Greg Herrick
Editor and Bible Teacher · KnowingGod
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131Day 90 — Grace to Keep Going and Pass It On
Paul tells Timothy to be strengthened in Christ’s grace and entrust the teaching to faithful people who can teach others. The soldier, athlete, and farmer...
Day 89 — Christ at the Center of Maturity
Paul serves the church through suffering and the proclamation of Christ. His afflictions do not complete an insufficient atonement; Christ’s saving work is...
Day 86 — Making Disciples with Jesus’ Presence
The risen Jesus sends his disciples on the basis of his authority and promises his continuing presence. The commission includes making disciples, baptizing...
Day 85 — An Example Built on Obedience
Jesus warns about blind guides, hypocrisy, and words disconnected from obedience. Before correcting another person, we must face what is wrong in our own l...
Day 84 — With Jesus and Sent by Him
Jesus appoints the Twelve to be with him and to be sent out. Their apostolic role is distinctive, but the pattern reminds us that service flows from relati...
Day 83 — Responding to God’s Call
Elijah finds Elisha at work and calls him into a new role. Elisha’s response is concrete and costly: he says farewell and begins serving Elijah. This parti...
Day 82 — Remembering and Teaching
Moses calls Israel to listen, obey, remember, and teach the next generation. Their wisdom is tied to the Lord’s revealed instruction, not their own greatne...
Day 87 — Helping Someone Understand More Clearly
Apollos is gifted and earnest, yet his understanding needs further instruction. Priscilla and Aquila take him aside and explain God’s way more accurately....
Day 88 — Sharing Our Lives
Paul describes ministry through the tenderness of a nursing mother and the encouragement of a father. He and his companions shared not only the gospel but...
Day 81 — Sharing the Work Wisely
Jethro sees that Moses’ way of carrying the people’s disputes is wearing out both leader and people. He offers counsel about teaching, shared responsibilit...
Day 77 — Starting with Their Question
Philip meets a traveler reading Isaiah and begins with a simple question. Invited to explain, he starts with the passage and tells the good news about Jesu...
Day 76 — A Testimony That Points Beyond Itself
The Samaritan woman tells others about her encounter with Jesus and invites them to consider him. Many come, and their confidence grows as they hear him th...
Day 75 — Come and See
The first disciples respond to testimony about Jesus and begin inviting others to meet him. Andrew brings Simon; Philip speaks to Nathanael despite his ske...
Day 80 — Gracious Words and Open Doors
Paul asks for prayer that a door will open for the message and that he will make it clear. He also calls believers to wise conduct and gracious speech with...
Day 79 — Christ’s Love Moves Us Outward
Paul’s ministry is shaped by Christ’s death and resurrection. Those who live through him no longer live for themselves. God reconciles sinners to himself t...
Day 78 — Good News Worth Hearing
Paul speaks of trusting the risen Lord Jesus and calling on him for salvation. He then follows the chain of hearing, believing, speaking, and being sent. F...
Day 71 — Blessed to Make God Known
The psalm asks for God’s blessing with a wide horizon: that his way and salvation may be known among all nations. Praise and joy belong not to one small ci...
Day 73 — Seeing People with Compassion
Jesus sees more than a crowd. He recognizes people who are distressed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. His compassion leads him to tell the dis...
Day 72 — Light for the Nations
The Lord’s servant is called to bring restoration and become a light to the nations. The passage acknowledges apparent fruitlessness while locating vindica...
Day 74 — Joy over the Lost Being Found
Jesus answers criticism of his welcome to sinners with stories of a lost sheep and a lost coin. Both end in shared joy when what was lost is found. Heaven’...
Day 66 — Christ in Our Responsibilities
Paul addresses household relationships in the ancient world, calling each person to live before the Lord. Children and parents receive instructions, includ...
Day 70 — Stewards of Grace
Peter calls believers to clear-minded prayer, earnest love, hospitality, and service. Gifts are entrusted for others’ benefit, not for personal status. We...
Day 69 — Making Wise Use of Time
Paul calls believers to walk carefully, understand the Lord’s will, and be filled by the Spirit. Wisdom is not frantic busyness. It includes worship, thank...
Day 68 — Serving the Lord in Ordinary Work
Paul brings household and working relationships under Christ’s lordship. He addresses an ancient society that included slavery; the passage must never be u...
Day 67 — Remembering the Vulnerable
Israel is instructed to protect dignity when lending, pay vulnerable workers promptly, uphold justice, and leave provision for those in need. The repeated...
Day 65 — Telling the Next Generation
The psalm calls God’s people to tell coming generations about his praiseworthy acts. The goal is not nostalgia or family pride, but hope in God and faithfu...
