Category: Devotionals

Read: Matthew 17:19-27 Take the first fish you catch . . . and you will find a four-drachma coin. (v. 27 NIV) Some commentators think this text contains the strangest

Read: Matthew 16:13-20 I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church. (v. 18 NIV) Is it a problem if Jesus called Peter

Read: Matthew 15:21-29 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” (v. 24 NIV) Do you know anyone who insists their country is the only one

Read: Matthew 14:25-33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.” (v. 33 NIV) Do you ever feel like your worship

Read: Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23 But the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. (v. 22 NIV). Most of the parable of the

Read: Matthew 12:24-32 Anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. (v. 32 NIV) People have often asked me about the unforgivable sin. Too frequently they are

Read: Matthew 11:25-30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (v. 30 NIV) I have never lived on a farm. My mother’s cousins did, and I often

Read: Matthew 10:16-23 Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. (v. 23 NIV) Ever since the beginning

Read: Matthew 9:1-8 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” (v. 2 NIV) Maybe it’s because I grew up in