills! – Psa. 121:1,2
Nov 25 The Watchman Waits for the Morning – Psa. 130:5,6
Nov 26 Seeking and Losing – Lk. 17:33
Nov 27 All Is Vanity – Eccl. 1:2
Nov 28 Will What You’re "Reaching For" Last? – Eccl. 1:3
Nov 29 With Every Decision, You Pick Your Pain – Hb. 12:11
Nov 30 Increasing in Strength – Ac. 9:22

December

Dec 01 Jesus, the Exemplar – Hb. 12:2
Dec 02 The Crown of Righteousness – 2 Tim. 4:8
Dec 03 We Long for What We Need – Rom. 1:11
Dec 04 Contradictory Concepts? – 2 Pt. 3:10,11
Dec 05 Beyond Our Ability – 2 Cor. 8:3,4
Dec 06 110% – Ecclesiastes 9:10
Dec 07 Every Tongue Shall Confess – Rom. 14:10,11
Dec 08 Each One Shall Give Account – Rom. 14:12
Dec 09 Toil and Tears: Now Is the Time – Rev. 14:13
Dec 10 What a Servant Wants Most of All – 2 Cor. 5:9
Dec 11 Birth Pangs – Rom. 8:22
Dec 12 The Dawn Is Breaking – Rom. 13:11,12
Dec 13 Reaching Forward Requires Letting Go – Phil. 3:13
Dec 14 Joy Is Worth the Sorrow of Loss – 1 Thess. 3:9
Dec 15 Giving the Lord That Which Costs Us – 2 Sam. 24:24
Dec 16 The Highest Desire of Love – 2 Cor. 8:9
Dec 17 Where Is the Promise of His Coming? – 2 Pt. 3:3,4
Dec 18 The End of the Earth and the Heavens – 2 Pt. 3:10
Dec 19 Hastening the Coming – 2 Pt. 3:11,12
Dec 20 Not Only New But Different – 2 Pt. 3:13
Dec 21 Don’t Devalue What You Purchase – Hb. 10:32-35
Dec 22 The Work of Just One Link – Ac. 13:36
Dec 23 Eternity in Our Hearts – Eccl. 3:11
Dec 24 All in Good Time – Psa. 27:14
Dec 25 The Beauty of the Lord – Psa. 27:4
Dec 26 What Did Christ Want with Me? – Phi. 3:12
Dec 27 Ready – 2 Pt. 3:14
Dec 28 The Best Is Yet to Be – Hb. 11:16
Dec 29 The World That Once Was . . . and Will Be – Gen. 2:8
Dec 30 Tears – Jn. 16:22
Dec 31 Something More – Isa. 55:2