Day 62 — Rich in Good Works
Paul warns that the love of money can entangle the heart. Contentment does not mean ignoring need or refusing honest work. It means refusing to make wealth...
Day 64 — Love That Gives Itself
Paul places marriage within reverence for Christ and points especially to Christ’s self-giving love for the church. This is not permission for domination,...
Day 63 — Companionship as God’s Gift
God sees that the man’s solitude is not good and provides a corresponding partner. The passage presents the goodness of marriage, mutual belonging, and an...
Day 61 — Generosity Shaped by Grace
Paul encourages generous support for believers in need. He points to the grace of Jesus Christ and to willing giving according to what people have. The pur...
Day 60 — Where Your Treasure Leads
Jesus links treasure, vision, and allegiance. What we prize directs our hearts, and money can become a rival master. He is not condemning responsible provi...
Day 59 — Numbering Our Days
This prayer holds our brief lives before the everlasting God. It acknowledges sin, grief, and the passing years, then asks for wisdom, compassion, joy, and...
Day 58 — Wisdom That Makes Peace
James tests wisdom by its fruit. Bitter envy and selfish ambition can hide behind confident words, but wisdom from above is pure, peaceable, gentle, and me...
Day 57 — Clothed with Christlike Character
Because believers share in Christ’s risen life, they are called to put sinful practices to death and put on compassion, humility, patience, and love. Chris...
Day 49 — The Life Jesus Calls Blessed
Jesus describes the people of his kingdom in ways that challenge our usual ideas of success. Dependence, mercy, purity, peacemaking, and faithfulness under...
Day 56 — Putting Away the Old Ways
Learning Christ involves a new pattern of life. Paul names concrete changes: truth instead of deceit, useful work instead of theft, helpful words instead o...
Day 55 — Walking by the Spirit
Freedom in Christ is not permission to serve selfish desires. Paul calls believers to serve one another in love and walk by the Spirit. The conflict he des...
Day 54 — The Way of Love
Paul writes to a church impressed by gifts but troubled by rivalry. Even remarkable abilities accomplish nothing of lasting worth without love. His descrip...
Day 53 — A Life Offered to God
Paul’s appeal begins with God’s mercies. In response, believers offer their whole lives to him and learn a renewed way of thinking. Gifts are used humbly,...
Day 52 — Remaining in Christ’s Love
Jesus calls his disciples to remain in his love and obey his command to love one another. Obedience is a response within his love, not a purchase of it. Hi...
Day 51 — Love That Takes the Towel
Jesus knows his authority and his approaching departure, yet kneels to wash his disciples’ feet. His humble service reveals love, not insecurity. Peter mus...
Day 50 — Loving Beyond Your Circle
Jesus calls his followers to love beyond the people who love them back. The Father’s generosity reaches even those who oppose him, and his children are to...
Day 42 — Ask, Seek, Knock
Jesus encourages his disciples to keep coming to the Father. The midnight request and the comparison with human parents point to God’s generous character....
Day 48 — Walking Humbly with God
Micah confronts people who imagine extravagant offerings could replace covenant faithfulness. God has already shown what is good: justice, faithful love, a...
Day 47 — Guarding the Heart
The heart is the center of our inner life, where desires and decisions take shape. Proverbs calls us to attend to wisdom and watch our speech, eyes, and st...
Day 46 — Seeking Wisdom as Treasure
Wisdom is received from the Lord, yet we are called to seek it attentively. Listening, asking, and searching express dependence rather than self-sufficienc...
Day 45 — Holiness in Everyday Love
The holy God calls his redeemed people to reflect his character. These instructions to Israel connect worship with honesty, wages, justice, care for vulner...
Day 44 — Anxieties Brought to God
Paul invites believers to bring every concern to God with thanksgiving. God’s peace guards them in Christ; this does not mean every difficulty disappears o...
Day 43 — Courage to Speak
Threatened for speaking about Jesus, the believers pray together. They acknowledge God’s rule, remember Scripture, and ask for boldness rather than a troub...
Day 41 — Praying as Children of the Father
Jesus frees prayer from performance and empty repetition. Our Father knows our needs, yet invites us to ask. The prayer he teaches begins with God’s name,...
Day 35 — Bringing Others Before God
Abraham speaks with remarkable boldness and humility as he asks about Sodom. He appeals to the justice of the Judge of all the earth. Prayer does not make...
Day 40 — Longing for God
In a dry place, David longs for God himself. He remembers God’s power and glory, celebrates his faithful love, and thinks about him through the night. His...
