Category: Daily Devotion

  And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days. And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me. Ezekiel 3:15-16 – Ezekiel had just received a…

  And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house. Ezekiel 2:7 – In yesterday’s chapter and devotion we saw Ezekiel seeing some wonderous, but hard to understand things. Eventually he witnesses what he believed to be what the throne of God and…

  And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings. Ezekiel 1:5-6 – Let’s agree together, this vision Ezekiel had is difficult to understand! In fact many scholars say…

  And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” Luke 24:33-34 – He is risen! I love anytime I get to read and write about the resurrection of Jesus…

  And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things. Luke 23:49 –  “Watching these things.” Seems like a simple way to describe the happenings of this verse. We might use that phrase to talk about watching kids play outside or some sports event,…

  And they said many other things against him, blaspheming him. Luke 22:65 –  Through my time volunteering at the local prison, I’ve heard inmates share with me how other people in the prison have pushed them to exhibit bad behavior. Maybe it was another inmate, or a guard having a bad day, but someone…

  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Luke 21:33 –  The office that you have been struggling at for so long will pass away in time. The school pressures that have been laid on you for so many years will pass away. The never-ending worry about finances for…

  The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. Luke 20:19 –  I bet we can all feel for Jesus here in this chapter. Here Jesus was simply teaching and preaching…

  So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them. Luke 19:32 –  Of course they did, of course they found it exactly as Jesus said it would be. In the passage this was referring to the story of the time Jesus was to enter Jerusalem on a…

  And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. Luke 18:1 –  A theme in this chapter is this persistency the Lord is calling us to have with our prayer life. Here we are taught to always pray and never lose heart. We have…