Family Devotions and Bible Readings

S     Phillipians 4:5 Let your gentleness be evident to all.

O     Our walk should show the gentleness, goodness, and love of God who having paid our sin price in full, purchased us.

A     I continuously struggle with showing gentleness to people who disagree with me. I am certainly tryi...

S     Acts 20:35 ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

O     The temporary pleasure that we receive from acquiring possessions pale in comparison with the blessings of giving. By giving instead of receiving we receive the blessings of helping someone, the blessings of knowing tha...

S     Isaiah 5:20 What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.

O     This sorrow is part of the six sorrows that Israel suffered. This sorrow was due to the people calling good evil and evil...

S     Psalm 199:99     Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws.

O      Our insight is greater than the insight of the “wise” of the world since we have God’s true and unchanging knowledge as basis. We see the world as it truly is, not as we...

S     Proverbs 25:28 A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.

O     A person who lacks self control is as unstable, defenseless, easily attacked, easily dominated, and easily conquered as a city with broken-down walls. In today’s terms we could see this as a hou...

S     1 Thessalonians 5:5-6     For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don't belong to darkness and night. So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be sober...

S     Ephesians 5:8     For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!

O     When living in darkness, we have no other choice than to love the shallow living of full darkness. Our desires, our intentions, our goals, and our thoughts...

S     Ephesians 5:1   Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.

O     We are to walk on God’s footsteps, following His example, behaving as He behaves, loving as He loves, being gentle as He is gentle, and forgiving as He is forgiving. We must behav...

S     Psalm 4:4 Don't sin by letting anger gain control over you. Think about it overnight and remain silent.

O     As we get angry, we should maintain control of our lives, of our emotions. We should never let our emotions take control over our thinking. The Psalmist even says that we shoul...

S     Ephesians 4:21-22     Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception...