Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked. He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to […]
02/23/23 Daily Devotion – Stand Firm!
“By standing firm you will gain life.” (Luke 21:19, NIV84) It was nearing the end of the final week of Jesus’ life and He was talking with His disciples about end times. To be clear, Jesus knew the world would not always be the way we see it today. He knew things would get very, very bad, and then […]
02/22/23 Daily Devotion – Make up your mind!
“But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.” (Luke 21:14–15, NIV84) We all remember the verse that tells us not to worry about what we are going to say […]
02/21/23 Daily Devotion – Stewardship is a heart condition!
“As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ‘I tell you the truth,’ He said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their […]
02/20/23 Daily Devotion – God has an intended meaning!
Then Jesus said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is the Son of David? David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.’ David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be […]
02/19/23 Daily Devotion – Checkmate!
“And no one dared to ask him any more questions.” (Luke 20:40, NIV84) While Jesus was teaching in the temple during the last week of His life, He faced numerous challenges from religious leaders who were trying to test/trip Him up. But to no avail! Jesus so rightly and precisely answered their challenges that He […]
02/18/23 Daily Devotion – The Resurrection!
“’Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?’” (Luke 20:33, NIV84) This was an awfully strange question for a Sadducee, who didn’t believe in the resurrection, to be asking Jesus. Unless, like the others, his goal was to try to trip Jesus up and catch Him […]
01/16/2023 Daily Devotion – Have you come to your senses?
“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!’” (Luke 15:17, NIV84) This verse is a quote from the Prodigal Son. You remember, the one who couldn’t wait for his inheritance. He needed to get out from under […]
01/15/2023 Daily Devotion – Let’s diligently seek and find the lost among us!
“Suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell […]
01/14/2023 Daily Devotion – Have you maintained your ‘saltiness’?
“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?” (Luke 14:34 NIV 84) Salt has a purpose. Actually, it has several purposes. One in particular is its ability to season foods. Salt has a particular flavoring ability to enhance the taste of many foods. Salt sits in the […]
