Category: Daily Devotion

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...

Luke 11: 1 – 4 Teaching about Prayer “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...

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”   Jeremiah 29: 11 As the pandemic starts to slow down, and our country/province begins to open up again, do I ever have plans! I’m going to visit with family out of town. I’m going to start...

Luke 10: 25 – 41 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your...

Luke 10: 13 – 24 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And you,...

Luke 10: 1 – 12 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers...

Isaiah 43:18-19  (NIV) “Forget the former things;    do not dwell on the past.19 See, I am doing a new thing!    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wilderness    and streams in the wasteland.” The past year has been difficult. The pandemic has brought so many changes, and especially changes we didn’t...

Luke 9: 51 – 62 NLT 51 As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. Luke uses this statement to let us know he will now concentrate on the end of Jesus’ ministry on earth. In his commentary, Living Insights: Luke, Charles Swindoll refers back to a...

Ephesians 5:20  NLT “And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT “Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” Colossians 4:2 NLT “Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.” These are the...

Luke: 37 – 50 NLT Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy 37 The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus. 38 A man in the crowd called out to him, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, my only child. 39 An evil spirit keeps seizing him, making him scream. It throws...

Luke 9: 28 – 36 NLT The Transfiguration 28 About eight days later Jesus took Peter, John, and James up on a mountain to pray. 29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30 Suddenly, two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared and began talking with Jesus. 31 They were glorious to...

Luke 9: 18 – NLT Peter’s Declaration about Jesus 18 One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” 19 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other ancient prophets...