Category: Devotionals

Devotionals

Are You Ready?

Read: Matthew 25:1-13 The wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. (v. 4) Jewish weddings in the first century were celebrations for the whole community. At one point, the groom

Devotionals

The Wedding Banquet

Read: Matthew 22:1-14 Everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast. (v. 4) What’s the best meal you’ve ever eaten? My guess is you didn’t pick your favorite meal based solely

Devotionals

The Vineyard

Read: Luke 20:9-19 I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him. (v. 13) Setting the table for dinner, I called upstairs for my son to come down. After

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Love One Another

Read: John 13:31-35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples. (v. 35) How would the people around you know that you believe in Jesus? Is it by

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Give to Caesar

Read: Luke 20:20-26 Whose image and inscription are on it? (v. 24 NIV) For decades, our coins in Canada all had a picture of Queen Elizabeth II on them. Quarter, nickel,

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The Greatest Commandment

Read: Mark 12:28-34 Which commandment is the most important of all? (v. 28) Have you ever walked up to a group of people in the middle of a conversation? It can

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Cleansing the Temple

Read: Mark 11:15-19 He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold. (v. 15) The temple was designed to be a space for people to meet with God.

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Triumphal Entry

Read: Matthew 21:1-11 Hosanna to the Son of David! (v. 9) As people lined the streets, throwing their cloaks on the ground before Jesus, they cried out, “Hosanna!” which means, “Lord,

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Prepared for Burial

Read: Mark 14:1-11 She has done a beautiful thing to me. (v. 6) Sometime during the meal, a woman came in. She brought a bottle of perfume, likely the most valuable