John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?
The Bent Knee Time – February 24
RIVAL GARDENERS
Matthew 13:24-30
Evil, like weeds, grows rank and fast without cultivation, we think. But it isn’t so. There’s another gardener, a special, unseen gardener for evil. He sows, and waters, and cultivates, and tries to weed out the good. He’s an old hand at gardening. He stays up nights, watching for chances. We must fight him. The best way is to get our crop in first; weed and work it sleeplessly. The best work in this garden is done down on your knees.
Daily Memory Verse – February 23
The Bent Knee Time – February 23
GARDENS AND GARDENERS
1Peter 2:1-5; 2Peter 3:14-18
The Bible is a garden book. There’s one at the beginning, a better one at the end, and the Gethsemane garden in between. Everyman should be a gardener, and his life the garden. There’s sowing and sunshine, dew- fall and rain, and special watering in dry spells. Then there’s weeding, watching for hurtful insects, and pruning, a cutting back to get better fruit. Let’s be good gardeners, with the Man of Gethsemane to help.
Daily Memory Verse – February 22
The Bent Knee Time – February 22
KEEP OPEN TO THE BEST
Luke 2:40-52
Jesus was natural in boyhood as he was in manhood. He ate, and slept, and worked. He companioned with others, read in the Bible he had, aimed to live it out, got alone on his knees, obeyed his mother, dreamed of the future. He kept open to the best—body, mind, spirit—in a simple boy-way. So he grew. So we, too, shall grow in vigor and gentleness and strength of life, as he has sway.
Daily Memory Verse – February 21
The Bent Knee Time – February 21
WHEN LITTLE IS BIG
Zechariah 4:1-14
The day of small things can become the life of biggest and best things. A small word spoken at the right time may set a whole life straight. A gentle smile may brighten the way for the man with a heavy load. The small bit of time with the Book and the knee bent will hallow the day’s task. The still, small voice listened to may turn the world’s tide. The small in God’s hand becomes big.
Daily Memory Verse – February 20
Philippians 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?
The Bent Knee Time – February 20
THE GROWING-PLACE
Mark 4:21-34
Where Jesus’ touch is allowed full sway we shall grow. Little by little, day by day, pushing off the old, pushing out the new, becoming more and better: more victory in temptation, more purity in life, more patience with others, more knowledge of his will through the Book, more getting things done through prayer, more winsomeness in winning. But we’ll not be continually measuring how much—sometimes; we’ll just be staying in the sunlight and dew of Jesus’ presence.