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Daily Opportunities — November 19, 2008

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

For I know that this will turn out for my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

—Philippians 1:19-21

Understanding World Events — November 18, 2008

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other."

—Daniel 7:2-3

Savoring Every Moment — November 17, 2008

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

For what happens to the sons of men also happens to the beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over beasts, for all is vanity. All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust.

—Ecclesiastes 3:19-20

Putting Other People Ahead of Yourself — November 14, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

—Galatians 5:22-23

Spending Your Life Gleaning in God's Field — November 13, 2008

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her. Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her."

—Ruth 2:15-16

Ministry — November 12, 2008

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

—2 Timothy 3:14-15

This World is not My Home — 1 Corinthians 15:51-53

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

—1 Corinthians 15:51-53

Claiming God's Promise — November 10, 2008

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

—Romans 6:12-13

Christianity in a Healthy Church — November 7, 2008

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.

—1 Corinthians 5:9-11

Make Foolproof of Your Ministry — November 6, 2008

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:00:00 -0600

But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

—2 Timothy 4:5