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December 7 - Nº 341 James 1:1-18 In his Gospel, Matthew explained that following the miraculous birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph had four...

December 6 - Nº 340 Philippians 2:12 – 4:23 In his “thank you” letter to the Philippians, Paul addressed some issues he knew they were...

December 5 - Nº 339 Philippians 1:1 – 2:11 Paul first arrived in Philippi during his second missionary journey. He had planned to go north across Asia to spread the Gospel, but God had led him to Macedonia instead. There he met a wealthy businesswoman named Lydia. When he told her about Jesus, she believed. Many of her friends did as well, and soon a church was meeting in her home. Paul stayed and taught in that church for about three months (see  #305 - November 1  –  # 306

December 4 - Nº 338 Philemon Members of the church in Colossae gathered as they usually did in the home of a wealthy businessman to fellowship and study the Scriptures.  It had been weeks since Epaphras, the pastor of the church, had left to visit Paul in prison. He had traveled to Rome to seek the apostle’s advice concerning a new form of Christianity that was undermining the foundations of their faith (see  #337 - December 3 ).  However, instead of Epaphras, a man named Tyc

December 3 - Nº 337 Colossians 1 – 4 It was not unusual for church leaders from the different cities where Paul had ministered to show up on his doorstep in Rome. Although he was under house arrest and chained to a guard, he was free to entertain guests. As a matter of fact, many different people took turns staying with him and helping with his daily needs.  One of the men who showed up was Epaphras.   He was from Colossae, a small city in Asia Minor. Colossae was located in

December 2 - Nº 336 Ephesians 6:10-20 Paul was in the middle of writing a letter to the believers in Ephesus. He had just described all the blessings they shared as children of God.  Yet there he sat—in a Roman prison, chained to a Roman guard!  Paul knew that the believers he was writing to would soon face difficult times--just as he had throughout his entire ministry. He realized that Satan was not happy that these believers were now sharing the Gospel message in a city tha

December 1 - Nº 335 Ephesians 4:1 – 6:9 Paul began his first prison epistle by describing all the amazing benefits God had made available to the believers in Ephesus (see  #334 - November 30 ).  He explained that these benefits already belonged to them since they had become God's children. In the next section of his letter, Paul focused on how they should live their lives in order to enjoy all the benefits God had for them. First, he re-emphasized God’s desire for the members