Day 1 – Two stories
Please take the time to read both Matthew 14:22-36 and Mark 6:45-56 as a foundation for this devotional.
Please take the time to read both Matthew 14:22-36 and Mark 6:45-56 as a foundation for this devotional.
“𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒.” 𝑃𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑠 11:7
“𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝑌𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢.” 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 15:18-19
“But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” 1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV
“𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑.” 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑠 19:14
“𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟-𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚!” 𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑠 5:24
“Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,” 1 Timothy 1:5
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 NKJV
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
“But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)” Ephesians 2:4-5