Category: Daily Devotional

  • Sabbath Works

    On a Sabbath…going through the grain fields…plucked and ate some…grain…the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” And Jesus answered…, “Have you not read what David did…he entered the house of God and…ate the bread…not lawful for any…And He said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” On another Sabbath, He…

  • The Confronter

    …the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to His [Jesus’] disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” They (the…

  • Sovereign Healer

    While…[Jesus] was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy…begged Him, “Lord, if You will, You can make me clean…Jesus…touched him, saying, “I will; be clean…[Jesus] charged him to tell no one…even more the report about Him went abroad, and great crowds gathered…to be healed…But, He would withdraw to desolate places and pray…[Jesus] was teaching…some men were…

  • Following and Sovereignty

    …a scribe…said to Him [Jesus], “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go…Another…said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father…And Jesus said…, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.” And when He got into the boat, His disciples followed…there arose a great storm…the boat…swamped…but He was asleep. And they…woke him, saying, “Save us,…

  • The Healer

    And He [Jesus] went down to Capernaum…teaching…and they were astonished…for His word possessed Authority…And…there was a man who had…an unclean demon, and he cried out…But Jesus rebuked him…he came out…having done him no harm…And reports about Him went out into every place…And He [Jesus]…entered Simon’s house… Simon’s mother-in-law was ill…He stood over her and rebuked the fever… she rose and…

  • Hometown Infamy

    And Jesus returned in the power of the [Holy] Spirit to Galilee, and a report about Him went out through all the surrounding country. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. And He [Jesus] came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up…went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day…stood up to read…Isaiah…where it was written, The [Holy]…

  • The Solid Foundation

    Everyone, then, who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who…does not…

  • False Prophets

    Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits…A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit…Thus you will recognize them by their fruits…Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does…

  • Judge, Ask &, Enter

    Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged…Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye…hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take…

  • Do Not Be Anxious

    Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life…Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they…But if God so clothes the…