Daily Devotionals

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die I think it was in a Star Trek movie where one of the Klingon warriors dies. The earth ship’s doctor asks the Klingon leader what he wants done with the […]

Galatians 2:16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall […]

John 13:14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. Jesus taught His disciples so much. So often it was through parables and then explaining them when they were alone. But sometimes He taught them by actual physical deeds. As a sign of humbleness, Jesus, yes […]

John 4:14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Hot summer days. Sometimes a drink of refreshing water is all you long for! Like the little children above, you want to dive […]

Luke 19:39-40 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” The Pharisees were the religious leaders and rulers of the Jews. Everything had to focus on them and go exactly the way they wanted it […]

Hebrews 12:5 “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,     and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, Nobody likes to be disciplined or rebuked. It means we did wrong! But, if we are to be better people we need to be corrected when we do wrongful things. How many times have you seen […]

Luke 18:22-23 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy. Sometimes we can be so fortunate. We look […]

John 20:28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God! Jesus was hung on the cross and died. The hope of all His followers was crushed. Though they were at Jesus side all those days, they were not fully understanding when He told them He would come back from the dead. But, the miracle of miracles […]

Proverbs 12:10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals,     but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel. The Lord created every living thing and that includes all the animals on the earth. One of the ways others see Jesus in us is in the way we care for His creatures. When an animal is […]

1 Peter 1:16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” What is the first thing people who have known me all my life say after I tell them I have received Jesus into my heart and life? YOU??? No way Jose!! They remember the old me. The me from growing up, the […]

2 Samuel 23:16 So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the Lord. So often I read this verse and thought “What are you doing […]

John 7:38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” Any river, creek, or stream must have a source and an ending. The source is where the flow of water starts. The ending is, of course, where it ends. Lord Jesus tells us, when we become one […]