Direction
For choices, and the question of what really matters.
- A way, not a mapI am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.John 14:6
- Light at the feastI am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will…John 8:12
- A door in and outI am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and…John 10:9
- Houses on pilesTherefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who…Matthew 7:24
- Where your heart goesFor where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.Matthew 6:21
- The first questionWhat do you want?John 1:38
- What it's worthWhat does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?Mark 8:36
- The first wordsDid you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?Luke 2:49
- Not to destroy, but to fulfilDo not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish…Matthew 5:17
- Guided into truthHowever, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth.John 16:13
- Count the costWhich of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if…Luke 14:28
- Two mastersNo one can serve two masters. … You cannot serve both God and money.Matthew 6:24
- Whose image?Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.Matthew 22:21
- Life isn't possessionsWatch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in…Luke 12:15
- Bigger barnsYou fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have…Luke 12:20
- Truth that sets freeThen you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.John 8:32
- Hungry for righteousnessBlessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.Matthew 5:6
- A pure heartBlessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.Matthew 5:8
- Don't look backNo one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.Luke 9:62
- Yes means yesSimply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.Matthew 5:37
- The pearlAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. When he found one…Matthew 13:45 and 46
- Not staying where success isLet us go on to the neighboring towns so I can preach there as well, for that is why I have…Mark 1:38
- Where it beginsBut I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed…Matthew 5:28
- Pearls and swineDo not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine.Matthew 7:6
- The narrow gateEnter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to…Matthew 7:13
- By their fruitsBy their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from…Matthew 7:16
- Not everyone who says LordNot everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who…Matthew 7:21
- Take heed how you hearPay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever…Luke 8:18
- The lowest placeFor everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be…Luke 14:11
- A name and a gateIf they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone…Luke 16:31
- Woe unto thee, ChorazinWoe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you…Matthew 11:21
- Every idle wordBut I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word…Matthew 12:36
- From the inside outNothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a…Mark 7:15
- Reading the skyYou know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.Matthew 16:3
- Where I amYou will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.John 7:34
- Those who think they seeFor judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may…John 9:39
- What people esteemYou are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is…Luke 16:15
- He loved himThere is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will…Mark 10:21
- The weightier mattersWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin.…Matthew 23:23
- What is truth?My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by…John 18:36
- Not I, but the LordTo the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her…1 Corinthians 7:10
- Sardis: wake upWake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die.Revelation 3:2
Reading plans with this theme
- Forty days to EasterThe life of Jesus in forty words, from the temple in Jerusalem to Easter morning. Start on Wednesday 17 February 2027 and read every day, Sundays included. Day 33 then falls on Palm Sunday, day 38 on Good Friday and day 40 on Easter Sunday, 28 March 2027. Lent itself begins a week earlier, on Ash Wednesday, because its Sundays are not counted.40 days
- The beginningThe first words of Jesus, from the temple at twelve to the first days in Galilee. Eighteen days.18 days
- Jesus in GalileeMiracles, conversations and hard sayings around the lake. Forty-three words from the time in Galilee, roughly in the order the Gospels tell them.43 days
- The great discourses in JohnBread, light, the door, the shepherd, the resurrection. The long conversations of the fourth Gospel, in four weeks.27 days
- Seven times I amIn the Gospel of John, Jesus says seven times who he is, each time with an image from everyday life.7 days
- The whole Sermon on the MountJesus' best-known teaching in thirty-four words, from the Beatitudes to the house on the rock. Five weeks, from Matthew 5 to 7.34 days
- All the parablesForty-three stories and images Jesus used, roughly in the order of the Gospels. Just over six weeks, one story a day.43 days
- Jesus and your working weekAbout faithfulness, money, leadership, planning and rest. For people who work hard and want to know what Jesus says about it.11 days
- What it costs to followEight words about calling. Honest about the price, and about what you receive in return.8 days