February 2015 - Distinctive Discipleship - Archive

February 28, 2015 Daily Reading: [2Ti 3:5 NKJV] having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! Daily Distinctive: As I look over my weekend spent with my son on a camping trip which was held aboard the USS Lexington it brought to mind this verse and so I […]

February 27, 2015 Daily Reading: [Hab 1:15 NKJV] They take up all of them with a hook, They catch them in their net, And gather them in their dragnet. Therefore they rejoice and are glad. [Hab 1:16 NKJV] Therefore they sacrifice to their net, And burn incense to their dragnet; Because by them their share […]

February 26, 2015 Daily Reading: [Isa 40:28 NKJV] Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. [Isa 40:29 NKJV] He gives power to the weak, And to [those who have] no might He […]

February 25, 2015 Daily Reading: [1Pe 5:5 NKJV] Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to [your] elders. Yes, all of [you] be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” Daily Distinctive: The funny thing about this devotional time that I have with [...

February 24, 2015 Daily Reading: [Mat 10:32 NKJV] “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. [Mat 10:33 NKJV] “But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. [Mat 10:34 NKJV] “Do not think that I […]

February 23, 2015 Daily Reading: [Jas 2:10 NKJV] For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he is guilty of all. [Jas 2:11 NKJV] For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have […]

February 22, 2015 Daily Reading: [Col 4:1 NKJV] Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. [Col 4:2 NKJV] Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; [Col 4:3 NKJV] meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door […]

February 21, 2015 Daily Reading: [Luk 6:47 NKJV] “Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: [Luk 6:48 NKJV] “He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream […]

February 20, 2015 Daily Reading: [2Co 5:21 NKJV] For He made Him who knew no sin [to be] sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. [Rom 5:1 NKJV] Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, [Phl 1:6 NKJV] being confident […]

February 19, 2015 Daily Reading: [Eph 4:11 NKJV] And He Himself gave some [to be] apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, [Eph 4:12 NKJV] for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, [Eph 4:13 NKJV] till we all come to the […]

February 18, 2015 Daily Reading: [Jhn 15:1 NKJV] “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. [Jhn 15:2 NKJV] “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every [branch] that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. [Jhn 15:3 NKJV] “You are already clean because […]

February 17, 2015 Daily Reading: [Mar 3:35 NKJV] “For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.” [Luk 7:30 NKJV] But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him. [Act 13:36 NKJV] “For David, after he had served his own generation […]

February 16, 2015 Daily Reading: [Mat 9:10 NKJV] Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, [that] behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. [Mat 9:11 NKJV] And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with […]

February 15, 2015 Daily Reading: [Psa 128:1 NKJV] A Song of Ascents. Blessed [is] every one who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways. [Psa 128:2 NKJV] When you eat the labor of your hands, You [shall be] happy, and [it shall be] well with you. [Psa 128:3 NKJV] Your wife [shall be] like a […]

February 14, 2015 Daily Reading: [1Pe 3:7 NKJV] Husbands, likewise, dwell with [them] with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as [being] heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. Daily Distinctive: First, let me wish you a very Happy Valentines Day. My wife […]

February 13, 2015 Daily Reading: [Mat 21:21 NKJV] So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ […]

February 12, 2015 Daily Reading: [Gal 6:1 NKJV] Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who [are] spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. [Gal 6:2 NKJV] Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. [Gal 6:3 NKJV] For if […]

February 11, 2015 Daily Reading: [Psa 34:1 NKJV] [A Psalm] of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth. [Psa 34:2 NKJV] My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall […]

February 10, 2015 Daily Reading: [Psa 1:1 NKJV] Blessed [is] the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; [Psa 1:2 NKJV] But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day […]

February 9, 2015 Daily Reading: [Eph 4:1 NKJV] I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, [Eph 4:2 NKJV] with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, [Eph 4:3 NKJV] endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit […]