Daily Devotion
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...
TRUE FAMILY
Jesus is not dismissing his family or saying they have no part with Him, but He is saying His true (spiritual) family are those who have trusted in Him as their Lord and Savior. It is not those who try to do good things, go to church, get baptized or take...
REST FOR OUR SOULS
Matthew 11:28-30 is an invitation for all to come to Christ and be saved. It was originally offered to Israel as they struggled and toiled as we also do in this world’s difficulties. Trying to live life without Christ is wearisome and hard as all of life’s...
A NEW NAME
Here we see God (Jesus, the Angel of the Lord) wrestling with Jacob. God initiates this fight to bring Jacob to the end of himself. This is not a dream, but a real event and God is showing Jacob that He is in control of all, not Jacob. This happens right after...
WHAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS ALL ABOUT
Jesus is teaching that we must love other people, but we are always to love Him more. Anything that we love more than Him is an idol. That is why Jesus would say that we are to die to ourselves (take up our cross) and put Him first in everything. Sometimes this...
THE ONLY WAY TO GOD IN HEAVEN
Here we see God promising Jacob as he is leaving the promised land that He (God) will still be with Jacob. He is not without protection, care, and the blessings that God had promised previously and now restates here. This ladder which Jacob dreamed about is later...
I DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE
The Pharisees were hateful. They were saying true religious people, righteous men like we are, we shun such vile sinners. That’s what they’re saying. There’s a lot of people in the church today and that’s how they act. Their world begins and ends with people who...
