Category: Daily Devotions

“We saw the Nephilim there … We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” (Numbers 13:33) Moses sent twelve men of Israel, one from each tribe, to explore the land of Canaan. Only two of the explorers, Joshua and Caleb, came back with a good report (see Numbers…

“Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?” (Numbers 12:2) As we saw yesterday in Numbers 11, even though Moses was a unique ­prophet of God, God’s Spirit was poured out on other leaders in Israel. This was apparently the context for Miriam and Aaron saying, “Hasn’t the…

“And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.” (Matthew 6:7) Here’s what Jesus taught about prayer: “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again…

“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” (Psalm 27:14) The psalmist encourages us to wait for the Lord. When the wicked are causing mischief, don’t punish them yourself. Wait for the Lord. When you see sickness and suffering, and when you feel death looming near, don’t despair. Wait…

“I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” (Numbers 11:29) It was clear to Israel that Moses spoke for God. God would meet with Moses in the tent of meeting and give him words to say to the people. So when Joshua heard about…

“When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ And Moses said, ‘Here I am.’” (Exodus 3:4) Never judge a person’s potential by what they appear to be right now. Moses, one of history’s greatest leaders, was tending sheep when God called him.…

“… through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;” (2 Corinthians 6:8) Kelli B. Trujillo writes: “I’m not your servant!” I half-grunted, half-spoke to one of my kids as I got on my hands and knees to pick up pasta he’d decided to deposit on the floor. Then a…

“Now the people complained …” (Numbers 11:1)” Complaining can seem like a favorite pastime for many of us. We complain about the weather and what we have to wear. We complain about food and finding nothing to do. We complain about traffic and technology. Complaining was second nature for Israel during the wilderness years. In…

“Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.” (Acts 14:17) The Bible tells us that God reveals Himself to all humans through nature. For example, God testifies to His existence and power through the existence…