DEVOTIONS – HOW MANY TIMES

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Genesis 15:1-11 and Matthew 18:15-35. Matthew 18:21-22 “Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I...

DEVOTIONS – DEALING WITH CHANGE

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Genesis 14:1-12 and Matthew 17:14-27. Matthew 17:22-23 “When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and on the third...

DEVOTIONS – I-THOU

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Genesis 13:1-18 and Matthew 17:1-13. Genesis 13:8-9 “So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. Is not the whole land...

DEVOTIONS – A NEW LAND

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Genesis 12:1-9 and Matthew 16:1-12. Genesis 12:1 “The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.”    It’s not easy being a first-generation...

DEVOTIONS – THE BEST COME-BACK EVER

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Genesis 11:16-32 and Matthew 15:21-39. Matthew 15:27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”    She was an outsider and a foreigner. She had no claim on Jesus...

DEVOTIONS – ALWAYS THERE

 Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Genesis 10:1-14 and Matthew 14:1-21. Matthew 14:14 “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.”  We often read about Jesus healing crowds of people in the...

DEVOTIONS – REMEMBERING THE RAINBOW

Today’s Bible readings can be found here: Genesis 9:1-14 and Matthew 13:18-35. Genesis 9:13 God said: “I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” We live on a beautiful and exceptional planet. As far as we...

DEVOTIONS – AN OLD SONG

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Genesis 8:13-22 and Matthew 13:1-17. Genesis 8:22 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”  One of the first songs that I ever learned in...

DEVOTIONS – SEEKING PEACE

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Genesis 8:1-12 and Matthew 12:33-50. Genesis 8:11  “When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the...

DEVOTIONS – CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Genesis 7:11-24 and Matthew 12:15-32. Matthew 12:25  “Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not...