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Joy is more than a feeling. It is a necessity. "The joy of the Lord is your strength" (Nehemiah 8:10). We need strength of mind, emotion, and resolve. We need strengthened hope for today and tomorrow. We need strengthened confidence that our past will not...

The day after Easter is when many people rest. Holidays can be full of activity. It's also the day when many people ask, "What's next?" We tend to live in anticipation of the next big event on the calendar. In the Christian life, the day after...

Easter Sunday - The Confession "…at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:9-11 Thomas the disciple is known mostly...

Saturday - His Lordship "… and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory...

Thursday - His Obedience "…he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." Philippians 2:8 Jesus prayed to God the Father and said that he had accomplished the work given him to do (John 17:4). What was that work? "Jesus...

Wednesday - His Taking On "…taking the form of a servant…" Philippians 2:7 It is hard to speak of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as a servant. Personally, I am only comfortable doing so because the Old Testament prophecies of Isaiah spoke of the Servant...

Tuesday - His Laying Aside "…he made himself nothing…" Philippians 2:7 We know someone's commitment to a purpose or a cause by what he or she is willing to give up for it. Philippians 2 shows us that the Son of God was totally committed to the...

Monday - His Thinking "Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped…" Philippians 2:5-6 What was Jesus thinking? We see...

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