Daily Devotions

Jn. 4:31-34 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”  So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who…

Acts 2:40‭-‬42 And Peter solemnly testified and continued to admonish and urge them with many more words, saying, “Be saved from this crooked and unjust generation!”  So then, those who accepted his message were baptized; and on that day about 3,000 souls were added.  They were continually and faithfully devoting themselves to the instruction of…

Mk. 9:28‭-‬29 When He had gone indoors, His disciples began asking Him privately, “Why were we unable to drive it out?”  He replied to them, “This kind [of unclean spirit] cannot come out by anything but prayer.” I recall being a child and running around the playground saying, “Sticks and stones can break my bones…

Phi. 4:6‭-‬7 Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your requests known to God.  And the peace of God which transcends all understanding, stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. There is much in this world that can…

Jam. 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored.  The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. We exist in one world that contains two components: the physical and the spiritual.  Regarding each of these, we come into this…

Lk. 18:1 Now Jesus was telling the disciples a parable to make the point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart… A friend of mine tells a story about his childhood spent following his grandfather around like a shadow.  Whether pop -pop was fixing a car or…

Mt. 6:8‭-‬9aSo do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.  “Pray, then, in this way…” Sometimes, writers can be the worst speakers.  I have been guilty of this myself when asked a simple question.  Instead of giving a simple answer, I tend to think that the person…

1 Tim. 2:1‭-‬4 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all people, for kings and all who are in high authority, so that we may live a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.  This is good and acceptable and pleasing in the…

Lk. 22:44‭-‬46 And being in agony, [Jesus] prayed more intently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down on the ground.  When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow, and He said to them, “Why are you sleeping?  Get up and pray that you may…

Lk. 18:11‭-‬13 The Pharisee stood and began praying to himself: “God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.”  But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even raise…