daily thought

Excerpt: Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, ‘This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.’ They...

A two minute teaching from Amy Seiffert on Romans 12:21 that originally premiered as a "Verse of the Day" on the YouVersion App.

Excerpt: While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then...

A two minute teaching from Amy Seiffert on Luke 6:45 that originally premiered as a "Verse of the Day" on the YouVersion App.

Excerpt: Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfil all righteousness.’ Then he...

Excerpt: For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. - Ephesians 3:14 Paul presents God as the Father of all living things: the source of every nation, the origin of every language, the beginning of every history. Something...

Excerpt: In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.' - Matthew 2:1-2 Sometimes those on...

Excerpt: And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the...