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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. - John 3:16

Daily Bible Readings

Friday 3rd Apr 2026

Today's Reading

  • Saturday, April 4 : Book of Exodus 14,15-31.15,1a.
    The LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. And you, lift up your staff and, with hand outstretched over the sea, split the sea in two, that the Israelites may pass through it on dry land. But I will make the Egyptians so obstinate that they will go in after them. Then I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots and charioteers. The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I receive glory through Pharaoh and his chariots and charioteers." The angel of God, who had been leading Israel's camp, now moved and went around behind them. The column of cloud also, leaving the front, took up its place behind them, so that it came between the camp of the Egyptians and that of Israel. But the cloud now became dark, and thus the night passed without the rival camps coming any closer together all night long. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land. When the water was thus divided, the Israelites marched into the midst of the sea on dry land, with the water like a wall to their right and to their left. The Egyptians followed in pursuit; all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and charioteers went after them right into the midst of the sea. In the night watch just before dawn the LORD cast through the column of the fiery cloud upon the Egyptian force a glance that threw it into a panic; and he so clogged their chariot wheels that they could hardly drive. With that the Egyptians sounded the retreat before Israel, because the LORD was fighting for them against the Egyptians. Then the LORD told Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may flow back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and their charioteers." So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea flowed back to its normal depth. The Egyptians were fleeing head on toward the sea, when the LORD hurled them into its midst. As the water flowed back, it covered the chariots and the charioteers of Pharaoh's whole army which had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not a single one of them escaped. But the Israelites had marched on dry land through the midst of the sea, with the water like a wall to their right and to their left. Thus the LORD saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians. When Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the seashore and beheld the great power that the LORD had shown against the Egyptians, they feared the LORD and believed in him and in his servant Moses. Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.

Today's Bible Verse

  • Today's Verse - Hebrews 12:2

    Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

    —Hebrews 12:2

    Thoughts on Today's Verse...

    "He drives where he looks, he drives where he looks!" That statement by Nan, a wife disgruntled by her husband's driving, absolutely spoke the truth. Vail invariably would turn the steering wheel in the direction he was looking, terrifying all of us who rode with him as he looked around. This principle is also true of each of us and our lives: "We live where we look!" What our hearts seek and what our minds focus on steer us toward our goal, like a heat-seeking missile following its target's exhaust. That's why we must "fix our eyes on Jesus." We focus upon Jesus to both know him and become like him (2 Corinthians 3:18). Our lives will follow where we look. So let's fix our gaze and focus our hearts on Jesus.

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    My Prayer...

    Almighty and holy God, without your grace and the gift of your salvation, I could not approach you with the confidence that I have today. Thank you for sending Jesus! Thank you for his life, his death, his resurrection, his exaltation, and his intercession. I pledge this day to keep my eyes on him! Please guard me from distractions. Through his holy name I pray. Amen.

    All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.

Today's "Daily Wisdom"

  • Proverbs 20:22 - Verse for Apr. 3rd

    Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

    —Proverbs 20:22

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Today's "Passion for Praise"

  • To Your Sacred Home (Apr. 3rd)

    [Who is like you O LORD?] With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home.

    —Exodus 15:13

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Today's "What Jesus Did!"

  • 'Equal with God' - John 5:18

    So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill [Jesus]. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.

    —John 5:18 NLT

    Key Thought

    John's Gospel confronts us with a crucial decision: Is Jesus really the Son of God, God with us in human flesh? John paints the story of Jesus so we see that he claims to be God in the "I am" statements, for example:

    • "I am the bread of life."
    • "I am the light of the world."
    • "I am the good shepherd."
    • "I am the resurrection and the life." [1]
    These "I Am" statements tie Jesus to the revelation of Israel's God. [2] Jesus does only what the Father wants him to do. [3] Jesus and the Father are one. [4] If we have seen Jesus, we have seen the Father. [5] While we may not fully grasp what the assertion "Jesus is the Son of God" [6] truly means, Jesus' opponents in his own day did. They knew he was making himself equal with God. Their reaction was appropriate for them because they believed Jesus was a blasphemer who must be stopped. Indeed, either he was a delusional power-grabbing religious rebel who must be thwarted, or he is God with us, Immanuel, Son of God, and our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. What is your decision?

    [1] John 6:35, 8:12, 10:7, 10:11, 11:25, 14:6, 15:1.
    [2] Exodus 3, especially Exodus 3:14.
    [3] John 6:38.
    [4] John 10:30.
    [5] John 14:9.
    [6] 1 John 4:15.

