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Daily Devotions

And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” vs. 46 Matthew 27:33-54 For some people, this saying of Jesus’ from the cross is arguably the most reassuring and hopeful thing that he ever said. For in these few words, Matthew lets us know that Jesus was fully human and at the tortuous end of his life felt totally alienated from God. He felt…

Daily Devotions

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.” vss. 4-5 Galatians 4:4-5 Early Christians had a lot of figuring out to do when it became apparent that the Jesus who had been crucified had been the long-anticipated messiah. Paul had had a personal encounter with the resurrected Christ that had…

Daily Devotions: April 24, 2020

April 24, 2020 1 Peter 1:21-23 … “You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.” vs. 23 Peter’s words to those early followers of Jesus were intended to give them encouragement and hope. They were a holy people, set aside by God to make a difference in the world. Their strength came not from their own merit or worthiness but as a gift from God through the Holy…

Daily Devotions: December 25, 2019

December 25, 2019          For full passage click:  John 1:1-14  …  “And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.” vs. 14 The prologue to the Gospel of John powerfully states that all things came into existence through the Word, which can also be known as the Christ. To put it in modern terms, the DNA of the Christ has been imprinted…

Daily Devotions: December 21, 2019

December 21, 2019                                                                                        For full passage click: Matthew 1:18-21  …  “Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.” vs. 18 When Matthew set about to write his account of Jesus’ life, he found material from a variety of sources. Others had written about Jesus and they provided Matthew with the basic…