Daily Devotion
SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN THE BLOOD OF THE SACRIFICE
When the people applied the blood to the threshold and the doorway, they were inviting God to cross over the threshold into their home as their protector from the angel of death. That is, God did not pass over; he “crossed” over! Furthermore, God entered into a...
DO YOU WONDER WHETHER GOD IS TRULY WITH YOU?
I know many today wonder whether God is truly with them and try all kinds of means and methods to get what they want or get out of problems. It seems like people want don’t want to trust God for anything but as a last resort. God did everything necessary to save...
ALONE WITH JESUS ON THE MOUNTAIN
The disciples were alone with Jesus on the mountain of transfiguration in Mark 9 and Matthew 17 and they got a glimpse of who He truly is and heard the Father speak of how He was pleased with Jesus. They were able to hear a word from God and see a glimpse of His...
IF ANY MAN FOLLOW ME
In Matthew 16:24 Jesus said, "If any man follow Me, let him take up his cross and follow Me." This is talking about the suffering sacrificial side of following Jesus. What does it mean to take up your cross and bear your cross? Jesus is saying here that we should...
OBEDIENCE TO GOD
In a time when Pharaoh was killing all of their children these two ordinary Hebrews are obedient to God. They trust God and put this child who is Moses in a little ark that reminds us of the ark that Noah the first savior of the human race and his family were...
JESUS’ COMPASSION FOR THIS CROWD
Again we see Jesus’ compassion for this crowd. The crowds had been standing in line for days to get help from Jesus and were now weak for lack of food. He tests the disciples with an implied let’s feed them. The disciples are thinking in human terms even though...
HEARTS SO FULL OF LOVE
In the time of the prophet Isaiah, the Jewish people followed their religious celebrations to the letter. They showed up at the right time, sacrificed the right amount, and offered many prayers. But when they left the temple, it was as if they left God there....
SEEING THE WORLD AS JESUS SEES IT
We need to ask God to help us see the world as Jesus sees it. There must be a radical difference between what He sees and what we see because we don't act like He did. What He saw produced compassion in Him. Sick, lost, hungry and homeless people ... these were not...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Here in this section we see the kingdom of God described as something that is invaluable and it is worth anything that we might have to pay for it. The person who really is a child of God knows that and has and will give up anything or everything to go to heaven. ...
UNDERSTANDING THE PARABLE OF THE TARES OF THE FIELD
Jesus explains the parable to His disciples by saying that He is the one who sows the good seed (the Gospel -1 Corinthians 15:3-4). True believers living in the world are going to be attacked by unbelievers (tares) and they will also try to deceive others into...
THE TRUE BELIEVER
In Matthew 13:23 we see the true believer. Jesus described the ones who never wanted salvation, the ones who cared more about riches and things, and the ones who did not want to be persecuted in previous verses. The true believer is one who understands the message,...
THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH
This phrase the Lord was with Joseph occurs 4 times in this chapter. It is important to note that the reason for Joseph’s success is that this was true. This was not because the Lord randomly chose this man, but because he was faithful in a little and therefore...
