“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46 NIV84) You know, I think I should be exempt from God’s Word catching me by surprise and hitting me in the head like a 2-by-4. Why? Because I am the devotion guy. Shouldn’t I have this all pulled together? […]
10/25/2022 Daily Devotion – Lord, just say the word!
“But say the word, and my servant will be healed.” (Luke 7:7, NIV84) These are the words of a Roman centurion to Jesus as Jesus made His way to the centurion’s home to heal the man’s servant. The centurion told Jesus that he was unworthy of Jesus coming to his house and that all Jesus […]
10/24/2022 Daily Devotion – The subtle process of speck and log removal!
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, […]
10/23/2022 Daily Devotion – Watch the fruit, including your own!
“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things […]
10/22/2022 Daily Devotion – It’s ours to manage, not control!
“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Luke 6:38, NIV84) Because we are a fallen people, there exists a tension within our understanding of God’s place […]
10/20/2022 Daily Devotion – Which kingdom are we living for?
“Looking at his disciples, he said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and […]
10/19/2022 Daily Devotion – What’s lawful to do on the Sabbath?
“Then Jesus said to them, ‘I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?’” (Luke 6:9, NIV84) The religious leaders were just looking for a reason to trip Jesus up. Rather than understand that Jesus was the fulfillment of all their religious […]
10/18/2022 Daily Devotion – Patches and wineskins!
“He told them this parable: ‘No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the […]
10/17/2022 Daily Devotion – Jesus came for the broken, sick and sinful!
Jesus calls us to look under the masks we wear in public and face our real selves. He calls us to recognize and admit our brokenness and sinfulness so that we might be made righteous through His death and resurrection.
10/16/2022 Daily Devotion – Are you spending time alone with God?
Isn’t it time that we stop using our prayer life “in case of emergency” and use it as a way to foster an ongoing relationship with God?
