“Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, ‘May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.’ (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived […]
01/28/2023 Daily Devotion – Let’s stop to thank the Lord!
“One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.” (Luke 17:15 NIV84) This verse comes from Luke’s account of when Jesus healed ten people who had leprosy. As you know, leprosy was a very contagious deadly disease. People who contracted leprosy were called the “walking dead.” They […]
01/09/2023 Daily Devotion – What is lawful on the Sabbath?
“The Lord answered him, ‘You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from […]
11/06/2022 Daily Devotion – Despite what we see, we must believe!
“While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. ‘Your daughter is dead,’ he said. ‘Don’t bother the teacher any more.’ Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.’” (Luke 8:49–50, NIV84) Jesus had stopped everyone on the way to Jairus’s house, where He […]
11/05/2022 Daily Devotion – Our brushes with God should not be incidental!
“’Who touched me?’ Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, ‘Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.’” (Luke 8:45, NIV84) Jesus and His disciples were on the busy streets working their way to Jairus’s house to heal his daughter, who was very ill. As they were walking among the crowds of people, […]
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.
10/15/2022 Daily Devotion – Jesus cares about every aspect of your life!
Jesus will always work to deal with the issue that has eternal ramifications before He addresses the one with temporal ramifications.
10/14/2022 Daily Devotion – Our God reaches out and touches us!
“He didn’t have to touch him…. He could have told him to go wash in a river somewhere. But no! Jesus stretched out His hand and touched the leper. What an act of divine grace.”
