Category: Daily Devotion

  …you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 5:5 – During the time Paul was ministering, Corinth was a massive trade city, and with all this wealth it was a hub for all sorts of sexual…

  For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? 1 Corinthians 4:7 – Paul was having to do some serious correcting within the hearts of those in the Corinthian church. While we…

  According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 1 Corinthians 3:10 – Paul is addressing the division that he was hearing about within the Corinthian church. Division over which…

  The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:14 – Something you’d learn about me if you hung around me is that sports is not at all a part of…

For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles…1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭- Corinth was a unique city for Paul to preach at. It was wealthy, learned, and highly sinful. In the city was both Jews and Greeks, and both were looking for…

  So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. Mark 16:19 – Recently I was reading though Hebrews 8 in a Bible study at church, and this is where scripture speaks of Jesus as our eternal, high priest. There we see…

  And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” 5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed. Mark 15:4-5 – Good Friday has passed but today is a Friday and it is good because of the events of our chapter. Mark 15 is this…

  There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that?” Mark 14:4 – From the other Gospels we get a few more details surrounding this account. We know the lady anointing Jesus was Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. We also know that the key person to complain…

And Jesus began to say to them, “See that no one leads you astray. Mark‬ ‭13‬:‭5‬ ‭- For guys who have been struggling to understand the most basic of parables and who were worrying about having enough food to eat immediately after Jesus fed the 5000, hearing the words of Jesus in the chapter must…

  He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. Mark 12:6-8 – In a…