Devotionals

Monday, March 9     For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  –Matthew 6:14   Several years ago, I found myself in the middle of a very painful situation in which a close friend was in danger of losing his job, and another close […]

Sunday, March 8  The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. 15Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He […]

Saturday, March 7 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth…”   Isa 55:10-11 […]

Friday, March 6 Kindness never dies.   And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.–I Corinthians 13:13   Matthew is a young white man who has been homeless “for a while.”  He quickly eats one chocolate almond Kiss after another, neatly stuffing the striped foil wrappers into […]

Thursday, March 5 For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you’. – Isaiah 41:13   In prayer I often hope to hear the voice of God to help me through trying times. But it’s not usually direct from […]

Wednesday, March 4 Conversations without Words And then, while the musician was playing, the power of the Lord came on him.  2 Kings 3:15 Some of the most profound conversations I’ve ever engaged in, conversations which have resulted in many further conversations and lasting friendships, have taken place without uttering a word.  In these conversations we […]

Tuesday, March 3 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’  He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father,* hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.* Give us each day our daily bread.* […]

Monday, March 2 In my distress I called to God; I cried to my God for help. From God’s temple she heard my voice; my cry came before her, into her ears. God reached down from on high and took hold of me; God drew me out of deep waters.  Psalm 18:6, 16 Bible Historians […]

Sunday, March 1 “From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed […]

Saturday, February 28   In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 4for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,5because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope […]