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108 illustrations
Matthew 3:1-12 18:1-8 encourages the long obedience of prayer, fasting, and mercy—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 Luke 12:13-21 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Matthew 11:2-11 31:27-34 names what we avoid: neutrality in injustice is still a choice—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 Timothy 2:8-15 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Matthew 11:2-11 32:1-3a, 6-15 won’t let us separate altar from neighbor; communion demands compassion—today, not someday.
Matthew 11:2-11 1-21 calls our “goodness” what it is without Christ: insufficient—today, not someday.
Matthew 11:2-11 91:1-6, 14-16 comforts us: the Church’s remedies are for the wounded, not the perfect.
Matthew 11:2-11 Luke 12:32-40 feels foreign, it may be because we’ve reduced faith to information—today, not someday.
Matthew 11:2-11 Psalm 66:1-12 sounds political, remember: oppression is already political—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 1:1-6 refuses a private gospel; the kingdom always leaks into public life—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 12:32-40 declares that oppression is not permanent when God is present—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 18:9-14 shatters self-salvation—your best efforts can’t pay what only Christ can forgive—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 12:49-56 shows that freedom is received by faith, not achieved by effort—today, not someday.
Matthew 11:2-11 14:25-33 reminds us: the gospel is for proclamation, and faith must be owned personally.
Matthew 3:1-12 Luke 18:1-8, the Word confronts the individual and forms a covenant people by conviction.
Matthew 3:1-12 Hosea 1:2-10 feels demanding, remember: love is demanding because it is real—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 14:1, 7-14 confronts our distractions—without watchfulness, we lose our souls by inches—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 Isaiah 5:1-7, God meets ordinary people and turns them into carriers of hope—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 1:2-10 exposes counterfeit faith—right words without repentance are still rebellion—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 14:25-33 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Matthew 11:2-11 12:18-29 confronts hype—manifestations without love are spiritual noise—today, not someday.
Matthew 11:2-11 2:6-15 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Matthew 11:2-11 1:4-10 calls the Church to be a visible sign of God’s mercy in the world.
Matthew 11:2-11 32:1-3a, 6-15 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.