Listen to Reaching Toward the Heights by Richard Wurmbrand

Opening Credits
Dedication
January 1: “Teach us to number our days.” PSALM 90:12
January 2: “God is love.” 1 JOHN 4:8
January 3: “But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.” HABAKKUK 2:20
January 4: “And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” LUKE 1:28
January 5: “The Lord opened the mouth of the donkey.” NUMBERS 22:28
January 6: “If we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.” HEBREWS 10:26
January 7: “The sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive.” GENESIS 6:2
January 8: “Some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.” MATTHEW 13:4
January 9: “Ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it.” JEREMIAH 6:16
January 10: “Mary . . . saw two angels.” JOHN 20:11,12
January 11: “Judge not, and you will not be judged.” LUKE 6:37
January 12: “[Christ Jesus] emptied himself.” PHILIPPIANS 2:7
January 13: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” GENESIS 1:1
January 14: “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” JOB 1:21
January 15: “Your enemies . . . shall . . . flee before you.” DEUTERONOMY 28:7
January 16: “We love because he first loved us.” 1 JOHN 4:19
January 17: “Above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance.” EZEKIEL 1:26
January 18: “But when he saw the wind, he was afraid.” MATTHEW 14:30
January 19: “One of the criminals who were hanged . . . said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ And he said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in para
January 20: “Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast.” PROVERBS 12:10
January 21: “Bless and do not curse.” ROMANS 12:14
January 22: “The living know that they will die . . .” ECCLESIASTES 9:5
January 23: “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.” JAMES 1:22
January 24: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden.” GENESIS 2:15
January 25: “And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome . . .” 2 TIMOTHY 2:24
January 26: “It was your servant Joab who commanded me; it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant.” 2 SAMUEL 14:19
January 27: “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” MATTHEW 6:14
January 28: “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.” MATTHEW 6:34
January 29: “As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women.” SONG OF SOLOMON 2:2
January 30: “The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country.’” GENESIS 12:1
January 31: “You shall love your neighbor.” MATTHEW 22:39
February 1: “[Love] bears all things.” 1 CORINTHIANS 13:7
February 2: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love . . . against such things there is no law.” GALATIANS 5:22,23
February 3: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.” MATTHEW 28:19
February 4: “For he is like one who is inwardly calculating.” PROVERBS 23:7
February 5: “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities.” ROMANS 13:1
February 6: “The serpent said to the woman . . .‘God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened.’” GENESIS 3:4,5
February 7: “Not one of [the sparrows] will fall to the ground apart from your Father.” MATTHEW 10:29
February 8: “For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” LUKE 18:25
February 9: “The Lord God called to the man and said to him, ‘Where are you?’” GENESIS 3:9
February 10: “Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.” EPHESIANS 5:18
February 11: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” MATTHEW 5:3
February 12: “They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.” REVELATION 12:11
February 13: “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house.” 2 JOHN 10
February 14: “Our Father in heaven . . .” MATTHEW 6:9
February 15: “Look at the birds of the air . . . Consider the lilies of the field.” MATTHEW 6:26,28
February 16: “The tax collector . . . beat his breast, saying, ‘God be merciful to me a sinner!’” LUKE 18:13
February 17: “If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord.” ROMANS 14:8
February 18: “Is it I, Lord?” MATTHEW 26:22
February 19: “Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread.” PROVERBS 12:11
February 20: “Mary stood weeping outside the tomb.” JOHN 20:11
February 21: “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them.” DEUTERONOMY 31:6
February 22: “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” PSALM 14:1
February 23: “The water in the skin was gone . . . Then God opened [Hagar's] eyes, and she saw a well of water.” GENESIS 21:15,19
February 24: “It is appointed for man to die once.” HEBREWS 9:27
February 25: “And are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” ROMANS 3:24
