Apr2018
Looking inside ourselves
‘Your eyes are like a lamp for the body. When your eyes are sound, your whole body is full of light; but when your eyes are no good, your whole body will be in darkness. Make certain, then, that the light in you is not darkness. If your whole body is full of light, with… Read more
Apr2018
Get with the strength
‘When a strong man, with all his weapons ready, guards his own house, all his belongings are safe. But when a stronger man attacks him and defeats him, he carries away all the weapons the owner was depending on and divides up what he stole.’ (verses 21,22) Read Luke 11:14-23 I’m writing this devotion during… Read more
Apr2018
Asking—and getting
‘And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For those who ask will receive, and those who seek will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks.’ (verses 9,10) Read Luke 11:1-13 How much praying… Read more
Apr2018
The original ‘doubting Thomas’
Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here, and look at my hands; then reach out your hand and put it in my side. Stop your doubting, and believe!’ Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Do you believe because you see me? How happy are those… Read more
Apr2018
Peace and harmony
How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God’s people to live together in harmony! It is like the precious anointing oil running down from Aaron’s head and beard, down to the collar of his robes. (verses 1,2) Read Psalm 133 The best and most luxurious surroundings are virtually useless if the people who live in… Read more
Apr2018
Listening to Jesus
Martha was upset over all the work she had to do so she came and said, ‘Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me!’ The Lord answered her, ‘Martha! Martha! You are worried and troubled over so many things,… Read more
Apr2018
God’s surprising look-alikes
‘But a Samaritan who was travelling that way came upon the man, and when he saw him, his heart was filled with pity. He went over to him, poured oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them; then he put the man on his own animal and took him to an inn, where he… Read more
Apr2018
The gift of simplicity
At that time Jesus was filled with joy by the Holy Spirit and said, ‘Father, Lord of heaven and earth! I thank you because you have shown to the unlearned what you have hidden from the wise and learned. Yes, Father, this was how you were pleased to have it happen. ‘My Father has given… Read more
Apr2018
Blessing and judgment
‘Whenever you go into a town and are made welcome, eat what is set before you, heal the sick in that town, and say to the people there, “The Kingdom of God has come near you.” But whenever you go into a town and are not welcomed, go out in the streets and say, “Even… Read more
Apr2018
First the suffering
Then Jesus said to them, ‘How foolish you are, how slow you are to believe everything the prophets said! Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?’ And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of… Read more
