Tag: God
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Our Family Table: We Have Been With Jesus
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 16 November 2024 Reading From Acts 4-6 “Jesus is “‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’[a] 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw…
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Our Family Table: Sharing the Love and Message of Jesus
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God Reading From Acts 1-3 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” —Acts 1:8 The Great Commandment and Commission to share the love and message of…
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Our Family Table: Using Our Resources for His Glory
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 13 November 2024 Reading From Luke 23 John 18-19 “Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body…
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Our Family Table: The Veil Has Been Torn
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 11 November 2024 Reading From Matthew 27, Mark 15 Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, 52 and tombs opened.…
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Our Family Table: The Highway of Holiness
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 10 November 2024 Reading From John 14-16 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.[a] If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare…
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Our Family Table: Dwelling Together in Unity
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 9 November 2024 Reading From Luke 22, John 13 “After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you. “But here…
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Our Family Table: God With Us and God Within Us
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 5 November 2024 Reading From Mark 13 “And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here…
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Our Family Table: Giving from the Heart
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 4 November 2024 Reading From Matthew 23, Mark 20-21 “While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box. Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor…
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Our Family Table: Good Citizenship on Earth and Heaven
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 3 November 2024 Reading From Matthew 22, Mark 12 “Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do…
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Our Family Table: Courage to Witness Boldly
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 2 November 2024 Reading From Mark 11, John 12 “Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the…