February 26: “[Beware of] constant friction among people who are depraved in mind.” 1 TIMOTHY 6:5
February 27: “Let both grow together.” MATTHEW 13:30
February 28: “Go out from their midst, and be separate.” 2 CORINTHIANS 6:17
February 29: “Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.” EPHESIANS 3:17
March 1: “The flesh is weak.” MATTHEW 26:41
March 2: “He was pierced for our transgressions.” ISAIAH 53:5
March 3: “[They] became mighty in war.” HEBREWS 11:34
March 4: [Jesus said,] “This is my body which is given for you.” LUKE 22:19
March 5: “All sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter.” MARK 3:28
March 6: “A great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat . . . And they ate and were satisfied.” MARK 8:1,8
March 7: “They found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.” MATTHEW 27:32
March 8: “[David] pretended to be insane.” 1 SAMUEL 21:13
March 9: “Behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed.” LUKE 1:48
March 10: “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” MATTHEW 6:12
March 11: “Judge not, that you be not judged.” MATTHEW 7:1
March 12: “Jesus said to him, ‘I am . . . the life.’” JOHN 14:6
March 13: “Scripture cannot be broken.” JOHN 10:35
March 14: “. . . the futile ways inherited from your forefathers.” 1 PETER 1:18
March 15: “[God said to Abraham] ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac . . . and offer him [on mount Moriah] as a burnt offering.’” GENESIS 22:2
March 16: “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.” MATTHEW 17:20
March 17: “Pray for those who persecute you.” MATTHEW 5:44
March 18: “God chose what is weak in the world.” 1 CORINTHIANS 1:27
March 19: “You have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life.” JOHN 17:2
March 20: “They are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.” JUDE 10
March 21: “For those who love God all things work together for good.” ROMANS 8:28
March 22: “When [David] was in need and was hungry . . . he entered the house of God . . . and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat.” MARK 2:25
March 23: “‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.” LUKE 19:46
March 24: “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come’. . . He will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me.’” MATTHEW 25:34,41
March 25: “And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus.” LUKE 16:20
March 26: “[The Pharisees said about Jesus,] ‘This man is a sinner.’” JOHN 9:24
March 27: “The Son of Man came not to be served but . . . to give his life as a ransom . . .” MATTHEW 20:28
March 28: “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” REVELATION 2:10
March 29: “They were stoned, they were sawn in two.” HEBREWS 11:37
March 30: “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” JOHN 15:13
March 31: “I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.” 1 CORINTHIANS 9:22
April 1: “An overseer must be above reproach, . . . not a lover of money.” 1 TIMOTHY 3:3
April 2: “God has . . . bestowed on him the name that is above every name.” PHILIPPIANS 2:9
April 3: “Present your bodies as a living sacrifice.” ROMANS 12:1
April 4: [Jesus said,] “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much.” LUKE 16:10
April 5: “Moses said to the Lord, ‘. . . I am slow of speech and of tongue.’” EXODUS 4:10
April 6: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” JOHN 15:12
April 7: “I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made . . . for kings and all who are in high positions.” 1 TIMOTHY 2:1,2
April 8: “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.” EPHESIANS 5:18
April 9: “We did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.” GALATIANS 2:5
April 10: “Oh sing to the Lord a new song!” PSALM 96:1
April 11: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” MARK 12:31
April 12: “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” MATTHEW 19:6
April 13: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” COLOSSIANS 3:16
April 14: “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” GALATIANS 2:20
April 15: “The greatest of these is love.” 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13
April 16: “Do all things without . . . disputing.” PHILIPPIANS 2:14
April 17: “‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.” ZECHARIAH 4:6
April 18: “The day of the Lord is . . . a day of darkness and gloom.” JOEL 2:1,2
April 19: “All Scripture is breathed out by God.” 2 TIMOTHY 3:16
April 20: “To the Jew first.” ROMANS 1:16
April 21: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” EXODUS 20:8
April 22: “O death, where is your victory?” 1 CORINTHIANS 15:55
April 23: “One out of five hundred . . .” NUMBERS 31:28
April 24: “I the Lord your God am a jealous God.” EXODUS 20:5
