Jeremy Ewing Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Acts 23 Key Verse Acts 23:18 — “So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.” Devotional Thought Paul … Read more
Addar is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Addar was a descendant of Benjamin, mentioned in the genealogies of the tribe. He appears in the record of the sons of Bela, who was himself a son of Benjamin. The genealogy in 1 Chronicles 8 … Read more
Monday, January 13, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Acts 21-22 Secondary Reading: Psalms 6 Key Verse Acts 21:36 — “For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.” Devotional Thought Paul is a man on the move, and Acts 21-22 traces his steps with the precision of a travel diary—Coos, Rhodes, Patara, … Read more
Sunday, January 12, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Acts 19-20 Key Verse Acts 19:40 — “For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.” Devotional Thought Paul comes to Ephesus and finds twelve disciples whose faith is … Read more
Saturday, January 11, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Acts 18 Key Verse Acts 18:15 — “But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.” Devotional Thought Paul arrives in Corinth alone, having left Athens behind, and finds … Read more
Iri is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Iri was a descendant of Benjamin, belonging to the clan of Bela, and he is named in the tribal genealogies recorded in 1 Chronicles. He was one of five sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, … Read more
Friday, January 10, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Acts 16-17 Secondary Reading: Psalms 5 Key Verse Acts 16:38 — “And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.” Devotional Thought Paul and Silas knew what it was to be redirected. When the Holy Ghost forbade … Read more
Sia is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Sia was the ancestor of a family of exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. He is named only once in the King James Bible, in the registry of those who came back from captivity. In … Read more
Thursday, January 9, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Acts 14-15 Key Verse Acts 15:7 — “And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word … Read more
Balac is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Balac, also known as Balak, was a king of Moab who sought to curse Israel through Balaam. He appears in the biblical narrative as a hostile ruler who recognized that Israel, having come out of Egypt … Read more
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Acts 13 Secondary Reading: Psalms 4 Key Verse Acts 13:27 — “For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.” Devotional Thought … Read more
The Bible has a great deal to say about worry and anxiety. This study gathers passages from across Scripture and sets them out for reading and reflection. What Scripture Says Worry and anxiety are addressed throughout Scripture as a common human experience and a spiritual matter. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus speaks directly … Read more