Daily Devotions by Steve Holm (Page 169)
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…
Daily Devotions: November 13, 2018
November 13, 2018 For full reading click on Scripture: Psalm 16:1-6 …“The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage.” vs. 6 As the psalmist reflects on his relationship with the Lord, he recognizes that his life is very good. He has a good family and productive land. His boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places. None of these gifts have come as a result of his own labor. He was simply born in…
Daily Devotions: November 12, 2018
November 12, 2018 Daniel 12:1-3 …“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” vs. 2 Christians are an Easter people. We confess our faith in resurrection in nearly every one of our worship services. We can’t even imagine what it would be like to live without a solid confidence in life beyond death. But people haven’t always felt that way. In fact the Hebrew…
Daily Devotions: November 11, 2018
November 11, 2019 Mark 12:41-44 …“He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny.” vss. 41-42 Even when we’re not shopping, it can be fun to go to malls or other crowded public places just for the people-watching! The varieties of behaviors and appearances are both amazing and instructive. We can…
Daily Devotions: November 10, 2018
November 10, 2018 Mark 12:38-40 …“They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” vs. 40 Jesus had little regard for the scribes, the legal experts of his day. They were attentive to the details of the written law and the appearances of religion but their hearts were far from God. For them, prayers and rituals were simply a way to win favor with people and reinforce their position in…
Daily Devotions: November 9, 2018
November 9, 2018 Hebrews 9:24-28 …“And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” vss. 27-28 Many early Christians were steeped in the imagery of the sacrificial system and used that language to describe what had happened in Jesus. As the…
Daily Devotions: November 8, 2018
November 8, 2018 Psalm 146:6-10 …“The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.” vs. 9 The psalmist expresses his convictions and those of his faith community with a bold assertion, “Happy are those…whose hope is in the Lord their God!” His words have particular relevance for us in this age of political turmoil, ambiguous faith commitments, and rampant materialism. He implies that only God can…