Devotion Archive
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Devotion for August 18, 2020
“Since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus … let us draw near to God …” (Hebrews 10:19-22) In other religions, drawing near to God is not considered easy — or even allowed. In the Jewish tradition, to enter into the Most Holy Place was forbidden. Only the…
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Devotion for August 17, 2020
“And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 10:10) There are many times in which we try, either intentionally or not, to pay for our sins. We try to follow all kinds of rules and regulations. We try to be “good”…
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Devotion for August 16, 2020
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.” (Luke 1:68-69) Most fathers probably feel like singing the moment their first child is born. Zechariah couldn’t contain himself. I mean, who can…
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Devotion for August 15, 2020
“By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.” (John 5:30) Know who you are trying to please. Jesus didn’t try to please everybody, so isn’t it foolish for you to try to do something…
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Devotion for August 14, 2020
“Who are you?” they asked. “Just what I have been claiming all along,” Jesus replied. (John 8:25) Jesus was constantly under pressure. There were grueling demands on His time. He rarely had personal privacy, and He was constantly interrupted. People repeatedly misunderstood, criticized, and ridiculed Him. He was under enormous stress, yet He remained at…
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Devotion for August 13, 2020
“Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.” (Isaiah 1:17) In New Testament times society had no welfare system. That’s why the apostle James wrote, “Religion that God … accepts … is … to look after orphans and widows” (James 1:27). This…
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Devotion for August 12, 2020
“Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute.” (Judges 11:1) Sociologists tell us that human behavior is largely determined by two things: our parents and our environment. Judging by that, they’d have written Jephthah off as a lost cause! But not God. His Word says, “Do not…
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Devotion for August 11, 2020
“To everything there is a season … a time to laugh … to dance … to love.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) When did you last take time to laugh, to dance, and to love? Can you even remember? In the words of an unknown poet: “This is the age of the half-read page; the quick hash and…
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Devotion for August 10, 2020
“We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.” (1 John 3:14) We are saved by God’s love and not by our love. We don’t love God so that He might love us. We don’t love our neighbor hoping to merit…