April 25: “We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses.” HEBREWS 12:1
April 26: “The fruit of the Spirit is love . . . against such things there is no law.” GALATIANS 5:22,23
April 27: “Be angry, and do not sin.” EPHESIANS 4:26
April 28: “Jesus said, ‘Take away the stone.’” JOHN 11:39
April 29: “The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘In you shall all the nations be blessed.’” GALATIANS 3:8
April 30: “God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son.” JOHN 3:16
May 1: “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none.” LUKE 3:11
May 2: “God chose . . . things that are not.” 1 CORINTHIANS 1:28
May 3: “. . . by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.” EPHESIANS 4:14
May 4: “When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread.” JOHN 21:9
May 5: “An angel of the Lord appeared to [Joseph] in a dream.” MATTHEW 1:20
May 6: “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars?” JOB 39:26
May 7: “You show that you are a letter from Christ.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:3
May 8: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” JOHN 3:16(KJV)
May 9: “The King of the ages, immortal, invisible.” 1 TIMOTHY 1:17
May 10: “We . . . rejoice in hope.” ROMANS 5:2
May 11: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” EXODUS 20:2
May 12: “We who have believed enter that rest.” HEBREWS 4:3
May 13: “You shall not murder.” DEUTERONOMY 5:17
May 14: “The master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good
May 15: “Put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” EPHESIANS 4:24
May 16: “Now the Lord God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head . . . So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.” JONAH 4:6
May 17: Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day . . .” 2 THESSALONIANS 3:8
May 18: “He was crushed for our iniquities.” ISAIAH 53:5
May 19: “But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’” MATTHEW 25:6
May 20: “Look, you scoffers, be astounded and perish . . .” ACTS 13:41
May 21: “Keep justice.” ISAIAH 56:1
May 22: “Charity . . . doth not behave itself unseemly.” 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4,5(KJV)
May 23: “Wait, let us see . . .” MATTHEW 27:49
May 24: “He is kind to the ungrateful and evil.” LUKE 6:35
May 25: “Leave your simple ways, and live.” PROVERBS 9:6
May 26: “If there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” PHILIPPIANS 4:8
May 27: “Some doubted.” MATTHEW 28:17
May 28: “Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.” EPHESIANS 6:10
May 29: “You have made [man] a little lower than the heavenly beings.” PSALM 8:5
May 30: “There will come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.” GENESIS 41:29
May 31: “All is vanity.” ECCLESIASTES 1:2
June 1: “The wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they could not show the interpretation of the matter.”
June 2: “And all the brothers who are with me.” GALATIANS 1:2
June 3: “There was a man who had . . .” LUKE 15:11
June 4: “You are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.” GALATIANS 4:7
June 5: “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” MARK 16:15
June 6: “Do good to those who hate you.” LUKE 6:27c
June 7: “Go into your room.” MATTHEW 6:6
June 8: “Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and be thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it wi
June 9: “And Simon answered, ‘Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.’” LUKE 5:5
June 10: “Christ who is your life . . .” COLOSSIANS 3:4
June 11: “Lord, teach us to pray.” LUKE 11:1
June 12: “One thing is necessary.” LUKE 10:42
June 13: “To all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” JOHN 1:12
June 14: “Do this in remembrance of me.” 1 CORINTHIANS 11:24
June 15: “Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.” MATTHEW 3:13
June 16: “Each will have to bear his own load.” GALATIANS 6:5
June 17: “If . . . you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way . . . his blood I will require at your hand.” EZEKIEL 33:8
June 18: “God . . . gives generously to all.” JAMES 1:5
June 19: “You cannot serve God and money.” MATTHEW 6:24
June 20: “Suffer it to be so now.” MATTHEW 3:15(KJV)
June 21: “The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” GENESIS 1:2
June 22: “Amen.” REVELATION 22:21
June 23: “Thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” MATTHEW 3:15
June 24: “He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove.” MATTHEW 3:16
June 25: “Save others . . . with fear.” JUDE 23
June 26: “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” JOHN 1:29
June 27: “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” JOHN 1:46
June 28: “Count others more significant than yourselves.” PHILIPPIANS 2:3
