Daily Bible Reading - Tuesday - Sept. 14th

Didn’t September just start?  It’s already half way gone, my goodness time is on the run.  That makes what Paul has to say during Galatians even more crucial.  Paul wrote this letter to the Christians in Galatia because he believed the good news about Jesus.    But some Jewish false teachers had visited them, the false teachers may have been ordinary Jews, but they may have been Jews who seemed to trust Jesus. However, those Jews were jealous of Paul and they had spoken against him. They said that Paul was not an apostle. And they said that the Christians had to obey the Jewish laws. These laws controlled people. Some of the Christians in Galatia believed the false teachers. Paul was very worried about the Christians. So he wrote this letter to teach them the truth again. He reminded them about the true liberty that Jesus gives. It’ll be an interesting book to read this next few days.  Proverbs goes right along with what Paul is preaching in Galatians.  “Commit yourself to instructions, listen carefully to the words of knowledge."

Today’s Reading

 Isaiah 15:1-18:7
Galatians 1:1-24
Psalm 58:1-11
Proverbs 23:12

Daily Devotional

"From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another"
(John 1:16, NIV)

God wants to pour out His blessing and favor upon you each and every day. It says in the Psalms that He daily loads us with benefits! So many people miss out on all that God has for them because they are weighted down by guilt and condemnation. But notice what today's verse tells us about where His blessings come from—the fullness of His grace.

God's grace is His unmerited favor. That means we can't earn it. We can't work for it, and we can't change His mind about it. He pours out His blessing on us not because of what we do, but because of who He is. His blessings are based on His goodness, not ours.

Today, receive His grace. Receive His forgiveness. Let go of guilt and condemnation. Open your heart and mind to what God wants to do in your life and get ready because He is pouring out His goodness upon you with one blessing after another!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Heavenly Father, I choose to receive Your grace today which is Your supernatural empowerment. I release guilt and condemnation and receive Your love and forgiveness. Search my heart, O God. Renew me and cleanse me by Your Word. In Jesus' Name. Amen.