Monday
Hebrews 11:39
All of these people I have mentioned received Your approval because of their faith, yet none of them received all that You, God, had promised.
Tuesday
Hebrews 11:40
For You, God, had far better things in mind for me that would also benefit me, for I can’t receive the prize at the end of the race until I finish the race.
Wednesday
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since I am surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let me strip off every weight that slows me down, especially the sin that so easily hinders my progress. And let me run with endurance the race that You, God, have set before me.
Thursday
Hebrews 12:2
I do this by keeping my eyes on You, Jesus, on Whom my faith depends from start to finish. You were willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy You knew would be Yours afterward. Now You are seated in the place of highest honor beside God’s throne in Heaven.
Friday
Hebrews 12:3
I think about all You endured when sinful people did such terrible things to You, so that I don’t become weary and give up.
Zingers from Croft M. Pentz, Tyndale House Publishers
4201. If you serve only for the approval of men, you will lose the approval of God.
4202. Most self-made people stop working too soon.
4203. The best remedy for conceit is to sit down and make a list of all the things you don’t know.
4204. The man who has the right to boast doesn’t have to.
4205. Flattery is all right as long as you don’t believe the one giving the flattery.
