Devotionals

“And when He had said these things, as they were looking on, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight.” -Acts 1:9 Today is Ascension Day. This ascension of Jesus, to say the least, confounds the critics of Christianity and Scripture. It disturbs their understanding »

“Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road, while He opened to us the Scriptures?” -Luke 24:32 They had been clobbered by the events of the last few days; they were really in a total stupor. They shared over and over with one »

“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.’ Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.” -Proverbs 31:28-29,31 We celebrate another Mother’s Day on »

“The Lord has risen indeed.” - Luke 24:34 The tomb was empty. What did it prove? Remember the soldiers and Jewish leaders widely spread a story that, even though they certainly knew better, Jesus’ friends came during the night and, under the nose of a very sufficient Roman guard, stole »

“And he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.’ And He said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise.’” -Luke 23:42-43 Easter has passed, but it is well worth your time to think once more of the cross. Recapture »

“And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead »

“So Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at »

“The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and He sat on them. Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road. And the crowds that went before Him and that followed Him were »

“When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD. They said to Moses, ‘Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have »

[Jesus said] “‘A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?’ Simon answered, ‘The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.’ And »

“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little »

“But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the LORD one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The LORD is not slow to fulfill His promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, »