Author Archives: Chris

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Then David inquired of the LORD again. And the LORD answered him, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.” 1 Samuel 23:4 This was David’s habit. What should I do here? Where should I go? What should I do next?Continue reading “Day Thirty-Three”

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel. Galatians 1:6 It is astonishing, isn’t it? One minute I was preaching or praising, and the next I deserted the truth.Continue reading “Day Thirty-Two”

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. To know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19 Paul’s prayers are a precious thing for us. They describe the heart of a man in love with God, exuberant and joyful, passionate andContinue reading “Day Thirty-One”

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Again He appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” Hebrews 4:7 Today. There’s an urgency here that’s impossible to evade. Procrastination is something we joke about,Continue reading “Day Thirty”

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.” Revelation 5:9 This seems like uglyContinue reading “Day Twenty-Nine”

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the I AM that had been thrown down. 1 Kings 18:30 The altar is in ruins. It doesn’t take long toContinue reading “Day Twenty-Eight”

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. And whenever the harmful spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the harmful spirit departed from him. 1 Samuel 16:23 There is an image in our culture that musicContinue reading “Day Twenty-Seven”

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that noContinue reading “Day Twenty-Six”

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17 Who talks like this? We often seem to have a blind spot to the things Jesus says. This, inContinue reading “Day Twenty-Five”

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. Romans 15:29 So how did Paul finally come to Rome?  He speaks here, as he always does, with the full authority of an apostle. He is aContinue reading “Day Twenty-Four”