Daily Devotionals

Deliberate: Week 4 - Saturday

  When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30 It does not take long to live on this earth to know that life is beautiful, but it is also deeply painful. Sin has cor...

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Deliberate: Week 4 - Friday

  One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!” Luke 23:39 After Jesus was arrested and tried, He was sentenced to ...

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Deliberate: Week 4 - Thursday

  Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, “I find nothing wrong with this man!” Luke 23:4 I was late to meet my friends recently for dinner. When I texted them and told them I would be about five minutes lat...

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Deliberate: Week 4 - Wednesday

  But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?” John 18:11 I think Peter is the most relatable disciple. We see in Scripture that He was often i...

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Deliberate: Week 4 - Tuesday

  “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world ...

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Deliberate: Week 4 - Monday

  He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” Matthew 26:39 We are currentl...

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Deliberate: Week 3 - Saturday

  He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." Luke 22:19 ...

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Deliberate: Week 3 - Friday

  That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. 1 Corinthians 11:28   Do you have a junk drawer? If you do and it is anything like mine, y...

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Deliberate: Week 3 - Thursday

  So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. John 13:34   We talked in our Bible st...

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Deliberate: Week 3 - Wednesday

  He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. John 13:12b I recently heard someone say that one of the pivotal questions people have today is...

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