    Today's Prayer

    Father in heaven, thank you for being God come in human flesh. Jesus shows me so much of who you are and how you care about me. Forgive me for the times I have not held you in appropriate reverence. Forgive me for the times that I have robbed your incarnation of its grit and mortality. I confess that I cannot fully comprehend how divine incarnation works, but I do know this, dear Father: I believe that Jesus Christ is your Son and my great God and Savior. In his name, I pray and praise you. Amen.

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    Ⓒ 1996-2026 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. What Jesus Did! is written by Phil Ware and is available in book form. Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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Maundy Thursday
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Good Friday

Holy Saturday
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Easter Sunday
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Ascension
(Thursday, 14 May 2026)

Pentecost
(Sunday, 24 May 2026)

Whit Monday
(Monday, 25 May 2026)

Trinity Sunday
(Sunday, 31 May 2026)

Today's "Together in Christ"

  • 'Living Holy Lives in a Sex-Saturated World' - 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 & Ephesians 5:21

    Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations. But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

    . . .

    And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

    —1 Corinthians 7:1-2 & Ephesians 5:21 NLT

    Key Thought

    The apostle Paul was single. His singleness prompted questions from the Corinthians about sex. They lived in a sex-saturated culture where few sexual practices were "off the table." [1] So, the believers in Corinth wondered if Paul's singleness with celibacy was a better way to live because of the raging evil of their culture. Paul told them, "Yes, but..." On a theoretical level, the answer was "Yes." On a practical level, in a city known for sexual experiences and perversion, most should marry and be committed to their spouse.

    Because we are accustomed to modern understandings in most Western cultures regarding the value of both men and women, wives and husbands, we miss the radical edge in what Paul said: "Each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband." The people in that first-century culture were familiar with a man "having his own wife" - the language of ownership. That was the accepted way of discussing marriage, especially in a culture where women had fewer rights. However, Paul makes sure to use the same language for both the husband and the wife. The wife has her own husband just as much as the husband has his own wife. Paul will go on and emphasize this reciprocity and respect more specifically in the next few verses. [2]

    The foundation for Paul's understanding is that in all Christian relationships, especially between husbands and wives "in Christ," each must practice submission to the other based on Jesus' example. [3] In other words, while marriage gives us a holy outlet for sexual expression, the foundation of that sexual expression toward our spouse is rooted in what best serves our spouse as we submit ourselves to their needs. [4] This sexual ethic is revolutionary in a world that has forgotten what the Creator intended from the beginning when he made both the wife and the husband "in the image of God." [5] God gave them each other so each could be a blessing to the other, especially physically and sexually, seeking to satisfy their spouse's needs before their own. [6]/su

    [1] Paul likely chose the word πορνείας (porneias, related to the English word, "pornography") to speak of any sex outside of a husband and wife in marriage because so many forms, practices, and perversions of sex were practiced in Corinth - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. Sexual immorality was widely practiced and accepted in most seaports and major cities in Paul's day.
    [2] Notice this emphasis in 1 Corinthians 7:3-4 on meeting each other's needs. Also, notice that what each spouse requests of the other one sexually - indeed, in every aspect of our relationships - must be done while considering our spouse's interests above our own (Philippians 2:3-4 NIV).
    [3] Philippians 2:5-11.
    [4] Some refer to Ephesians 5:22 about the wife submitting to the husband and don't realize the word submit is not in that verse. Instead, the translators took it from Ephesians 5:21, where it stands over both the wife's submission to her husband and the husband's submission to his wife. The language "reverence for Christ" makes this mutual submission in marriage an act of worship that releases and accompanies being filled with the Spirit in Ephesians 5:18.
    [5] Genesis 1:26-27, 31.
    [6] Philippians 2:3-4 NIV.

    Today's Prayer

    Loving Father, thank You for giving us marriage as a wonderful place of security and support to learn to express ourselves sexually while also learning to meet the needs and serve the preferences of our spouse. Forgive me when I am selfish. Please, dear LORD, convict me and correct me in those moments. I believe that if I reverence Christ in the way I serve and bless my spouse, then You, O God, will also see that my needs are met and that You are honored as the LORD of our household. Be with me as I seek to keep my heart pure and devoted to You as I remain faithful to and considerate of my spouse. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

    Ⓒ 1996-2026 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. 'Together in Christ' is written by Phil Ware. Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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