Day 39 — A Clean Heart and Renewed Joy
David does not excuse his sin or offer religious activity to cover it. He appeals to God’s compassion, asks for cleansing, and longs for renewed joy and wi...
Day 33 — Equipped by Scripture
Paul encourages Timothy to continue in the Scriptures he has learned. They point him to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus and equip him for faithful...
Day 38 — Beginning the Day with God
David brings his voice and his waiting to God in the morning. He faces real evil and asks the Lord to lead him in righteousness. His access rests on God’s...
Day 37 — Pouring Out Your Heart
Hannah brings deep grief to the Lord when others do not understand her. Her prayer is neither polished nor publicly impressive. God hears her, and this acc...
Day 36 — Your Presence Is Our Need
Following Israel’s grave sin with the golden calf, Moses pleads for God’s presence. The journey and the promised land are not enough without the Lord himse...
Day 34 — Hearing That Becomes Doing
James describes a humble reception of God’s implanted word. Anger, careless speech, and self-deception can keep us from living what we hear. The mirror ima...
Day 31 — Truth in the Face of Temptation
Jesus meets temptation in the wilderness as the obedient Son. He answers with Scripture, trusting his Father rather than using power for self-serving purpo...
Day 25 — God’s Word in Ordinary Life
Moses calls Israel to love the Lord with their whole being. His words belong in the heart and in ordinary conversation, not only in a special religious set...
Day 26 — Courage Shaped by God’s Word
Joshua faces a task he cannot accomplish by courage alone. God promises his presence and commands careful attention to his instruction. The promised succes...
Day 27 — A Life with Roots
Psalm 1 contrasts two ways of living. The fruitful person delights in the Lord’s instruction and returns to it repeatedly. A planted tree grows through ste...
Day 28 — Words Sweeter than Honey
David celebrates God’s instruction as trustworthy, life-giving, and more valuable than wealth. The Word does more than inform him: it exposes hidden faults...
Day 29 — Treasuring the Word
The psalmist wants a life directed by God. He seeks, treasures, speaks, meditates, and delights; his whole person is involved. Memorizing Scripture is one...
Day 30 — Understanding Leads to Joy
After returning from exile, God’s people gather to hear his law. The reading is explained so that they understand. Their tears matter, but grief is not the...
Day 32 — Listening Before Doing
Martha welcomes Jesus and works hard, but her service becomes distracted and resentful. Mary sits at the Lord’s feet and listens. Jesus does not condemn pr...
Day 24 — Looking Toward God's City
Faith responds to God's word even when its fulfillment is not yet visible. These witnesses trusted, obeyed, and lived as people looking toward God's promis...
Day 23 — Held in the Love of Christ
God's promised good is not a trouble-free life: verse 29 points toward conformity to his Son. Paul names suffering, danger, and death without minimizing th...
Day 22 — Faith in the God Who Gives Life
Abraham's hope rested in the God who gives life to the dead, not in the apparent possibilities of his situation. Paul connects that faith with our trust in...
Day 21 — Your Father Knows
Jesus addresses everyday worries about food, drink, and clothing. He points to the Father's care and calls his disciples to seek God's kingdom and righteou...
Day 20 — Strength for the Weary
Israel fears that God has overlooked its plight. The prophet answers by pointing to the everlasting Creator, whose understanding and strength do not fail....
Day 19 — With You There Is Forgiveness
From the depths, the psalmist cries to God. If the Lord kept a record of sins against us, no one could stand. Yet with him there is forgiveness, steadfast...
Day 18 — Our Refuge in Trouble
This psalm speaks of upheaval, raging nations, and God's presence with his people. God is our refuge in trouble, not a promise that trouble will never come...
Day 10 — He Is Risen
The empty tomb and the risen Jesus overturn despair. Jesus is not a memory or a disembodied spirit: he shows his disciples his hands and feet and eats befo...
Day 11 — Justified by Grace
All have sinned, and no one can claim acceptance with God as an achievement. God justifies—declares righteous—those who trust in Jesus, freely by his grace...
Day 17 — Trust While You Wait
The prosperity of wrongdoing can stir envy and anger. This psalm invites us instead to trust the Lord, do good, and wait for him. Delighting in God is not...
Day 16 — Not One Promise Failed
Joshua looks back on God's faithfulness to Israel. The land and rest described here fulfill promises to that people in that setting; they are not a guarant...
Day 15 — The Lord Will Provide
God tests Abraham concerning the son through whom his promises will continue. This is a unique event in the biblical story, not permission to harm a child...
