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“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

Solomon encourages his son to pursue wisdom and knowledge and to avoid adultery.

BibleGateway: Proverbs 5 ESV Text: Proverbs 5 Proverbs 5 (Listen) Warning Against Adultery 5:1   My son, be attentive to my wisdom;    incline your ear to my understanding,2   that you may keep discretion,    and your lips may guard knowledge.3   For the lips of a forbidden1 woman drip honey,    and her speech2 is smoother than oil,4   but in the end she is bitter as… Solomon encourages his son to pursue wisdom and knowledge and to avoid adultery.

Everyone was preparing for something: some for the Passover; some to kill Jesus; One to suffer and die for the sins of the world. What are you preparing for?

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BibleGateway: Luke 22:1-13 ESV Text: Luke 22:1-13 KJV Text: Luke 22:1-13 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:28      1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the… Everyone was preparing for something: some for the Passover; some to kill Jesus; One to suffer and die for the sins of the world. What are you preparing for?

It is fashionable for religious leaders to predict the day and the hour Christ’s second coming, but the truth is none of us know. So be ready every day.

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BibleGateway: Mark 13:32-37 ESV Text: Mark 13:32-37 KJV Text: Mark 13:32-37 The section starts at about 4:6 and ends at about 4:53 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not… It is fashionable for religious leaders to predict the day and the hour Christ’s second coming, but the truth is none of us know. So be ready every day.

Nothing in this world lasts forever and the greatest accomplishments of mankind will fade away. What never fades or changes? God’s word.

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BibleGateway: Mark 13:1-31 ESV Text: Mark 13:1-31 KJV Text: Mark 13:1-31 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 4:15      1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples… Nothing in this world lasts forever and the greatest accomplishments of mankind will fade away. What never fades or changes? God’s word.

In our weakness we all fall into the sin of hypocricy, but let’s not be like the Pharisees who made it a way of life! Savior, forgive us!

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BibleGateway: Matthew 23:13-39 ESV Text: Matthew 23:13-39 KJV Text: Matthew 23:13-39 The section starts at about 1:11 and ends at about 5:8      13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up… In our weakness we all fall into the sin of hypocricy, but let’s not be like the Pharisees who made it a way of life! Savior, forgive us!

Our sinful nature wants to see us rise proudly above others, but the Christian heart sees its sinfulness and humbly falls before the Savior in repentance.

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BibleGateway: Matthew 23:1-12 ESV Text: Matthew 23:1-12 KJV Text: Matthew 23:1-12 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:20      1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying,… Our sinful nature wants to see us rise proudly above others, but the Christian heart sees its sinfulness and humbly falls before the Savior in repentance.

After Jacob’s death, Joseph’s brothers feared he would suddenly turn on them, but Joseph had forgiven them and God had used even their evil deeds to accomplish His purpose.

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BibleGateway: Genesis 49:29-50:21 ESV Text: Genesis 49:29-50:21 KJV Text: Genesis 49:29-33 The section starts at about 3:47 and ends at about 4:41 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be… After Jacob’s death, Joseph’s brothers feared he would suddenly turn on them, but Joseph had forgiven them and God had used even their evil deeds to accomplish His purpose.