“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 … […]
03/11/23 Daily Devotion – ‘Father forgive them…’
“Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.” (Luke 23:34, NIV84) These are not the words I would expect to come from a man who had just been unjustly beaten, scourged and crucified. He doesn’t even plead His case from the cross. I […]
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.’ ” […]
02/10/23 Daily Devotion – God weeps!
“As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace — but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle […]
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 […]
01/06/2023 Daily Devotion – Where is your treasure/heart?
“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 […]
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 […]
