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Devotionals about Jesus

Jesus

You Can Come!

Read: Matthew 22:1-14 Invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. (v. 9) Scott and Betsie’s wedding day was unforgettable. I was their pastor that December morning when an

Jesus

Highway Robbery

Read: Matthew 21:12-17 “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you make it a den of robbers. (v. 13) An angry elder once cited this story of Jesus

Jesus

Mixed Messages

Read: Matthew 21:1-11 Your king is coming to you, humble. (v. 5) If you go to church today you’ll likely see children waving palms and shouting “Hosanna!” As a child I

Holy Week

Upside Down

Read: Matthew 20:17-28 You do not know what you are asking. (v. 22) Last summer a pastor in Missouri berated his congregation for not giving him a luxury watch and other

Jesus

Jesus Wins!

Jesus Wins! is a 8-day Holy Week devotional that encourages you to walk with Jesus to the cross, and into resurrection life.

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John

Unfading Joy

Read: John 20:1-18 I am the resurrection and the life. (John 11:25) I bought a lily this Easter to remember Art, one of the many people who died from Covid-19

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Easter

Abundant Fruit

Read: John 15:1-11 I am the true vine. (v. 1) The small planting of vines my parents tended ripened about the same time as the apple trees in our yard, but

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John

Good Friday?

Read: John 14:1-7 I am the way, and the truth, and the life. (v. 6) Today is Good Friday. Hardly anything about it could have seemed “good” to the disciples. Jesus

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John

No Idea

Read: John 10:10-18 I am the good shepherd. (v. 11) What is it like to be a shepherd? It’s a far cry from the quaint pictures in church nurseries, where clean-looking