Day 14 — Holding Fast to the Gospel
Paul reminds the Corinthians of the gospel they received and in which they stand: Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised, according to the Sc...
Day 13 — Made Alive for a New Way of Life
Paul describes our need without flattery and God's mercy without limit: dead in sins, we are made alive with Christ. Salvation is God's gift, not the rewar...
Day 12 — Peace with God and Hope That Holds
Through faith in Christ we have peace with God and stand in grace. Suffering remains real, but it is not proof that God has abandoned us. God forms enduran...
Day 4 — Taking God at His Word
God calls Abram and promises blessing that will reach the families of the earth. Years later, Abram brings his unanswered questions to God. The promise res...
Day 9 — Mercy at the Cross
Jesus is mocked as he hangs on the cross. One criminal joins the mockery; the other admits his guilt and asks Jesus to remember him. Jesus promises him a p...
Day 8 — The King Who Gives His Life
As Jesus speaks of his coming suffering and resurrection, James and John seek places of honor. Jesus reshapes greatness around service and explains his uni...
Day 7 — Good News for Sinners
Jesus announces God's kingdom and calls people to repent and believe the good news. His invitation reaches people others dismiss. Levi leaves his tax booth...
Day 6 — The Servant Who Bears Our Sins
The servant's path leads through rejection and suffering to vindication. He bears the sins of others and brings peace through his suffering. Christians rea...
Day 5 — Rescued by God's Provision
Israel's deliverance begins with God's provision in the face of judgment. The Passover meal and the blood on the doorways were concrete instructions for Is...
Day 3 — Outside the Garden, Not Beyond God's Care
Life outside Eden is not life as God intended it to be. Exile and barred access to the tree of life show the seriousness of sin. Yet God also clothes the m...
Day 1 — Created for God
Begin your daily quiet time with Genesis 1:26–31 and 2:15–17: God’s good creation, human dignity, and grateful dependence on him.
Day 2 — When Trust Gives Way
Sin enters through distrust of God's word and goodness. The promise of independence leads instead to shame, hiding, blame, and death. Yet God comes seeking...
Getting Started
A simple introduction to daily quiet time, the five Rs, and PTCIP prayer.
Salt & Light
Reflect the Father’s goodness through everyday kindness and gracious words about Jesus. Pray, care, share, and trust God with the growth.
Self-Controlled and Alert
Stand firm in Christ with joy and humility. Learn to resist temptation, depend on the Spirit, and deal with sin promptly.
A New and Living Way
Draw near to the Father through Jesus Christ, with the Spirit’s help. Learn to pray honestly, confidently, and throughout the day.
The Richest of Fare
Grow in knowing God through reading, meditation, memorization, and obedience. Let the word of Christ dwell richly in your life.
Very Early in the Morning
Begin a simple daily time with God through Scripture and prayer, following Jesus’ example and relying on the Holy Spirit.
Amazing Grace & “Rivers of Living Water”
Discover peace with God through Jesus Christ and the new life His Spirit brings. Reflect on Romans 5:1–5 and John 7:37–39.
Translation draft: What Is the Gospel?
The gospel is the good news that God saves sinners through the life, death, resurrection, reign, and return of Jesus Christ. It begins with God, faces the reality of sin, centers o...
What Is the Gospel?
A simple, biblical explanation of the good news of Jesus Christ.
The Woman Who Chose Forgiveness in the Face of Evil
Corrie ten Boom survived a Nazi concentration camp and later faced one of her former captors. Her decision to forgive reveals the profound power of the gospel to overcome even the...
Who Goes Home Right with God?
Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and tax collector shows why mercy, not performance, makes us right with God. Discover what true faith looks like.
Who Sinned Anyway?
Jesus heals a man born blind and challenges the idea that suffering is caused by sin. Discover how John 9 reveals true spiritual sight.
When What Is Lost Matters Most
Luke 15 reveals a God who seeks the lost and rejoices when they are found. Discover the meaning of the lost sheep, coin, and son.
The Mother Who Shaped a Movement
Susanna Wesley lived a quiet life of faithfulness in the home, yet her influence shaped generations. As the mother of John and Charles Wesley, her commitment to Scripture, prayer,...
The Runner Who Ran for God’s Glory
Eric Liddell was an Olympic gold medalist who chose faithfulness to God over fame and success. His life, both on and off the track, reveals what it means to live fully for the glor...
Known and Still Invited
Jesus reveals the truth about the Samaritan woman yet offers living water. Discover how being fully known by God leads not to rejection but to new life.
Come and See!
Who Did Jesus Think He Was?
Many admire Jesus as a moral teacher, but His own words go much further. By forgiving sins, claiming authority over the law, and identifying Himself with God’s purposes, Jesus rais...
