March 26, 2025
‘And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”’ (Luke 7:13-14 ESV). When Jesus encountered the crying widow of Nain walking behind her
March 25, 2025
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?” (Luke 6:46 ESV). Jesus challenged His listeners with a piercing question: Why confess Me as Lord while refusing to obey Me? True faith is not just verbal acknowledgment but demonstrated through obedience. Jesus followed this statement with an illustration of two
March 24, 2025
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.” (Luke 6:27-28, ESV) These words of Jesus are from what many have called the Sermon on the Plain. Although similar to the Sermon on the Mount found
March 23, 2025
‘And he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”‘ (Luke 6:5 ESV). The Pharisees accused Jesus’ disciples of breaking the Sabbath because they picked grain while walking through a field. While the fourth commandment instructs God’s people to “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Ex. 20:8), the Pharisees
March 22, 2025
‘And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him’ (Luke 5:13 ESV). A man with leprosy fell on his face before Jesus saying, “Lord if you are willing, you can make me clean.” And the Lord, who could’ve healed him from a distance, came
March 21, 2025
“Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch” (Luke 5:4 ESV). After Peter had fished all night, catching nothing, Jesus came to him and asked to use his boat. He needed it as a speaking platform to teach the crowds gathered there to hear Him. When He finished speaking, He
March 20, 2025
‘And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”’ (Luke 4:22 ESV). After Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness being tested, He returned to the town of Nazareth where He had grown up. He attended the local synagogue and chose the passage from the Isaiah scroll that spoke of the Anointed One, the Messiah, who
March 18, 2025
‘John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”‘ (Luke 3:16 ESV). John the Baptist was the forerunner of Christ and the herald who
March 17, 2025
“After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions” (Luke 2:46 ESV). Twelve year old Jesus traveled with his family to Jerusalem for the Passover festival as they did every year. They traveled with a large entourage of friends and family from Nazareth. It
March 15, 2025
I’ve been following the S.O.A.P. method for writing my devotions for some time, but today I thought I’d make it more obvious… SCRIPTURE:“And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.” (Luke 1:64, ESV) OBSERVATION:In today’s New Testament reading from Luke, Zechariah was made mute by the Lord for