GPS for the week of October 26th, 2025
“Look at the Proud! Their Spirit is Not Right in Them, but the Righteous Live by Their Faith”
Using your phone? Try a new app: www.bible.com
Zaccheus joyfully stood before Jesus and gave up his own pride
and wealth in this world, ignoring the criticism of those around
him. The grace of our Lord will also transform us as we put our
pride and worldly strength behind us to serve others.
Dear Lord, fill us with joy as we surrender our pride and
possessions in this world. Lead us into your creative life of
good works. Amen.
Monday 10.27 “O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and
you will not listen?”
Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
“The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw. O Lord, how long
shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you
‘Violence!’ and you will not save? Why do you make me see
wrong-doing and look at trouble? Destruction and violence are
before me; strife and contention arise. So the law becomes slack
and justice never prevails. The wicked surround the righteous—
therefore judgment comes forth perverted.” We must draw near to
our Lord, even as we are overwhelmed by images of destruction
and violence in our own country and community.
Tuesday 10.28 “The righteous live by their faith.”
Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
“I will stand at my watchpost, and station myself on the rampart; I
will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will
answer concerning my complaint. Then the Lord answered me
and said: Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a
runner may read it. For there is still a vision for the appointed
time; it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it seems to tarry,
wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay. Look at the proud!
Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith.”
Our righteousness is not our own, but we live by faith in the Lord
of life.
Wednesday 10.29 “Your promise is well tried, and your servant
loves it.”
Psalm 119:137-144
“You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgments are right. You
have appointed your decrees in righteousness and in all
faithfulness. My zeal consumes me because my foes forget your
words. Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it. I am
small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts. Your
righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the
truth. Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but your
commandments are my delight. Your decrees are righteous
forever; give me understanding that I may live.” Our Lord is good.
Let us delight in his great love for us.
Thursday 10.30 “The love of every one of you for one
another is increasing.”
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12
“Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians
in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and
peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We must
always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is
right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of
every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we
ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your
steadfastness and faith during all your persecutions and the
afflictions that you are enduring.” What joy it is to grow in love for
one another as we grow in our Lord!
Friday 10.31 “According to the grace of our God and the
Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12
“We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters,
as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love
of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore, we
ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your
steadfastness and faith during all your persecutions and the
afflictions that you are enduring. To this end we always pray for
you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will
fulfill by his power every good resolve and work of faith, so that
the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in
him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
We must steadfastly work together in afflictions and persecutions
to rejoice as our church grows in the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Saturday 11.1 “For the Son of Man came to seek out and
to save the lost.”
Luke 19:1-10
“He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there
named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He
was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he
could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and
climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to
pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and
said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at
your house today.’ So he hurried down and was happy to
welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, ‘He has
gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.’ Zacchaeus stood
there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I
will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I
will pay back four times as much.’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Today
salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of
Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the
lost.’” Zacchaeus knew his need for Jesus. He didn’t hesitate to
climb a tree, welcome Jesus into his home, ignore the criticism of
important people, and give away his possessions. Let’s go with
Zaccheus to rejoice in the love of our Lord!!