Rest for the Weary
Jesus invites the weary to find rest in Him. Discover what Matthew 11:28-30 means and how Jesus offers relief from life’s deepest burdens.
“Neither Do I Condemn You”
Jesus shows both mercy and truth to a woman caught in sin. Discover what John 8 reveals about forgiveness, guilt, and grace.
Is Christianity Intolerant?
Is Christianity intolerant because it claims to be true? The deeper question is whether truth and respect can coexist. The life of Jesus suggests that conviction about truth does n...
Invited from the Margins
If God Is Good, Why Suffering?
If God is good and powerful, why does suffering exist? This question challenges both heart and mind, inviting us to consider not only the reality of pain, but whether there is a de...
Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?
The resurrection is the central claim of Christianity. Jesus— earliest followers believed they encountered Him alive after His crucifixion. Their testimony forces a question that s...
A Seat at the Table
Can the Bible Be Trusted
Many assume the Bible has been altered or corrupted over time. Yet the historical and manuscript evidence tells a different story—one of careful preservation and early testimony th...
Is It Reasonable to Believe in God
Is belief in God reasonable in a scientific age? Rather than opposing reason, belief in God seeks to make sense of the universe, human experience, and moral reality—raising the que...
The Pastor Who Stood Firm—and Paid the Price
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor who refused to compromise his faith under Nazi rule. His life and death reveal the true cost—and the true meaning—of responding in faith to...
Why Did Jesus Come?
Is Faith the Opposite of Reason?
Is faith a blind leap or a reasoned response? Christianity presents faith not as the opposite of reason, but as trust grounded in evidence, testimony, and the historical reality of...
The Hymn Writer Who Saw More Without Sight
Fanny Crosby lost her sight as an infant, yet became one of the most influential hymn writers in Christian history. Her life reflects a deep joy and assurance rooted not in circums...
Why Does Suffering Trouble Us So Deeply
Suffering is universal, but it does more than cause pain—it raises deeper questions about meaning, justice, and reality. Why does suffering trouble us so deeply, and what might tha...
God's Love: Our Enduring Song!
The heart of God is filled with love and in its center stands a cross. The cross-the ignoble means by which God has satisfied the just demands of His Law (i.e., his own holiness) a...
As He Was in Life, So He was in Death
In order to help the church in her struggle against sin, believers throughout church history-the early church fathers, the Reformers, the Puritans-have been inspired by Scripture t...
Caught Up in a Story of Wild Proportions
"When I was a small boy," says Bruce Larson, "I attended church every Sunday at a big Gothic Presbyterian bastion in Chicago. The preaching was powerful and the music was great. Bu...
Knowing Diamonds or Loving Diamonds: Which Is It?
The famous New York diamond dealer Harry Winston heard about a wealthy Dutch merchant who was looking for a certain kind of diamond to add to his collection. Winston called the mer...
So What's the Rush? Stay and Talk
United States National Park officials welcome 250 million people to their treasured parks each year. Most visitors are day trippers, coming to look and run. In 1983, the average ti...
Go for the Wine
Every now and again we must be reminded that the Lord's Prayer begins with "Our Father" and not "Our needs." Prayer involves access to the presence of God, first and foremost. C. S...
Consider It All Joy
Introduction: A Hammer, File, and Furnace God uses many different kinds of trials in our lives in order to mold, awaken, and mature us, i.e., to make us lovely, Christlike people....
He Pitched His Tent Among Us
When narcotic's squad detectives recently raided a loft apartment in a depressed area of New York City, they came on a scene straight out of "The Beggar's Opera." Every square foot...
Our God: Awesome in Power and Glory-Always Battling for His People
One of the attributes of God's greatness is his infinite and awesome power, particularly displayed in creation and redemption. In a children's book entitled Is A Blue Whale the Big...
Series
5DQT — 90-Day Challenge
A daily rhythm of life with God in his Word and prayer
Life in the Son
Discover the riches of life in Christ: rest in his grace, draw near through Scripture and prayer, stand firm in faith, and shine as salt and light in the world.
Good Questions!
Some questions refuse to go away. They surface in quiet moments, in suffering, in conversations with friends, or in the tension between what we hope is true and what we actually ex...
Good News Stories
Explore real stories of people whose lives were transformed by Jesus Christ. From skeptics to sufferers, discover how the gospel brings real change and lasting hope.
Jesus and the Good News
Explore the life and words of Jesus through real Gospel encounters. Discover the good news as it unfolds in His teaching, calling, and saving work—and what it means for you today.