Today's Reading | November 8, 2024
Psalm 127
Introduction Psalm 127: The opening verses in today’s reading express dependence on God. The writer acknowledges God as the source of all blessings. In ancient times, the gift of children provided the family with economic support and help with daily tasks. Today’s Key Verse: Psalm 127:3 Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a real blessing. Reading 127 If…
READ MORE
Latest Daily Bible Readings
April 21, 2022
Romans 9:1-18
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionRomans 9:1-18: For the remainder of this month, we will be reading excerpts from the apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans. The main theme of this letter is that all people, both Jews and Gentiles, need to be put right with God, for all alike are under the power of sin. And people are put right…
READ MOREApril 20, 2022
John 21:15-25
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionJohn 21:15-25: Jesus speaks to Simon Peter, and three times he calls upon Peter to care for Jesus’s lambs and sheep (verses 15-17). Scholars have interpreted the three questions about Peter’s love for Jesus as a counterbalance to Peter’s earlier three denials of Jesus (John 18:17, 25-27; see the readings from April 12 and 13).Scripture ReadingJesus…
READ MOREApril 19, 2022
John 21:1-14
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionJohn 21:1-14: Seven of the disciples fish all night but catch nothing. When Jesus appears on the shoreline of Lake Tiberias and tells them to cast their net again, they catch many fish. Jesus then invites the disciples to share with him a meal that he has prepared.Scripture ReadingJesus Appears to Seven Disciples1After this, Jesus appeared…
READ MOREApril 18, 2022
John 20:19-31
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionJohn 20:19-31: Late Sunday evening Jesus appears to the disciples who are locked behind closed doors. Jesus breathes on them, and they receive the Holy Spirit. He appears to them again and Thomas’s faith is tested.Scripture ReadingJesus Appears to His Disciples(Matthew 28.16-20; Mark 16.14-18; Luke 24.36-49)19It was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered…
READ MOREApril 17, 2022
John 20:1-18
God’s Renewing Word of HopeIntroductionJohn 20:1-18: When Mary Magdalene goes to Jesus’s tomb, she sees that the stone has been rolled away. She runs to tell the disciples, believing that someone took Jesus’s body from the tomb. Then Jesus appears to Mary, telling her that he is going to return to God. Mary then tells the disciples that she has…
READ MOREMay 1, 2021
Isaiah 61:1-11
God’s Word of Spiritual RenewalIntroductionIsaiah 61:1-11: Today’s reading begins with a prophetic call to preach the good news, and the message includes words of comfort and consolation. A time of prosperity and everlasting joy is promised.Scripture ReadingThe Good News of Deliverance1 The Sovereign Lord has filled me with his Spirit.He has chosen me and sent meTo bring good news to…
READ MORESupport the Bible cause
Help share the Bible with those who have yet to meet Jesus.