June 29: “Though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:16
June 30: “This is the law when someone dies . . .” NUMBERS 19:14
July 1: “We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses.” HEBREWS 12:1
July 2: “Seek, and you will find.” MATTHEW 7:7
July 3: “With God all things are possible.” MATTHEW 19:26
July 4: “He was hungry.” MATTHEW 21:18
July 5: “From one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.” LUKE 6:30
July 6: “Nathanael answered him, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God!’” JOHN 1:49
July 7: “The one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person shall receive a righteous person's reward.” MATTHEW 10:41
July 8: “You are the King of Israel!” JOHN 1:49
July 9: “But go.” MATTHEW 8:4
July 10: “Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them.” HEBREWS 13:3
July 11: “And we . . . are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
July 12: “God chose . . . what is low and despised in the world.” 1 CORINTHIANS 1:27,28
July 13: “They were strangers and exiles on the earth.” HEBREWS 11:13
July 14: “Do not be conformed to this world.” ROMANS 12:2
July 15: “Where is the promise of his coming? . . . all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” 2 PETER 3:4
July 16: “What kind of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things?” 2 KINGS 1:7
July 17: “Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” PSALM 90:12
July 18: “Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works.” TITUS 2:7
July 19: “The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.” 1 THESSALONIANS 5:2
July 20: “I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents.” MATTHEW 10:16
July 21: “You will be hated by all nations.” MATTHEW 24:9
July 22: “Contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.” JUDE 3
July 23: “My beloved is mine.” SONG OF SOLOMON 2:16
July 24: “[Jesus] said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.’” LUKE 23:43
July 25: “Wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.” JUDE 13
July 26: “He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate.” LUKE 1:52
July 27: “[Jesus] went about among the villages teaching.” MARK 6:6
July 28: “I will make with them a covenant of peace.” EZEKIEL 34:25
July 29: “God blessed the seventh day.” GENESIS 2:3
July 30: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” MATTHEW 5:5
July 31: “Be fruitful and multiply.” GENESIS 1:28
August 1: “Let marriage be held in honor among all.” HEBREWS 13:4
August 2: “The righteous shall live by his faith.” HABAKKUK 2:4
August 3: “Go, sell what you possess and give to the poor.” MATTHEW 19:21
August 4: “You are a chosen race.” 1 PETER 2:9
August 5: “Present your bodies as a living sacrifice.” ROMANS 12:1
August 6: “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31
August 7: “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” JOB 1:21
August 8: “Some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, purified, and made white.” DANIEL 11:35
August 9: “If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” 1 JOHN 1:6
August 10: “What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” MATTHEW 16:26
August 11: “Sit in the lowest place.” LUKE 14:10
August 12: “Let all the earth keep silence before him.” HABAKKUK 2:20
August 13: “And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the servant of the Lord.’” LUKE 1:38
August 14: “[Jesus] spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.” LUKE 9:31
August 15: “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” HEBREWS 13:2
August 16: “And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what does this have to do with me?’” JOHN 2:4
August 17: “The archangel Michael, contending with the devil . . . did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment.” JUDE 9
August 18: “You shall not make for yourself a carved image.” EXODUS 20:4
August 19: “Abraham begat Isaac.” MATTHEW 1:2(KJV)
August 20: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself.” LUKE 9:23
August 21: “This man receives sinners.” LUKE 15:2
August 22: “Do whatever he tells you.” JOHN 2:5
August 23: “I am . . . the truth.” JOHN 14:6
August 24: “There are varieties of gifts.” 1 CORINTHIANS 12:4
August 25: “What more are you doing than others?” MATTHEW 5:47
August 26: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” MATTHEW 27:46
August 27: “He humbled himself by becoming obedient.” PHILIPPIANS 2:8
August 28: “This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana.” JOHN 2:11
August 29: “Eat and drink and be joyful.” ECCLESIASTES 8:15
August 30: “This is love, that we walk according to his commandments.” 2 JOHN 6
August 31: “Your word is truth.” JOHN 17:17
September 1: “When he came up out of the water, immediately . . .” MARK 1:10
