WE ARE EQUIPPED Friday Read: Acts 2:42 “42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” (NIV Acts 2:42) Study: The very first Christians lived out their faith as a relatively small group, living in a city that had crucified their Lord. But the apostles’…

WE ARE EQUIPPED Thursday Read: John 14:1-10, 15:1-14 “1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go…

WE ARE EQUIPPED Wednesday Read: John 20:29-31 “29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that…

WE ARE EQUIPPED Tuesday Read: 1 Corinthians 3:3-9 “3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings? 5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is…

WE ARE EQUIPPED Monday Read: Ephesians 4:12-16 “12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we…

SUFFERING AND SIN Friday Read: Job 1:20-21 “20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord…

SUFFERING AND SIN Thursday Read: Galatians 6:2 “2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (NIV Galatians 6:2) Study: In Galatia, the church was made up of a vast array of Christians. Some of these were Jews while others were Greek converts. Some were rich while some…

SUFFERING AND SIN Wednesday Read: Romans 8:18 “18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” (NIV Romans 8:18) Study:  In this letter to the Corinthians, Paul was addressing both his suffering and the suffering the Corinthians faced at the hands of the Romans.…