God’s Plans for Us
Read Colossians 1:13–14
For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins. (Colossians 1:13–14)
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Insight for Today
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Pulling Together
Read Philippians 2:3–4; 1 Peter 1:1, 6–7, 22–23
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. (Philippians 2:3–4)
The Mark of the Christian
Read John 13:34–35
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. (John 13:34–35)
The World and Its Ways
Read 1 John 2:15–17
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. (1 John 2:15–17)
Lights in a Dark World
Read Philippians 2:15; John 17:14–15
Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. (Philippians 2:15)
A Reason to Go On
Read 1 Peter 1:1, 2, 3–4
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. (1 Peter 1:3–4)
Hope Beyond Suffering
Read 1 Peter 1:1–2
I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace. (1 Peter 1:1–2)
Peter’s Failure
Read Luke 22:34, 61–62
At that moment the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Suddenly, the Lord’s words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.” And Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly. (Luke 22:61–62)
Hope. It is something as important to us as water is to a fish, as vital as electricity is to a light bulb, as essential as air is to a jumbo jet. Hope is that basic to life.
The Gift of Hope
Read Psalm 25:5
Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you. (Psalm 25:5)
Hope is a wonderful gift from God, a source of strength and courage in the face of life’s harshest trials.
God’s Sense of Humour
Read Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. (Proverbs 17:22)