September 2: “The ox knows its owner.” ISAIAH 1:3
September 3: “Forgetting what lies behind . . .” PHILIPPIANS 3:13
September 4: “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” 1 TIMOTHY 6:10
September 5: “That they may all be one.” JOHN 17:21
September 6: “I slept, but my heart was awake.” SONG OF SOLOMON 5:2
September 7: “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.” GALATIANS 6:1
September 8: “My adversaries taunt me.” PSALM 42:10
September 9: “Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” JOHN 3:5
September 10: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” ROMANS 9:15
September 11: “You shall not murder.” EXODUS 20:13
September 12: “My covenant with him was one of life and peace.” MALACHI 2:5
September 13: “With me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you.” 1 CORINTHIANS 4:3
September 14: “His own [sheep] . . . A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him.” JOHN 10:4,5
September 15: “I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.” 1 JOHN 2:1
September 16: “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all.” JAMES 1:5
September 17: “Whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” MATTHEW 21:22
September 18: “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return.” JOB 1:21
September 19: “Deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.” HEBREWS 2:15
September 20: “It was out of envy that they had delivered him up.” MATTHEW 27:18
September 21: “I press on toward the goal.” PHILIPPIANS 3:14
September 22: “As one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.” ROMANS 5:18
September 23: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us . . . full of grace and truth.” JOHN 1:14
September 24: “Continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed.” 2 TIMOTHY 3:14
September 25: “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow.” PHILIPPIANS 2:10
September 26: “The one who endures to the end will be saved.” MATTHEW 24:13
September 27: “A glad heart makes a cheerful face.” PROVERBS 15:13
September 28: “While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran . . . and kissed him.” LUKE 15:20
September 29: “There is no fear in love.” 1 JOHN 4:18
September 30: “Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.” JOHN 11:25
October 1: “Seek the things that are above.” COLOSSIANS 3:1
October 2: “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them.’” MATTHEW 19:14
October 3: “Making a whip of cords, [Jesus] drove them all out.” JOHN 2:15
October 4: “From [the Israelites'] race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever.” ROMANS 9:5
October 5: “We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” 1 JOHN 3:16
October 6: “And he had to pass through Samaria.” JOHN 4:4
October 7: “Lord, do not trouble yourself.” LUKE 7:6
October 8: “Let all . . . slander be put away from you.” EPHESIANS 4:31
October 9: “But God chose what is foolish in the world.” 1 CORINTHIANS 1:27
October 10: “They had sung a hymn.” MATTHEW 26:30
October 11: “Take, eat; this is my body.” MATTHEW 26:26
October 12: “Fool! This night your soul is required of you.” LUKE 12:20
October 13: “Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.” 1 THESSALONIANS 2:6
October 14: “Love your enemies.” LUKE 6:35
October 15: “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge.” ACTS 4:19
October 16: “And Sarai said to Abram . . .‘Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.’ And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.” GENESIS 16:2
October 17: “All have sinned.” ROMANS 3:23
October 18: “Avoid . . . opposition of science falsely so called.” 1 TIMOTHY 6:20(KJV)
October 19: “You are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” JAMES 4:14
October 20: “I urge you, then, be imitators of me.” 1 CORINTHIANS 4:16
October 21: “O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you.” 1 TIMOTHY 6:20
October 22: “Walk in love, as Christ loved us.” EPHESIANS 5:2
October 23: “Each one’s work will become manifest.” 1 CORINTHIANS 3:13
October 24: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!” MATTHEW 23:13
October 25: “The steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting.” PSALM 103:17
October 26: “O Death, where is your sting?” 1 CORINTHIANS 15:55
October 27: “Jesus began to show to his disciples that he must . . . be killed.” MATTHEW 16:21
October 28: “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” GALATIANS 2:20
October 29: “These are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.” GALATIANS 5:17
October 30: “The one . . . is completely clean.” JOHN 13:10
October 31: “I will tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth.” DANIEL 10:21
November 1: “Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” LUKE 17:18
