Posts from 2018 (Page 4)
Daily Devotions: November 25, 2018
November 25, 2018 To read full passage click: John 18:37 …“Pilate asked him, ‘So you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.’” vs. 37 Pilate was having a hard time figuring Jesus out, and Jesus isn’t making it easy for him. It was being said that Jesus…
Daily Devotions: November 24, 2018
November 24, 2018 To read full passage click: John 18:33-36 …“Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.’” vs. 36 Even though Jesus was the king, he did not expect his followers to engage in military activity. Instead of picking up the sword, they would wage war…
Daily Devotions: November 23, 2018
November 23, 2018 To read full passage click: Revelation 1:4b-8 …“To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” vss. 5b-6 Today is Black Friday, the beginning of the Christmas shopping frenzy. Early this morning, parking lots were filled as millions of shoppers competed for amazing bargains at unheard of prices. Now…
Daily Devotions: November 22, 2018
November 22, 2018 Thanksgiving Day! To read full passage click: Matthew 6:25-33 …“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” vs. 25 Today is the one day of the year when it’s more than likely that everyone in our country will have plenty to eat. All across the land…
Daily Devotions: November 21, 2018
November 21, 2018 To read full passage click: Psalm 126 …“The Lord has done great things for us, and we rejoiced.” vs. 3 People of every tribe and nation all around the world, consistently take time in the course of a year for great celebrations of thanksgiving. Even when times have been bad, when drought and tragedy have come near, we’ve found reasons for giving thanks. Our persistence surely means that there’s a thanksgiving gene encoded in the spirals of…
Daily Devotions: November 20, 2018
November 20, 2018 To read full passage click: Psalm 93 …“The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength. He has established the world; it shall never be moved;” vs. 1 As the psalmist searched for ways to describe the power and majesty of the Lord he ended up using the word “king.” It meant something different in those days than it does now. For us, it simply designates the head of…
Daily Devotions: November 19, 2018
November 19, 2018 To read full passage click: Daniel 7:9-10,13-14 …“As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him.” vs. 13 Some people love to analyze dreams. They believe that these night visions, as they’re called in Daniel, can reveal hidden fears and aspirations–that they can even serve as windows to our souls. If we happen to…
Daily Devotions: November 18, 2018
November 18, 2018 To read the full passage click: Mark 13:5-8 …“Then Jesus began to say to them, ‘Beware that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name and say, “I am he!” and they will lead many astray.’” vss. 5-6 In recent years we’ve become aware of the increasingly sophisticated methods that are being used in the media to promote misleading and even false information. We’ve learned that not everything we see on our computer…
Daily Devotions: November 17, 2018
November 17, 2018 To read full passage, click: Mark 13:1-4 …“When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, ‘Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?’” vss. 3-4 The view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives is spectacular. Every day busloads of pilgrims disembark from their tour buses to have their pictures taken with…
Daily Devotions: November 16, 2018
November 16, 2108 To read full passage click: Hebrews 10:19-25 …“And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” vss. 24-25 Followers of Jesus are called to life in community, and it’s been like that since the early days of the church. We see from our scriptures that the disciples came…
Daily Devotions: November 15, 2018
November 15, 2018 To read full passage, click: Hebrews 10:11-14 …“For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.” vs. 14 Being a perfectionist can be a burden as we live in the rough and tumble of our complicated society. Those afflicted face a never-ending battle in nearly all their encounters and activities. Very seldom do they ever produce any work or do anything that matches their desires. No matter how hard they try,…
Daily Devotions: November 14, 2018
November 14, 2018 To read full passage, click: Psalm 16:7-11 …“You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” vs. 11 The psalmist wasn’t in the habit of giving one day a week to the Lord and then using the others as he desired. His relationship was intimate. The name of the Lord was constantly on his lips, and he hourly offered praise and thanks to God…