Daily Devotions from Firmly Rooted (archive of 975 devotions). Browse by book, series, or season, or search below.
“’You have answered correctly,’ Jesus replied. ‘Do this and you will live.’ But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’” (Luke 10:28–29, NIV84) It’s not very often that Jesus told someone that he or she was correct. But He did to this young man. The man came to…
“Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’” (Luke 10:9, NIV84) One can’t seem to escape the reality that the “kingdom of God” is the core teaching of the New Testament. John the Baptist and Jesus both began their ministries proclaiming that the kingdom of God was…
“He told them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.’” (Luke 10:2–3, NIV84) I have heard a lot of sermons on these verses over the years — almost…
“Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.’” (Luke 9:62, NIV84) Looking back is a dangerous thing! We learn from the Old Testament that Lot’s wife looked back toward Sodom and Gomorrah and was turned into a pillar of salt….
“An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. Then he said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For…
“A voice came from the cloud, saying, ‘This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.’” (Luke 9:35, NIV84) Peter, James and John’s experience with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration was about to end. They had experienced the most amazing thing. They had seen Jesus glorified into His natural exalted state. They…
“As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters — one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ (He did not know what he was saying.)” (Luke 9:33, NIV84) I think men, especially, can relate to this…
“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?” (Luke 9:25, NIV84) I imagine that we make hundreds, even thousands, of choices every day. Most of them do not amount to much. We decide what we should have for breakfast. Should I have another…
“Then he said to them all: ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.’” (Luke 9:23–24, NIV84) I titled a devotion not too long…
“Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. And he said, ‘The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.’” (Luke 9:21–22, NIV84) So, have you ever…