Mark 2:9–11: “Which is easier, to say to...
May 1st, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalHumanity's deepest need is not for fairness but for forgiveness. Forgiveness is powerful; it ...
Mark 1:40–41: “Now a leper came to Him, imploring...
April 30th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalSeeing a person with leprosy is very shocking; they are usually missing fingers and ...
Matthew 28:19–20: “Go therefore and make...
April 29th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalIn Jesus' day, disciples were learners who sat at the feet of their masters, ...
Matthew 27:54: “So when the centurion and those...
April 28th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThere is no greater miracle than when God transforms someone, in a heartbeat, from ...
Matthew 26:33–34: “Peter answered and said...
April 27th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalPeter meant every word of his bold declaration of faithfulness. But he didn't realize ...
Matthew 25:21: “His lord said to him, ‘Well...
April 26th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalJesus told several parables describing the kingdom of heaven, and in one he told ...
Matthew 24:4–5: “And Jesus answered and said...
April 25th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAs Jesus’ disciples, we are to “take heed that no one deceives" us by ...
Matthew 23:27–28: “Woe to you, scribes and...
April 24th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalA hypocrite is literally “one who hides behind a mask.” You’ve got to love ...
Matthew 22:20–21: “And He said to them, ‘Whose...
April 23rd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe Pharisees tried to trap Jesus by sending some people to ask Him whether ...
Matthew 21:42: Jesus said to them, ‘Have you...
April 22nd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis Scripture brings to mind how the gifted artist Michelangelo took a single block ...
Matthew 20:8–9: “So when evening had come,...
April 21st, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalPeter asked what the disciples could expect to receive for serving God, as part ...
Matthew 19:26–27: “But Jesus looked at them...
April 20th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalA young man came and asked Jesus what he needed to do to have ...
Matthew 18:21: “Then Peter came to Him and...
April 19th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThe rabbis of that day taught that forgiveness was a limited resource. So like ...
Matthew 17:5: “While he was still speaking,...
April 18th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalIt is hard to imagine what it must have been like for Peter, James, ...
Matthew 16:24–25: “Then Jesus said to His...
April 17th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalSome of the things Jesus taught were so simple they did not need explanation. ...
Matthew 15:18–19: “But those things which...
April 16th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalJesus gave a small inventory of sins here—evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, etc.—but the list ...
Matthew 14:15–16: “When it was evening, His...
April 15th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis chapter records what had been be a very long day in the ministry ...
Matthew 13:45–46: “Again, the kingdom of...
April 14th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalIn the parable Jesus told of a merchant seeking a pearl, the merchant was ...
Mathew 12:20: “A bruised reed He will not break,...
April 13th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis illustration, first recorded by the prophet Isaiah and used here by Jesus, is ...
Matthew 11:5: “The blind see and the lame walk;...
April 12th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalWhen John the Baptist put was in prison, he sent his disciples to ask ...
Matthew 10:29–31: “Are not two sparrows sold...
April 11th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis small copper coin Jesus mentioned was the smallest, least valued coin in the ...
Matthew 9:11–12: “And when the Pharisees...
April 10th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalOften we want others to be saved as long as they look like, talk ...
Matthew 8:2–3: “And behold, a leper came...
April 9th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis man, a leper, was recognizing Jesus as the Messiah when he said, "Lord, ...
Matthew 7:7–8: “Ask, and it will be given...
April 8th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAs young impressionable believers, we can remember someone saying, "Since the Bible says, 'Ask, ...
Matthew 6:9–13: “In this manner, therefore,...
April 7th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis model prayer rings out with the comforting and familiar phrase, "Our Father." We ...
Matthew 5:1–3: “And seeing the multitudes,...
April 6th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalEarly Church writers tell us that Matthew chapters 5–8 were part of a single ...
Matthew 4:1: “Then Jesus was led up by the...
April 5th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalBy reading that Jesus was "led up by the Spirit," we are to recognize ...
Matthew 3:7–8: “But when he saw many of the...
April 4th, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalTwo groups of very religious people came to listen to John the Baptist preach. ...
Matthew 2:1–2: “wise men from the East came...
April 3rd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThese magi kings came in search of a King greater than themselves. They were ...
Matthew 1:21,23: “And she will bring forth...
April 2nd, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalAn angel came to Joseph to assure him that what Mary had said was ...
Malachi 4:5–6: “Behold, I will send you Elijah...
April 1st, 2025 by Pastor Ed in devotionalThis prophecy states that Elijah would come to announce the Messiah's arrival, and we ...
