Category: Daily Devotions

“But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:57) Jesus promised what no other religious leader could: that He’d return from the dead, and also resurrect His followers from the grave. And He has already made a good-faith deposit on that promise. When He died, “……

Jesus is silent on Saturday. The women have anointed his body and placed it in Joseph’s tomb. The cadaver of Christ is as mute as the stone which guards it. He spoke many words on our behalf on Friday, the greatest of which is “It is finished”. He will liberate the slaves of death on…

“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” (Colossians 4:6) If you habitually put your foot in your mouth, there’s a scriptural remedy. “Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone” (v. 6). Notice…

“But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.” (Hebrews 3:6) Read Hebrews 3:1–8 The Bible provides many word pictures of the relationship between God and his people: Parents and children; groom and bride; ruler…

“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” (John 15:4) A branch doesn’t bear fruit by trying, working, or straining. It bears fruit by simply “abiding”. What does this mean? How…

“Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from the essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair.” (John 12:3) How excited or emotional do you ever get about your relationship with Jesus? In the culture many of us have grown up in, we tend…

Today is called “Palm Sunday.” It’s when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the people honored him with their equivalent of a parade, waving palm branches and shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” (John 12:13). These words came from Psalm 118:26. In Old Testament times, people waved palm branches during various…

What a blessing it is to know that God keeps His watchful eye over us! God never slumbers or sleeps. He is always watching out for us, always ready to help. He never stops watching. There is no place that we can go that His Loving Eyes are not upon us. There is nothing we…

“He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.” (Luke 19:3,4) Read Luke 19:1–10 I am reminded of the story of Zacchaeus every time I am in…