by Whitney Swenson | Spiritual Growth Tool
Wednesday, September 1st Reading: Song of Solomon 6-8, Psalm 104, 1 Thessalonians 1 Prayer: Today we begin 1 Thessalonians and in the first verses we read about faith, hope, and love. Here are Spurgeon’s notes on 1 Thessalonians 1:3: “The three divine sisters –...
by Whitney Swenson | Spiritual Growth Tool
Tuesday, August 31st Reading: Song of Solomon 3-5, Proverbs 13, Colossians 4 Prayer: At the end of Colossians, Paul lists off many faithful servants working for the gospel, and in that list we see Epaphras come up again. “Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of...
by Whitney Swenson | Spiritual Growth Tool
Monday, August 30th Reading: Song of Solomon 1-2, Psalm 103, Colossians 3 Prayer: “Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive” (3:13b). Spend some time today thinking of what you have been forgiven. This is a bit of a dismal task. It seems that...
by Whitney Swenson | Spiritual Growth Tool
Monday, August 2nd Reading: Ecclesiastes 9-12, Psalm 102, Colossians 2 Prayer: “ I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery — Christ. ...
by Whitney Swenson | Spiritual Growth Tool
Thursday, August 26th Reading: Ecclesiastes 6-8, Proverbs 12, Colossians 1 Prayer: Goodness, the riches that can be found in Colossians 1. You can slow down in any selection of verses and use them as a prompt for your prayer, especially v. 9-14 (so rich!) v. 15-20,...
by Whitney Swenson | Spiritual Growth Tool
Wednesday, August 25th Reading: Ecclesiastes 3-5, Psalm 101, NT Catch Up Prayer: In our Old Testament reading today, we get to read that beautiful poem known as A Time for Everything in Ecclesiastes 3. Pray through this reflection from the Gospel Transformation Study...
