Daily Devotional from Mark 14-- Verses 3-4While [Jesus] was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head. But some were expressing indignation to one another: “Why has this perfume been wasted?"Have you ever been made to feel as if your offering to...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 13--Verse 18Pray that it may not happen in winter.In this chapter, Jesus was teaching His disciples about end-time tribulations. In the midst of describing these future events, Jesus asked them to pray these events didn’t happen in winter, since there would be no time to get a cloak for warmth.Jesus did not ask His disciples to pray just to give them something to do. He ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Proverb 5—Verse 6She does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.Have you ever been lost? It’s a little harder now, in the days of electronic map apps, but when I first started driving, there wasn’t even MapQuest yet, and there were a couple times when I wandered off my path and didn’t know where I was or how to get back.I don’t know about you,...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 12--Verse 24You know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. I think some people assume that if you have one you automatically have the other. However, I find it interesting that Jesus maintains a distinction between the two. He suggests you can know Scripture and not the power of God. And, conversely, you can know the power, without ever really knowing the Scriptur...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 11--Verse 25And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.But they don’t deserve my forgiveness. I’m sure that when some of us read this verse, we think this thought. While forgiveness is never easy, we are called to be forgiving people. Not people with poor boundari...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 10--Verses 44-45And whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.The Kingdom of God is so different from the ways of the world. Jesus has told us that in order to lead we must serve - we have to take the lowest position in order to lead people. We have to be ab...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 9--Verse 24 The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”This is one of my favorite prayers in the whole Bible. This man was desperate. His son was being terrorized by a demon and Jesus was his last hope. He said Jesus! IF you can—please deliver my son. Everything up until this point didn’t work and his hope was fading.And he was hones...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 8—Verse 17And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?”How dense could the disciples be?Jesus had recently provided bread enough to feed 5,000+ followers with 12 basketsful remaining, and then enough for 4000+ with 7 basketsful remaining. But now the disci...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Psalm 110—Verse 4The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”Melchizedek was the king of Salem, and a priest of God in the time of Abraham. After Abraham won a battle, Melchizedek provided bread and wine for Abraham and his soldiers, and blessed Abraham on behalf of God. The name ‘Melchizedek’ means ‘King of Right...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 7--Verse 6This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Sometimes we care so much about the outside, and not very much for the inside. But then there are others who care about the inside, while the outside doesn’t look so great. Which would you rather have? If we had to pick, I pray we would go with the latter one every time. Losing respect is so...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 6--Verse 54-55And when they got out of the boast, the people immediately recognized him and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. It’s amazing, Jesus’s own hometown rejected him, but the other places he went, people flocked to Him.  As Christians, our goal is to live like Jesus lived—to bring hope, peac...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 5--Verses 28-29For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.This woman was broke, sick, and tired, but she heard about Jesus and she believed. This woman believed enough that she believed if she only touched Jesus’ garment she would be healed. Due...  Read More