Daily Devotions by Steve Holm (Page 149)
Daily Devotions: May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019 For full passage click: Psalm 30:6-12 …“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?” vs. 9 It seems that the psalmist was dealing with some sort of calamity in his life, a situation that could lead to death. Perhaps it was some dread illness, we really don’t know. But like us, he was not above doing a bit of bargaining…
Daily Devotions: May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019 For full passage click: Psalm 30:1-5 …“For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” vs. 5 The psalmist loved his relationship with the Lord. And because he felt so personally connected, there were times he believed that his actions had angered God. Sometimes that’s how it is when we love someone deeply; we assume that our careless words and…
Daily Devotions: April 30, 2019
April 30, 2019 For full passage click: Acts 9:4-6 …“He asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The reply came, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.’” vs. 5 Luke tells us that, as Saul was traveling along the road to Damascus, there had been a flash of light and then the words, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” It was quite an introduction! Saul hadn’t known Jesus of Nazareth. There’s no record he ever met him or heard him preach.…
Daily Devotions: April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019 For full passage click: Acts 9:1-3 …“Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” vvv. 1-2 Saul loved the traditions, laws, and history of his people. He proudly claimed membership in the tribe of Benjamin…
Daily Devotions: April 28, 2019
April 27, 2019 For full passage click: John 20:19-25 …“After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.” vs. 20 According to the gospels, the resurrected Jesus had changed. He could bilocate, appear, disappear–the disciples never knew when he would show up! In John’s account, they didn’t know who he was until they had seen his hands and his side. The marks of his suffering were the proof…
Daily Devotions: April 26, 2019
April 26, 2019 For full passage click: Revelation 1:7-8 …“‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” vs. 8 John was writing to Christians struggling to maintain their identity in turbulent times. Believers had come together in congregations for loving and serving and many had suffered at the hands of the Empire. Some had been killed and were remembered as martyrs. Others were wondering about…
Daily Devotions: April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019 For full passage click: Revelation 1:4-6… “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.” 5b-6 John begins his mysterious apocalypse with a dedication that glorifies the Risen Christ. In his estimation, not only had the faithful been loved and forgiven through Jesus Christ, they had been made into…
Daily Devotions: April 24, 2019
April 24, 2019 For full passage click: Psalm 118:21-29 …“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” vs. 24 An increasing number of people are uncomfortable using religious language in their daily lives; some because they don’t believe in God, and others because they have abandoned religion in favor of what they call ‘spirituality.’ As a result, they are limited in their ability to express wonder at the sheer gift of life.…
Daily Devotions: April 23, 2019
April 23, 2019 For full passage click: Psalm 118:14-20 …“Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.” vs. 19 The psalmist had been through some tough days, but he knew for certain that the Lord was his salvation. With confidence and boldness he now asks that the gates of righteousness would be opened to him. No longer wracked by guilt or self-doubt, he knows that he is one of…
Daily Devotions: April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019 For full passage click: Acts 5:29-32 …“But Peter and the apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than any human authority.’” vs. 29 Peter and the apostles didn’t hesitate when they were challenged by the high priest and told to stop ministering to the sick and teaching in the temple. They had a higher calling, their allegiance was to Jesus and not to any temporal or religious authorities. Through the centuries, the faithful have continued to model…
Daily Devotions: April 21, 2019
April 21, 2019 For full passage click: Luke 24:1-12 …“But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.” vs. 12 The disciples initially dismissed the women’s story of their visit to the tomb of Jesus, as a fanciful tale. But Peter had second thoughts and decided to check out what they had said. He was amazed to find the tomb…