Devotionals about Jesus

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Tragic

Read: Matthew 2:13-18 Then Herod . . . sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem . . . who were two years old or under. (v. 16) In

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Shocking Guests

Read: Matthew 2:1-12 Behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem. (v. 1) Matthew 1:23 says that Mary’s child—though named Jesus—would be called “Immanuel,” meaning “God with us.” For

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Righteousness

Read: Matthew 1:18-25 Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. (v. 19) Joseph was a good man. He was “just,”

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The Whole Family

Read: Matthew 1:1-17 . . . and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. (v. 16) Writers, public speakers,

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Immediately

Read: Mark 1:9-13 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. (v. 12) Mark’s favorite word is “immediately.” Everything in Mark’s Gospel happens at lightning speed. Mark seems eager

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The Diagnosis

Read: Mark 1:4-8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. (v. 8) All four Gospels make clear that John the Baptist was

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The Beginning

Read: Psalm 145 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (v. 1) Advent is a new beginning. Advent is a fresh start for the cosmos.

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Healing

Pray to the Lord of the Harvest

Read: Matthew 9:35-38 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray . . . (v. 37) The 20th-century evangelical leader John Stott said that the world’s great

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Healing

Two Last Miracles

Read: Matthew 9:27-34 Never was anything like this seen in Israel. (v. 33) Opening the eyes of the two blind men and loosening the tongue of the deaf-mute are the