MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 18:18-30 2 Timothy 4 Proverbs 13:13-25 Nehemiah 11 Luke 18:18-30 What’s your bottom line? What could Jesus ask you to do that would cause you to turn away from him in sorrow? Sometimes in reading this story we mistakenly conclude that riches were the problem. They were not. The young […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Consider the words, “Who do you think you are.” Do they make up a question or an exclamation? Under what circumstances could they be one or the other? 2. Nineteenth-century poet William Ernest Henley ended his classic poem “Invictus” with these often-quoted words: […]
MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 16:19-31 2 Timothy 1:1-7 Proverbs 10:17-32 Nehemiah 4–5 Nehemiah 4–5 When the three stooges of the Bible—Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem—learned that Nehemiah had started rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls, they did their best to discourage him. Critics are never in short supply. Just like when 17-year-old Bob Heft submitted a 50-star American […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Which of these statements do you hear most often: “I am rich” or “He (or she) is rich”? What are some reasons we might think someone else is rich but not see ourselves as rich? 2. Name some of the most generous people […]
MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 14:15-24 1 Timothy 3:11-16 Proverbs 5 Ezra 7 Ezra 7 Ezra’s brief genealogy confirmed that he was descended from Aaron thus making him well suited for leading a revival. His four-month journey from Babylon brought him for the first time to the partially restored city of Jerusalem. The temple had […]
