Archives for March 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014 The tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.’ 4But he answered, ‘It is written, “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” ’  Matthew 4:3-4   If you […]

Sunday, March 30, 2014 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.–Matthew 4:1   We know Jesus faced temptation, just as we do.  Did he sometimes yield to temptation, just as we do?  If not, can he know what it really is like to be human? […]

Saturday, March 29, 2014 Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”  –John 14:6 Is Jesus really the only way, truth, and life?  If there are other ways, then why are we following Jesus? Teach us, O God, the way, […]

Friday, March 28, 2014 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. –Romans 8:38-39 What about […]

Thursday, March 27, 2014 ‘I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. 5But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority*to cast into hell.”  Luke 12:4-5 Is there really a hell?  How could a loving God […]

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I […]

Tuesday, March 25, 2014  And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.            –Mark 1:12-13   Who or what is Satan?   Free us, God, […]

Monday, March 24, 2014  Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth,* and over every creeping thing that creeps […]

Sunday, March 23, 2014  Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favour, but evil comes to the one who searches for it. –Proverbs 11:27 What is evil?  Is it simply the absence of good, or is it an actual force or presence? Whatever it is, O God, we pray you will protect us from evil.  Amen.   

Saturday, March 22, 2014  Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. 26For what will it profit them […]