Devotional

Read the Word: Mark 11:15-19 Meditate on the Word: In this passage, it is easy to focus on what Jesus did, and easy to gloss over what He said. We can be caught up in his seemingly uncharacteristic actions, such as the cursing of the fig tree and the cleansing of the temple. Of course, Jesus had… Read More »

Read the Word: 2 Corinthians 10:12-18 Meditate on the Word: When Paul wrote the letter that we now know as 2 Corinthians, there had been challenges to his apostolic authority while he was absent from Corinth, spreading the gospel in other areas. Paul was not one for self-promotion, but some who were challenging his authority… Read More »

Read the Word: Matthew 8:5-13 Meditate on the Word: Yesterday we discussed that the centurion recognized his own unworthiness to have Jesus come under his roof. Aside from recognizing his own unworthiness, the centurion also recognized the authority of Jesus. From the passages surrounding this one, we see that Jesus had a pattern of physically… Read More »

Read the Word: Matthew 8:5-13 Meditate on the Word: Perhaps the most compelling thing in this episode is that the centurion (who was someone important) admitted that he was unworthy of having Jesus come to his home. This was someone who commanded a great deal of respect. Someone who was to be feared. Someone the… Read More »

Read the Word: Isaiah 43:8-13 Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes, and are deaf, yet have ears. 9 All the nations are gathered together, and the peoples are assembled. Who among them can declare this, and tell us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate themselves, so that… Read More »

Scripture: Psalm 130 Out of the depths I call to you, Lord! 2 Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears be attentive to my cry for help. 3 Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be revered. 5… Read More »

Scripture: Mark 8:22-30 They came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked him,“Do you see anything? ” 24 He… Read More »

Scripture: Luke 18:35-42 As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. 36 Hearing a crowd passing by, he inquired what was happening. 37 “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him. 38 So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! ” 39 Then those in… Read More »

Scripture: Psalm 28:6-9 Blessed be the Lord, for he has heard the sound of my pleading. 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart celebrates, and I give thanks to him with my song. 8 The Lord is the strength of his… Read More »

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52 They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on… Read More »