Category: Daily Devotions

“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed …” (Mark 4:3-4) When someone begins to tell you a story and it sounds unusual, it draws you in as you try to figure out why the story is being told this way. For example, it wouldn’t make any sense…

Do you really think you can solve all your problems on your own? Do you really believe that you have the wisdom needed to fix your life? Proverbs 14:12 reminds us, “There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” God’s solutions aren’t always complicated or…

“Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” (James 1:15) When God says no to sin, He’s not being demanding — He’s being protective. The Bible explains the dangers and subtleties of sin this way: “Each one is tempted when he is drawn…

“He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: ‘Listen! …’” (Mark 4:2-3) Our lives are filled with distractions, and often we like it that way. Many of us also like background or white noise that can help to distract us from distractions! With all the noise that fills our environments, it…

“He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.” (Mark 3:14) It is understandable that large crowds followed Jesus with enthusiasm. He had healed many, and word had gotten around. Jesus had come to call followers, but he…

“However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.” (Romans 4:5) There are only two ways you can become “righteous”. The first is through trying, and the second is through trusting. When you try to earn God’s approval by your performance, you can…

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) Here’s an amazing and life-changing truth. The God who made His sinless Son to “be sin” takes unrighteous people like us and makes them “righteous”. How does it happen?…

“Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, ‘Stand up in front of everyone.’” (Mark 3:3) When you don’t use a muscle for some time, it weakens. Something had happened to this man’s hand so that he could not use it, and it had become virtually useless to him. For all practical purposes, the…

“If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land.” (Isaiah 1:19) In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria became tired of his responsibilities as king, the pressures of international politics, and the mundane worldliness of court life. He made an application to Prior Richard at a local monastery…