Archive for the ‘devotional’ Category

Acts 12:5,7: “Peter was therefore kept in prison,...

April 9th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
When the early church heard that Peter had been put in prison, they went ...

Acts 11:22,24: “Then news of these things came...

April 8th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Barnabas showed great grace in his warm acceptance of Saul of Tarsus (the Apostle ...

Acts 10:14: “But Peter said, ‘Not so,...

April 7th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
We find a beautifully ironic oxymoron here. Who could suggest that God Almighty does ...

Acts 9:5: “And he said, ‘Who are You,...

April 6th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Acts 9 records the conversion of Saul, the Apostle Paul. As he was traveling ...

Acts 8:14,26: “Now when the apostles who were...

April 5th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
These 2 verses fit together because they tell the story of a man who ...

Acts 7:9: “And the patriarchs, becoming envious,...

April 4th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
These 2 little words, "but God," are very important words. They are found 8 ...

Acts 6:8: “And Stephen, full of faith and power,...

April 3rd, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
God desired to not only do miraculous signs through the apostles, but through other ...

Acts 5:29: “But Peter and the other apostles...

April 2nd, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
This critical verse and its application must be clearly understood by every believer. The ...

Acts 4:13: “Now when they saw the boldness...

April 1st, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The Jewish leadership marveled, or as another translation says, "were astonished," because they could ...

Acts 3:6: “Then Peter said, ‘Silver and...

March 31st, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Peter and John went to the temple, and a man who had been lame ...

Acts 2:1,4: “When the Day of Pentecost had...

March 30th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
There was a story some years back about a large cargo ship that strayed ...

Acts 1:14: “These all continued with one accord...

March 29th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
It is interesting that Jesus' mother and brothers were also there, praying and waiting ...

John 21:17: “He said to him the third time,...

March 28th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Notice that Jesus called him Simon, not Peter. Jesus hadn't called him Simon since ...

John 20:30–31: “And truly Jesus did many...

March 27th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
John is telling us that he was very selective of the events he chose ...

John 19:5: “Then Jesus came out, wearing the...

March 26th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The Roman Procurator Pontius Pilate probably spoke to the crowd in Latin, and in ...

John 18:5–6: “They answered Him, ‘Jesus...

March 25th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
You have to love this passage, and when you get to heaven, you'll definitely ...

John 17:3: “And this is eternal life, that...

March 24th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Eternal life is the greatest treasure ever offered to any person on earth. Jesus ...

John 16:33: “These things I have spoken to...

March 23rd, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jesus promises us peace in this world: "in Me you may have peace." The ...

John 15:16: “You did not choose Me, but I chose...

March 22nd, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
In that day, teachers didn’t pick students but students picked teachers. They would first ...

John 14:3–4: “And if I go and prepare a place...

March 21st, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Someone recently asked, "How can you be sure there is a Heaven?" The best ...

John 13:14–16: “If I then, your Lord and...

March 20th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jesus was teaching His apostles, who would be the leaders of the early church, ...

John 12:20–21: “Now there were certain Greeks...

March 19th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
It wasn't strange to find Greeks in Jerusalem during Passover, because, at that time, ...

John 11:25–27: “Jesus said to her, ‘I...

March 18th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Mary and Martha's brother, Lazarus, was sick, so they sent word to Jesus because ...

John 10:6: “Jesus used this illustration, but...

March 17th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
It should be encouraging to us that even though Jesus clearly spoke great truths ...

John 9:1–2: “Now as Jesus passed by, He saw...

March 16th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
The healing of this blind man is very unique in that there are 5 ...

John 8:10–11: “When Jesus had raised Himself...

March 15th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
In another attempt to test Jesus and find something to accuse Him of, the ...

John 7:37–38: “On the last day, that great...

March 14th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
A few centuries before Jesus came, a tradition developed that on the 7th day ...

John 6:51: “I am the living bread which came...

March 13th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
After Jesus supernaturally fed the multitudes, they came looking for Him; and He told ...

John 5:6–7: “When Jesus saw him lying there,...

March 12th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jesus saw a man who had been ill for 38 years and asked him ...

John 4:10: “Jesus answered and said to her,...

March 11th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
Jesus said these remarkably confronting words to the Samaritan woman at the well: "If ...

John 3:14–15: “And as Moses lifted up the...

March 10th, 2022 by Pastor Ed in devotional
In the Old Testament, as the children of Israel traveled through the desert on ...