Category: Daily Devotion

Psalm 19: 1 – 6  NLT 1 The heavens proclaim the glory of God.    The skies display his craftsmanship.2 Day after day they continue to speak;    night after night they make him known.3 They speak without a sound or word;    their voice is never heard.  4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,    and their words to all the world. God has...

Psalm 18 For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the Lord. He sang this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul. He sang: I love you, Lord;    you are my strength.2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;    my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.He...

Psalm 15 A psalm of David. 1 Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord?    Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?2 Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right,    speaking the truth from sincere hearts.3 Those who refuse to gossip    or harm their neighbors    or speak evil of their friends.4 Those who despise flagrant sinners,    and honor the faithful followers of...

Psalm 13 For the choir director: A psalm of David. 1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?    How long will you look the other way?2 How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,    with sorrow in my heart every day?    How long will my enemy have the upper hand? 3 Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!    Restore the...

Psalm 12 1 Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing!    The faithful have vanished from the earth!2 Neighbors lie to each other,    speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.3 May the Lord cut off their flattering lips    and silence their boastful tongues.4 They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content.    Our lips are our own—who can stop us?” 5 The Lord replies, “I have seen violence...

Life is starting to look a tiny bit more like the “normal” we used to have. As the last month of our summer begins, I am taking a break from Luke and concentrating on various psalms. This month we can start visiting friends and family, and maybe even fitting some vacation time in. We’re not...

Luke 12: 35 – 48  NLT “Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks. 37 The servants who are ready and waiting for his...

Luke 12: 22 – 34  NLT “Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said, “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. 23 For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing. 24 Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or...

Luke 12: 13 – 21  NLT 13 Then someone called from the crowd, “Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father’s estate with me.” 14 Jesus replied, “Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that?” 15 Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you...

Luke 12: 1 – 12  NLT “Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy. 2 The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be...

Luke 11: 37 – 54  NLT “Jesus Criticizes the Religious Leaders 37 As Jesus was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home for a meal. So he went in and took his place at the table. 38 His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by...

Our grandmother from yesterday’s Bible passage was a horrible woman.  Her concern was very much for herself to the point of seeking out her grandsons and destroying them so she could have the throne. It should not surprise us to find that her mother is none other than Jezebel of the Old Testament.  Queen Jezebel...

Today’s devotional comes from a Biblical soap opera.  In this real-life account, we meet a woman of the Old Testament who does just the opposite of yesterday’s sisters.  This woman has a chance to move up in the world but goes to great lengths to see that position goes to a male instead. The full...

This week we are focusing on women of the Old Testament. Some will be familiar to you, like Abigail, and others may be new to you, including a woman named ‘Noah.’   These 5 sisters are our next women of the Old Testament and they are found in Numbers 27, just proceeding the commissioning ceremony...

Yesterday we met Nabal, whose name means ‘fool,’ and his wife Abigail.  After hurling insults at David and his men, Nabal has put his whole family at risk of being killed in the anger of retaliation.  If it wasn’t for Abigail stepping in and appeasing King David with her words and her gift of food...

This week, we are going to enjoy a series of devotions bases on women in the Old Testament. Thank you, Wendy, for being part of our devotions team.                                     ************************************************* Abigail is an interesting woman of the Old Testament.  She actually becomes the wife of King David, but in the Biblical account we will look...

29 As the crowd pressed in on Jesus, he said, “This evil generation keeps asking me to show them a miraculous sign. But the only sign I will give them is the sign of Jonah. 30 What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to the Son of...

Luke 11: 14 – 28  NLT 14 One day Jesus cast out a demon from a man who couldn’t speak, and when the demon was gone, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed, 15 but some of them said, “No wonder he can cast out demons. He gets his power from Satan, the prince of demons.” 16 Others, trying...

Luke 11: 5 – 13  NLT 5 Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him, 6 ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’ 7 And suppose he calls...

Luke 11: 1 – 4 “Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy.    May your Kingdom come soon.3 Give us...