Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Thessalonians+2&version=ESV   1 Thessalonians 2  (ESV)   Paul’s Ministry to the Thessalonians 2 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Thessalonians+1&version=ESV   1 THESSALONIANS Introducing 1 Thessalonians Conventional wisdom tells us that nothing is certain except death and taxes, but for most of us that is not enough. Wouldn’t you like to be just as sure about where you stand with God? That’s what the Thessalonians were looking for, and […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+4&version=ESV   Colossians Chapter 4 (ESV) Before you begin today’s reading and reflection, take a few minutes to create or find a “sacred space”. If you’re in your room, make yourself a small space with as few distractions as possible. Put aside any books, music, magazines; turn off your phone; […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+3&version=ESV   Colossians Chapter 3  (ESV) Before you begin today’s reading and reflection, take a few minutes to create or find a “sacred space”. If you’re in your room, make yourself a small space with as few distractions as possible. Put aside any books, music, magazines; turn off your phone; […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+2&version=ESV   Colossians Chapter 2 (ESV) Before you begin today’s reading and reflection, take a few minutes to create or find a “sacred space”. If you’re in your room, make yourself a small space with as few distractions as possible. Put aside any books, music, magazines; turn off your phone; […]

  Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1&version=ESV   COLOSSIANS Introducing Colossians “More! More!” urged our son John when I laid down the spoon after feeding him. “Again! Again!” pleaded our daughter Sara as I turned the last page in the book I was reading to her. Their cries for more pudding or stories are echoed in […]

  Read chapter in full: http://www.biblica.com/en-us/bible/online-bible/niv/philippians/4/cuvs/   Philippians   Chapter 4  (ESV) Before you begin today’s reading and reflection, take a few minutes to create or find a “sacred space”. If you’re in your room, make yourself a small space with as few distractions as possible. Put aside any books, music, magazines; turn off your phone; […]

  Read chapter in full: http://www.biblica.com/en-us/bible/online-bible/niv/philippians/3/cuvs/   Philippians   Chapter 3  (ESV) Before you begin today’s reading and reflection, take a few minutes to create or find a “sacred space”. If you’re in your room, make yourself a small space with as few distractions as possible. Put aside any books, music, magazines; turn off your phone; […]

  Read chapter in full: http://www.biblica.com/en-us/bible/online-bible/niv/philippians/2/cuvs/   Philippians   Chapter 2  (ESV) Before you begin today’s reading and reflection, take a few minutes to create or find a “sacred space”. If you’re in your room, make yourself a small space with as few distractions as possible. Put aside any books, music, magazines; turn off your phone; […]

  Read chapter in full: http://www.biblica.com/en-us/bible/online-bible/niv/philippians/1/cuvs/   PHILIPPIANS   Introducing Philippians “Rejoice in the Lord always,” the author of Philippians exhorts us, “I will say it again: Rejoice!” Coming from most people, such words might sound trite and simplistic, but this is the apostle Paul speaking, a man who was not writing from a padded-leather office […]