Daily Devotional from Luke 19—Verses 38-40“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples." He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”God often uses us to spread His glory and praise him among humankind. We worship God because H...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 18--Verses 38-39So [the blind beggar] called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”When one of our senses is lost, others are heightened to compensate. This blind man sat on the road, begging of travelers. He couldn’t see them—but he could hear them. ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 17--Verses 4-5"And if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him." The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”There is a well-known Chinese proverb stating, “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” We should learn from our mistakes. This is common sense. But on the subject o...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 16--Verse 19-21There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.As troubling as this parable is, we need to be reminded that there is tr...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 15—Verse 4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?God is so good. He desires that none should perish, but that all would have eternal life through His Son (John 3:16-17). He relentlessly pursues us, but it’s up to us to decide to enter int...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 14--Luke 14:16b-18A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ But they all alike began to make excuses.Despite the normal kinds of things they mentioned, each of the invited men could have attended the graciously prepared meal. Since they r...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 13--Verses 2-3And [Jesus] responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered these things? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well.”It can be easy to look at others’ choices, lifestyle, and situation and think that they deserve what they get. They are just dealing with the c...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 12—Verses 43-33Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.It’s easy to get calloused to the teaching that Jesus is coming back soon (Rev. 22:20). After all it has been almost 2000 years since that message was written. But only God knows what He means by “soon”. (One of His days i...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 11--Verse 33No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. As believers in Jesus, we are the light of the world (Matt. 5:14). And as things get darker the light naturally grows with intensity. And, as we all know, the darkness of uncertainty has cast its shadow upon the world. So, now, more t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 10—Verse 40But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.”Martha was concerned about doing lots of things for Jesus and His disciples. But Mary just wanted to sit at His feet and learn from Him.It’s so easy to get caught up in doing the right things,...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 9—Verse 20Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”The world has many things to say about Jesus. That He was a prophet, a good guy, a good teacher, a lunatic, a liar, some even say He never lived. If we are saved, we know Jesus is the Messiah, the Savior of the World – and so much more. Matthew 16:16 describes the same...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Luke 8--Verse 18aTherefore take care of how you listen…Sometimes, when we listen, we’re just waiting to say what we want to say, without truly hearing what the other person is saying. And sometimes we only hear what we want to hear, instead of hearing what is actually being said. We do it with other people, and if you’re like me, you do it with God as well.Jesus was just expl...  Read More