Devotionals about Joy

Grace

Dinner with a Pharisee—Humility

Read: Luke 14:1-14 Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. (v. 11) Have you ever been to a dinner where you felt

Grace

Jesus Feeds the 5000

Read: Mark 6:30-44 They all ate and were satisfied. (v. 43) One of the revealed names for God in the Old Testament is Jehovah Jireh—“the LORD will provide” (Gen. 22:14).

Meals

An Uncomfortable Dinner

Read: Luke 7:36-50 [Jesus] said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (v. 50) Every eye in the place was on her from the moment she

Grace

Levi’s Feast

Read: Luke 5:27-39 Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others. (v. 29) He was at home here,

Fellowship

The Wedding at Cana

Read: John 2:1-12 But you have kept the good wine until now. (v. 10) James Montgomery Boice wrote: “The life of the Christian is to be characterized by joy .

Grace

A Glutton and Friend of Sinners

Read: Luke 7:24-35 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, “Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!”

Joy

Complete Unity

Read: John 17:20-26 . . . I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and

Love

Set Apart

Read: John 17:13-19 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. (vv. 17-18) What

Love

To Be as One

Read: John 17:6-12 Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. (v. 11