Grow Up
Read Matthew 5:38-48 Read today’s passage in The Message paraphrase to hear Jesus’ words afresh: “Here’s another old saying that deserves a second look: ‘Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.’...
Real Righteousness
Read Matthew 5:33-37 I read our verses in Matthew today and am reminded of the “games” we would play with the truth when were kids. You probably know what I’m...
Fruit of Life
Read Matthew 5:27-32 Take a moment to slowly read the passage today. What feelings or thoughts come to you as you read it? Do you find yourself skimming through it?...
Go and Be Reconciled
Read Mathew 5:21-26 Every culture has strengths and weaknesses that reveal themselves over time. While Bengali culture has many excellent points, one weakness became apparent when a trusted and...
The Law of Grace
Read Matthew 5:17-20 At first glance there seems to be two responses to this passage: 1. Strive toward the impossible goal of perfection in our own broken humanness or 2....
Sabbath Day: Saturday, March 6
This week we examined some of Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount in which He calls His followers to be “salt and light,” as well as some other...
Salt and Light for the Master
Read Colossians 4:1-6 Whether we are employers or not, all believers also have a Master in heaven. The word “Master” can be substituted with the word “Lord” and refers to...
Commissioned
Read Matthew 28:16-20 Since I was a young child in social studies, I have been interested in watching the presidential inauguration ceremonies. There was something so awe-inspiring about seeing...
…Wait?
Read Acts 1:4-8 Christ gives them the command to wait. We need to be obedient to His perfect timing and plan regarding the “when, the where and the how” of...
No More Excuses
Read Luke 12:8-12 “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)...