EASTER – WEEK 2 – TUESDAY  LESSON: 1 TIMOTHY 2:1-6  A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench. Isaiah 42:3  Matthew declares that these words of Isaiah were fulfilled in Christ (Matthew 12:20). A bruised reed is a reed very close to breaking point. One who has…

EASTER – WEEK 2 – MONDAY LESSON: LUKE 5:27-32  “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.” Matthew 9:12  Even though we are weak and sickly, we should still not lose heart and begin to think that we do not belong to the kingdom of Christ. The more we…

EASTER – WEEK 2 – SUNDAY  LESSON: JOHN 10:11-16   “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” John 10:11   Pastors can never become any more than the mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ and the instruments whereby He continues to proclaim His Word visibly here on earth. He permits His…

EASTER – WEEK 1 – SATURDAY  LESSON: COLOSSIANS 3:12-17   “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” John 20:22-23  This is a great and powerful authority which no one can adequately praise, bestowed upon poor mortal man and valid over…

EASTER – WEEK 1 – FRIDAY LESSON: EPHESIANS 4:9-16 “As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” John 20:21 The most important work of love that any Christian can perform after coming to faith in Christ is to bring others to faith in the way he was brought to faith. In this…

EASTER – WEEK 1 – THURSDAY  LESSON: 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-17  I can do all things in him [Christ] who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13  If I really believe from the bottom of my heart that my Lord Jesus Christ, by His resurrection from the dead, has gained the victory over all that can distress me (sin, death,…

EASTER – WEEK 1 – WEDNESDAY LESSON: ACTS 14:19-22 We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character. Romans 5:3-4 True Christian peace, which calms the heart and brings contentment to the soul, is not necessarily the accompaniment of a time when no misfortune is at hand, but it can…

EASTER – WEEK 1 – TUESDAY LESSON: PSALM 27 The peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 The fruit of Christian faith is peace, not merely the outward peace which we sometimes enjoy here on earth but the peace which Paul mentions in…

EASTER – WEEK 1 – MONDAY LESSON: ROMANS 10:14-17 “He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.” Luke 10:16 Christ enters our hearts and takes His stand there through the office of the ministry. Since God has given orders that…

EASTER – WEEK 1 – SUNDAY LESSON: JOHN 20:19-31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” John 20:19 As Christians, we must apply…