A year devotional through the Bible discussing the stories, themes, and characters while following the sketch God draws out for each person.
“The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith. But some people have missed this whole point. They have turned away from these things and spend their time in meaningless discussions.” 1 Timothy 1:5-6 NLT
“Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12 NLT
“As for the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good.” 2 Thessalonians 3:13 NLT Read 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18 Paul reminds the Thessalonian church that not everyone is a believer and that evil does exist. But he says, “…the Lord is faithful, He will strengthen you and guard you from…
“When he comes on that day, he will receive glory from his holy people—praise from all who believe. And this includes you, for you believed what we told you about him.” 2 Thessalonians 1:10 NLT Read 2 Thessalonians 1:1 to 2 Thessalonians 2:17 Because Paul said that the Lord could come at any moment, some…
“May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.” 2 Thessalonians 3:5 NLT
“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the…
“And now the word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, even beyond Macedonia and Achaia, for wherever we go we find people telling us about your faith in God. We don’t need to tell them about it, for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you…
“For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.” 1 Thessalonians 4:14 NLT
“𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠, 𝑡𝑜𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠. 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑. 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒…
“𝐻𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦. 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑. 𝑆𝑜 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.” 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 1:17-18 𝑁𝐿𝑇
