Devotionals (Page 3)
Verse of the Day – Apr. 6, 2022
April 6, 2022 – Wednesday Luke 16:30 NIV 30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ Comment. The verse above makes no sense by itself, out of context. So, for context the man speaking to Father Abraham is an unnamed rich man, so rich in Jesus’ time he lived in luxury…
Verse of the Day – Apr. 5, 2022
April 05, 2022 – Tuesday Luke 15:21 NIV 21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ Comment. In verses 11-32 we have a story that is popularly known as the story of The Prodigal Son. However, the use of prodigal in scripture is rare. In this…
Verses of the Day – Apr. 4, 2022
April 04, 2022 – Monday Luke 15:7 & 10 NIV 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”…
Verses of the Day – Apr. 1, 2022
April 01, 2022 – Friday Luke 13:1-5 NIV 1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But…
Verses of the Day – Mar. 31, 2022
March 31, 2022 – Thursday Luke 5:31-32 NIV 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Comment. The them that Jesus answered were the Pharisees and the teachers of the law as v30 tells us, But the…
Verses of the Day – Mar. 30, 2022
March 30, 2022 – Wednesday Luke 3:3 & 7-8 NIV 3 He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 7 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping…
Verse of the Day – Mar. 29, 2022
March 29, 2022 – Tuesday Mark 6:12 NIV 12 They went out and preached that people should repent. Comment. Earlier Jesus had given His twelve disciples instructions as He sent them out. His instructions came about the following way, 7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them…
Verse of the Day – Mar. 28, 2022
March 28, 2022 – Monday Mark 1:14-15 NIV 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” Comment. There is very little context here other than…
Verse of the Day – Mar. 25, 2022
March 25, 2022 – Friday Mark 1:4 NIV 4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Comment. We have read this before in Matthew 3:1-2, In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the…
Verses of the Day – Mar. 24, 2022
March 24, 2022 – Thursday Matthew 21:31-32 NIV 31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did…
Verse of the Day – Mar. 23, 2022
March 23, 2022 – Wednesday Matthew 12:41 NIV 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here. Comment. If you are not sure about what Jesus is speaking about, go back to the book of…
Verses of the Day – Mar. 22, 2022
March 22, 2022 – Tuesday Matthew 11:20-21 NIV 20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in…
Verse of the Day – Mar. 21, 2022
March 21, 2022 – Monday Matthew 4:17 NIV 17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” Comment. Do you find it interesting as I do that Jesus’ first word when He began to preach was Repent? Of course, you may be wondering about context as the verse reads, From…
Verses of the Day – Mar. 18, 2022
March 18, 2022 – Friday Matthew 3:7-8 NIV 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. Comment. Yesterday, March 17, 2022, we looked at the first…
Verses of the Day – Mar. 17, 2022
March 17, 2022 – Thursday Matthew 3:1-2 NIV 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Comment. The above gives us the first occurrence of the word repent in the New Testament and it is a verb unlike repentance which is a…