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In the Life of Christ There is something wonderfully unsettling about Jesus in Mark 1:38–45. Just when His ministry appears ready to become a local sensation, He refuses to settle into popularity. The people of Capernaum are searching for Him because they have seen His miracles and want more. Peter finds Jesus and announces, “EveryoneContinue reading “When Jesus Refuses to Stay Popular”

As the Day Begins “God…hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things.” —Hebrews 1:1–2 We begin this day inside a world that often appears unfinished. Prayers remain unanswered, relationships need healing, and circumstances do not always reveal where God is leading. Yet Hebrews remindsContinue reading “The Son Who Inherits Everything”

Heaven Jesus often taught by placing something familiar beside a spiritual reality. The Greek word for parable, parabolē, carries the idea of setting one thing alongside another so that the known helps us understand the unknown. In Luke 19:11–27, Jesus used the familiar world of servants, money, responsibility, and royal authority to explain how HisContinue reading “Faithful Until the King Returns”

May the Lord bless your spiritual walk today, quieting every distraction and drawing your heart closer to His presence. God remains committed to completing the gracious work He has begun within us, and today’s daily devotions invite us to cooperate with that work through Scripture, prayer, reflection, and faithful obedience. Faithful Until the King ReturnsContinue reading “Today’s Spiritual Disciplines”

As the Day Ends “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” — John 3:19 Jesus identifies more than an intellectual problem in John 3. The Greek word for light, phōs, represents the truth, holiness, and saving presenceContinue reading “When the Light Reaches What We Hide”

DID YOU KNOW Innovation usually describes the human ability to produce something new, solve an old problem, or discover a better way forward. Yet long before people spoke about innovation, Scripture revealed the God who creates possibilities where human wisdom sees only barriers. Isaiah 45–47, Luke 18:9–19:10, and Job 10 show people facing political captivity,Continue reading “When God Creates a Way We Never Imagined”

On Second Thought “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” — James 4:7 Second Samuel 11 opens with a seemingly ordinary detail: “It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle…David remained at Jerusalem.” The writer does not directly tell usContinue reading “The Battle Is Often Lost Before the Temptation Arrives”

The Bible in a Year “They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces toward it, saying, ‘Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that will not be forgotten.’” — Jeremiah 50:5 Jeremiah 50 announces God’s judgment upon Babylon, the empire that conquered Judah and carried its peopleContinue reading “When Your Face Matches Your Faith”

In the Life of Christ “Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli.” — Luke 3:23 I admit that biblical genealogies can tempt me to read quickly. A long succession of unfamiliar names does not seem as compelling asContinue reading “When the Family Record Becomes a Witness”