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Editor’s Note: The AMI Quiet Times for January 24-25 are provided by Jabez Yeo of TRPC, NYC. Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Jn. 4:27-8; 39-42: “Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this beContinue reading “January 25, Sunday”

Editor’s Note: The AMI Quiet Times for January 24-25 are provided by Jabez Yeo of TRPC, NYC. Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Matt. 18:1-5 (NIV): “At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a little child to Him, and placed the childContinue reading “January 24, Saturday”

Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Note: Matthew’s wedding banquet parable elaborates on what happens after the original invitees refuse to come for similar reasons why they didn’t come to the great banquet in Luke: “They paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business” (Matt. 22:5). Matt. 22:8-13: “Then [the king]Continue reading “January 23, Friday”

Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Lk. 14:17, 20 (NIV): “At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready’ . . . . [20] “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’” 1 Cor. 7:29, 32-34 (NIV): “From now onContinue reading “January 22, Thursday”

Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Lk. 14:17-9 (ESV): “And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ [18] But they all alike began to make excuses. . . . [19] And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke ofContinue reading “January 21, Wednesday”

Note: The devotion for Jan 20-23 is based on the Parable of the Great Banquet; read it in its entirety today. Lk. 14:15-23 (ESV): When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” [16] But heContinue reading “January 20, Tuesday”

Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  2 Cor. 10:4 (NIV): “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.” Is. 53:7 (ESV): “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers isContinue reading “January 19, Monday”

Devotional Thoughts for Today Mk 4:20 (NIV): “Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” In the NBA, no one could stop Shaquille O’Neil in his heyday; once this powerful player had the ball in the paintContinue reading “January 18, Sunday”

Devotional Thoughts for Today Mk. 4:18-20 (ESV): “And others are the ones sown among thorns.  They are those who hear the word, [19] but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.” It had been nearly 70 yearsContinue reading “January 17, Saturday”

Devotional Thoughts for This Morning  Mk. 4:16-7 (NIV): “Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. [17] But since they have no root, they last only a short time.  When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.” I got to know Bruno whenContinue reading “January 16, Friday”