November 2: “Some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, purified, and made white.” DANIEL 11:35
November 3: “Wine to gladden the heart of man.” PSALM 104:15
November 4: “It came to pass.” MATTHEW 11:1(KJV)
November 5: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart.” MATTHEW 22:37
November 6: “He got into the boat.” MATTHEW 8:23
November 7: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17
November 8: “When you pray, say . . .” LUKE 11:2
November 9: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” MATTHEW 5:9
November 10: “The tree of life was in the midst of the garden.” GENESIS 2:9
November 11: “Many . . . will betray one another.” MATTHEW 24:10
November 12: “The Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘. . .Walk before me, and be blameless.’” GENESIS 17:1
November 13: “Obey your leaders . . . for they are keeping watch over your souls.” HEBREWS 13:17
November 14: “You will be saved, you and your household.” ACTS 16:31
November 15: “I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.” ACTS 20:27
November 16: “. . . all who know the truth.” 2 JOHN 1
November 17: “Do not let your adorning be external.” 1 PETER 3:3
November 18: “Let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” LUKE 9:23
November 19: “The bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast.” MATTHEW 25:10
November 20: “Husbands . . . may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives.” 1 PETER 3:1
November 21: “God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7
November 22: “I have come . . . to fulfill [the Law].” MATTHEW 5:17
November 23: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.’” PSALM 95:7,8
November 24: “Lord, teach us to pray.” LUKE 11:1
November 25: “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me.” JOHN 17:6
November 26: “There was silence.” JOB 4:16
November 27: “He . . . was pleased to reveal his Son to me.” GALATIANS 1:15,16
November 28: “Weep with those who weep.” ROMANS 12:15
November 29: “Sell your possessions, and give to the needy.” LUKE 12:33
November 30: “To such [the little children] belongs the kingdom of heaven.” MATTHEW 19:14
December 1: “The Lord God formed the man of the dust from the ground.” GENESIS 2:7
December 2: “My joy may be in you.” JOHN 15:11
December 3: “The works of the flesh are . . . sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality . . .” GALATIANS 5:19
December 4: “We are members of his body.” EPHESIANS 5:30
December 5: “For [Christ] I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish.” PHILIPPIANS 3:8(KJV)
December 6: “God's love has been poured into our hearts.” ROMANS 5:5
December 7: “In Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.” ACTS 11:26
December 8: “The Lord is good.” PSALM 100:5
December 9: “Enoch walked with God.” GENESIS 5:22
December 10: “Moses said to the Lord, ‘O my Lord, I am not eloquent.’” EXODUS 4:10
December 11: “At many times and in many ways, God spoke . . .” HEBREWS 1:1
December 12: “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.” LUKE 6:36
December 13: “Being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.” PHILIPPIANS 2:2
December 14: “He might fill all things.” EPHESIANS 4:10
December 15: “Be not overly righteous.” ECCLESIASTES 7:16
December 16: “It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” MATTHEW 26:24
December 17: “It was the will of the Lord to crush him.” ISAIAH 53:10
December 18: “So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.” MATTHEW 10:32
December 19: “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” HEBREWS 9:22
December 20: [Jesus said,] “Love your enemies.” MATTHEW 5:44
December 21: “We rejoice in our sufferings.” ROMANS 5:3
December 22: “Death spread to all men.” ROMANS 5:12
December 23: “[Christ Jesus], taking the form of a servant . . .” PHILIPPIANS 2:7
December 24: “I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!” GALATIANS 4:19
December 25: “To us a child is born.” ISAIAH 9:6
December 26: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself.” MATTHEW 16:24
December 27: “You will be my witnesses . . . to the end of the earth.” ACTS 1:8
December 28: “‘When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.’ [Elisha] said to him, ‘Go in peace.’” 2 KINGS 5:18,19
December 29: “Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that [the messenger of Satan] should leave me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you.’” 2 CORINTHIANS 12:8,9
December 30: “He became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.” 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9
December 31: “Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” MATTHEW 6:34
Closing Credits

Reaching Toward the Heights

Daily Meditations on God's Word and His Love