Devotionals about Joy

Grace

Dinner with a Pharisee—Kingdom Preview

Read: Luke 14:15-24 I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet. (v. 24) “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of

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

Meals

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).

Grace

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

Fellowship

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,

Grace

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 .

Joy

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!”

Love

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