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Why Do You Weep?
Read: John 20:11-18 It’s the day after the resurrection. Should have been the happiest day of their lives. Yet, here we are in the middle of the scene and one of the main characters in the story is crying. Weeping. …
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Rent
Read: Matthew 26:57-65 and 27:50-51 It’s Passover. Caiaphas the High Priest, and the chief priests and elders, bring Jesus before Caiaphas seeking to put Him to death. It’s late at night, the false witnesses came through – Caiaphas knew they were …
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Who Do You Seek?
Read: John 18:1-40 It’s that time of year. You walk into the grocery store to pick up a few items and Easter stares back at you in the form of brightly colored Peeps and chocolate shaped bunnies on aisle end caps. …
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The Heart of the Gospel
Read: 2 Peter 3:8-9 8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but …
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Is There Dirt In Your Well?
Read: Genesis 26:15 “For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.” You may be thinking, “That’s an odd verse for a devotional.” …
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Not Where I Thought I’d Be
READ: Mark 6:45-53 One of my favorite scenes in Mark’s story of Jesus is found in chapter 6. A favorite simply because of one word in one verse. If you’re not careful, you’ll read right past it. But if you look closely, perhaps you’ll see it. And if you see it, it’s amazing what that verse can …
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Something Is Missing
READ: Mark 10:17-22 Have you ever felt like something is missing? There’s a longing . . . You’re just not sure why. There’s a lack . . . But you can’t put your finger on it. There’s an emptiness that nothing seems to …
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Don’t Fear The Wilderness
Read: Exodus 13:17-18 “And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent …
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Because He Came
Read: Habakkuk 1:5 The book of Habakkuk may not be the first place you would look for a Christmas verse. Personally, I haven’t been about to get it off my mind this holiday season. It’s such a relevant message for the days we’re living …
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You Can Believe This!
Read: 1 Timothy 1:15 Have you noticed it’s becoming more difficult to know what you can believe? I’ve always been a news junkie. Ok, junkie might be a little strong. But I do like to know what’s going on in the world. So, I would typically watch the …