“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Luke 12:34, NIV84) Jesus has this wonderful way of getting right to the point. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Whatever is most important to us will get our time, attention, devotion and our heart. And whatever gets our […]
01/05/2023 Daily Devotion – Kingdom Seekers
“And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.” (Luke 12:29–31, NIV84) We tend to […]
01/04/2023 Daily Devotion – Are you stressed? Do you worry? STOP!
“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?” (Luke 12:25–26, NIV84) This verse cracks me up and convicts me every time I read it. Jesus is talking about stress and worry. Who of us isn’t […]
01/03/2023 Daily Devotion – Don’t be afraid to share your faith!
“’When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.’” (Luke 12:11–12, NIV84) I have been preaching and teaching for more than 30 years. I am living proof […]
01/02/2023 Daily Devotion – Are you fearing the right thing?
“’I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.’” (Luke 12:4–5, […]
01/01/2023 Daily Devotion – Warning! Do not distort the Word of God!
“Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.” (Luke 11:52, NIV84) “Woe to you…” Words of warning that would cause any one of us to pause for a moment to assess the source and […]
11/30/2022 Daily Devotion – Live in the light of Christ!
“Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness. See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and […]
11/29/2022 Daily Devotion – ‘Hide it under a bushel…No!’
“No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.” (Luke 11:33, NIV84) Could Jesus have said anything more obvious? No one lights a lamp and then “puts […]
11/28/2022 Daily Devotion – ‘Father, please remove all obstacles!’
“As the crowds increased, Jesus said, ‘This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. The Queen of the South will rise […]
11/27/2022 Daily Devotion – Let’s hear the word of God and obey it!
“As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, ‘Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.’ He replied, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.’” (Luke 11:27–28, NIV84) A very wise teacher once said that “the shortest but most difficult distance […]
