“Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. “They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘This […]
01/26/2024 Daily Devotion – The Atonement Cover!
“There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.” (Exodus 25:22 NIV84) In this section of Exodus, the Lord gave Moses the instructions for making the tabernacle. In great detail the Lord provided Moses […]
11/24/2023 Daily Devotion – Interesting parallels!
“The Lord replied, ‘Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way through to come up to the Lord, or he will break out against them.’ So Moses went down to the people and told them.” — Exodus 19:24-25 (NIV84) Over the last couple days I […]
09/09/23 Daily Devotions – ‘Finally, brothers…’
“Finally, brothers, good-bye. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.” (2 Corinthians 13:11 NIV84) Who of us doesn’t want God’s love and peace present with us at all times? When we experienced it the first time it […]
08/11/23 Daily Devotion – Don’t let Satan outwit you!
“If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven – if there was anything to forgive – I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.” — 2 Corinthians 2:10, 11 (NIV84) We […]
03/20/23 Daily Devotion – The message remains the same!
“and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” (Luke 24:47 NIV84) Jesus opened the meaning of the Scriptures to His disciples and explained why it was necessary that He die and rise again so that humanity might be saved. Then He told them that their […]
03/15/23 Daily Devotion – Jesus did not die by crucifixion!
“Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ When he had said this, he breathed his last.” (Luke 23:46, NIV84) I get a lot of comfort from Jesus’ final statement from the cross. He no longer says, “My God, My God…”, but once again the deeply relational “Father” […]
03/14/23 Daily Devotion – Darkness came over the whole land!
“It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.” (Luke 23:44 NIV84) I have been putting off this devotion for hours. This verse makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It’s beyond the feeling I have when I watch a horror film … […]
03/06/23 Daily Devotion – The Look!
“The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: ‘Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.’” (Luke 22:61) This verse has haunted me since my first reading of it — to have the Lord not only predict my denial, but then […]
02/25/23 Daily Devotion – Given and shed for you!
“And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.’ ” […]
