We may think that Jesus was personally wealthy, but that isn’t what is indicated here. It seems that there were people, not his disciples, that were following him and supporting his work in Luke 8:2-3 “some women” and “many others…
Category: Devotions
Such Great Faith
This reading begins with one that doesn’t have any direct relationship with Jesus but sends for his help because he has no other hope. This centurion, a man of war, has come to understand the power of words spoken under…
To Be Healed of Their Diseases
Jesus has declared himself by reading from Isaiah 61:1–2 “The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to…
The Power of the Lord
Was There to Heal
God’s will is laid bare for all to see as in Luke 5:13 “extending his (Jesus) hand he (Jesus) touched him (the untouchable leprous man), saying, “I am willing; be clean”. Into this world that knew what it meant to…
The Holy One of God
Luke introduces the genealogy of Jesus because the messiah was to come from the lineage of David and the savior of the world had to come from the lineage of Adam. Jesus is fully man, but by virgin birth, in…
He Proclaimed Good News to the People
Jesus is brought to the temple by Mary and Joseph to be presented to the Lord. He was her first born son and they were doing what was commanded. When they arrived, they found Simeon and then came Anna, two…
The Lord Has Visited to Help
The angel Gabriel had come to announce the work the Lord would do. It came first as an answer to the personal prayer of Zechariah and Elizabeth and then as a promise to Mary in Luke 1:35 “The Holy Spirit…
Your Prayer Has Been Heard
We begin the new year with the gospel of Luke which presents in Luke 1:1 “events that have been fulfilled among us”. As we begin to read, we find the first account is of God answering the personal prayer of…
Thus Shall a Man be Blessed
There is a description here in Psalm 128:2-3 of the idyllic life, the perfect life, the life that comes by the blessing of the Lord. We wouldn’t think these are miraculous things to “eat of the labor of your hands”,…
Your Testimonies Are Miracles
There is a great and rich history, accounts of how God has worked in the lives of people. We find this in the ten commandments given to Moses and Gods leading them as a nation. We find it in the…
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
There are some things in the Bible that we have likely heard before because they are widely quoted like Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”. However, this follows another section…
His Loyal Love is Mighty
When it is time for change, the Lord is well able to make it happen. But it doesn’t always happen the way we would have done it. Why did the Lord take Joseph, and all of the house of Israel…
Yahweh Has Made Known His Salvation
This is the message from the Lord, John 3:17 “For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him”. In the…
Rise Up O Judge of the Earth
There is water in Ezekiel 47:1 “coming out from under the threshold of the temple eastward” and it brings life wherever it flows. There is an abundance of fish and trees “its fruit will be as food, and its leaf…