“The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’” (Luke 23:35 NIV84) “If He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” Just the fact that they would put that in the form of […]
03/07/23 Daily Devotion – Sometimes we don’t want to hear the answer to our own question!
“They all asked, ‘Are you then the Son of God?’ He replied, ‘You are right in saying that I am!’” (Luke 22:70) This verse frustrates me so much! It’s like when Pilate was standing with Jesus and asked, “What is truth?” to the One who is the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. In […]
02/17/23 Daily Devotion – Paying Taxes…
“Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” (Luke 20:22, NIV84) Jesus had taken over the temple on the biggest week of the Jewish church year (Passover). There is nothing that the religious leaders could do about it. Can you imagine how infuriating this was to the them? Jesus was upsetting […]
02/14/23 Daily Devotion – What would your answer be?
“ ‘Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,’ they said. ‘Who gave you this authority?’ He replied, ‘I will also ask you a question. Tell me, John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?’ They discussed it among themselves and said, ‘If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Why didn’t you […]
02/13/23 Daily Devotion – The contrast of the two kingdoms!
“Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.” (Luke 19:47–48, NIV84) These two verses, once again, show […]
02/12/23 Daily Devotion – It’s time for a good cleaning!
“Then he entered the temple area and began driving out those who were selling. ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘My house will be a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.’ ” (Luke 19:45–46, NIV84) From my perspective, the last week of Jesus’ life was an opportunity for […]
01/12/2023 Daily Devotion – ‘…but you were not willing!’
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!” (Luke 13:34, NIV84) When Jesus spoke these words Jerusalem was the religious capital of Judaism and had […]
11/22/2022 Daily Devotion – Go and do likewise!
“’Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?’ The expert in the law replied, ‘The one who had mercy on him.’ Jesus told him, ‘Go and do likewise.’” (Luke 10:36–37, NIV84) Jesus ended the parable of the Good Samaritan with a question, “Which […]
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 […]
10/17/2022 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.
