Category: Daily Devotions

A wall of water eclipsed Peter’s view. A wind gust snapped the mast with a crack. Peter shifted his attention away from Jesus and toward the storm, and when he did, he sank like a brick in a pond. Give the storm more attention than the Storm Walker and get ready to do the same.…

“They were amazed at His teaching, for His message was with authority … Amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, ‘What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out!’” (Luke 4:32, 36) Why was Jesus’ ministry so unique? Why did…

“I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD.” (Ezekiel 38:23, NASB) In the 37th chapter of his book, Ezekiel described how the Spirit of the LORD “set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was…

“If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” (Luke 17:3-4) Born in Moscow in 1821, Fedor Dostoevski became one of the world’s most influential novelists. But his life almost ended…

“Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be, for the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. They speak falsehood to one another; with flattering lips and with a double heart they speak … The words of the LORD are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven…

“Those who had seen it reported to them how the man who was demon possessed had been made well. And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear; and He got into a boat and returned.” (Luke 8:36…

“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” (Colossians 3:2) The Bible says, “Set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.” There are many things that happen in this world which can easily affect our mind and emotions,…

“Not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.” (Romans 14:7-8) It’s natural and instinctive for each of us to think about ourselves…

“He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him, and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.” (Luke 19:47-48) People followed Jesus because His…