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The Words of Eternal Life (February 2)
What we lost in sin was not just biological life, but the life we would have had as “sons of God.” Jesus taught that this “eternal” kind of life can be given back to us — and His teaching is the only path to that life. We should pay attention!
It Is by God’s Grace That We Are Saved (February 1)
What had to happen for us to enter God’s kingdom was the forgiveness of our sins. The means whereby God was able to do that was the death of His Son — and His grace consisted in the giving of that gift, thereby making our salvation possible.
The Gospel: The Power of God for Salvation (January 31)
The gospel is “the power of God,” but it is salvation that this power is for. Whatever secondary blessings may flow from Christ, His mission was to save us from our sins. We will not understand Jesus Christ until we see that sin is the problem.
Awakening to God (February 2)
If we’ve not been as alert to God as we should be, it’s urgent that we wake up. And the biblical injunction to wake up presumes that we can do so. The Light necessary for our spiritual enlightenment is already shining (John 8:12; 1 John 2:8).
Longing for God (February 1)
We long for a perfect relationship with our Creator. This deep yearning that refuses to go away, even when we’re most completely enjoying this world, should not be denied. What we’re needing is something much more than anything that is in this world.
Joyful Strength (January 31)
The greatest strength is joy in God’s goodness. Satan trembles before any person whose strength is the true joy of the Lord. And when we are not strong in this way, every other strength is but weakness. Without joy, our strength is easily broken.
On Being a ‘Cheerful Giver’ (February 2)
Do you serve God cheerfully on a consistent basis, giving yourself to Him freely and without having to be made to? During times of ease and comfort, do you continue to pour yourself out to God in prayerful reverence and loving thankfulness?
Love and . . . Happiness? (February 1)
Joy (unlike happiness) does not depend on whether what happens to us is pleasing. Not at the mercy of circumstances, it is grounded in unchangeable truth. And the love that flows from a joyful commitment to truth will give itself and keep on giving.
Courageous Desire (January 31)
“The loving are the daring,” wrote Bayard Taylor. Our lives and our relationship with God would be richer if we loved Him more deeply, dreamed of showing our love more extravagantly, and then demonstrated our faith more boldly and bravely every day.
Stature (February 2)
Aspiring to significant “stature” is more than a matter of wanting to be seven feet tall physically. It’s aspiring to a character that has some greatness to it, rather than one that is petty and small. Surely that is something we should all desire.
Conviction (February 1)
Having steadfast convictions requires certain character qualities, and one of them is trust. Two others are patience and longsuffering. Just because a principle seems to be headed for defeat right now, that doesn’t mean it’s not worth standing up for.
Redemption (January 31)
Redemption involves the coupling of two basic ideas: deliverance and restoration. To have failed and then to experience redemption is to be given one’s life back. It is to be “bought back” from the sentence of death by someone else’s grace.
DFBS 306 – We must love God’s truth more than we love our sins
Most people have definite ideas about what they “want” the truth to be. But wherever God is concerned, we need to be careful. What matters most is not what we want to hear, but what is, in fact, the truth. It is the truth that will makes us free.
DFBS 305 – God has graciously revealed to us His character and His will
We should be thankful for what we can know about our God and Father. Through Christ, we can know Him and live in fellowship with Him, living in the light of the truth about our Creator and ourselves. And based on this truth, we can have eternal life.
DFBS 304 – It is a blessing to have others who will correct us
Sometimes those who correct us may err in the way they go about it. Even so, we should profit from the feedback. The source of the feedback shouldn’t matter very much. In fact, our enemies will often tell us more of the truth than our friends will.
January 2026
With God’s great help, I was able to meet my 2025 writing goals for “Walking in Christ.” I’ll have to keep my head down and stay focused to finish the remaining pages and have the book in your hands by the end of this year, but I believe it is doable.
November 2025
I have put myself on the daily regimen of reading from the Psalms in the morning and evening of each day. I follow a plan that takes me through all 150 of the Psalms every month. This is an ancient practice, and I have benefited from it greatly.
September 2025
People ask me how long it takes to write one of the daybooks, and I say that the time frame varies greatly. With each new book, I am always interested to see how many years of work it’s going to require. I never know until the end is finally reached!