Daily Devotional from Mark 9--Verse 24The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”This is one of my favorite prayers in the whole Bible. This man was desperate. His son was being terrorized by a demon and Jesus was his last hope. He said Jesus! IF you can—please deliver my son. Everything up until this point didn’t work and his hope was fading.And he was honest...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 8—Verse 17And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?”How dense could the disciples be?Jesus had recently provided bread enough to feed 5,000+ followers with 12 basketfuls remaining, and then enough for 4000+ with 7 basketfuls remaining. But now the disci...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 7--Verse 6This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Sometimes we care so much about the outside, and not very much for the inside. But then there are others who care about the inside, while the outside doesn’t look so great. Which would you rather have? If we had to pick, I pray we would go with the latter one every time. Losing respect is so...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 6--Verse 54-55And when they got out of the boast, the people immediately recognized him and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. It’s amazing, Jesus’s own hometown rejected him, but the other places he went, people flocked to Him. As Christians, our goal is to live like Jesus lived—to bring hope, peace...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 5--Verses 28-29For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.This woman was broke, sick, and tired, but she heard about Jesus and she believed. This woman believed enough that she believed if she only touched Jesus’ garment she would be healed. Due...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 4--Verse 22 For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.We all hide things from the world—secrets that might destroy us if they came to light. We see it often with prominent leaders in the news—the sin they hid is dragged out for the world to see. Jesus promised that all will be found out. This is why con...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 3--Verses 34-35And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”Who belongs to your family?The answer is different for different families. Some are born into a family, some are adopted, and others are given “honorary” membership because of some close asso...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 2--Verse 27The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a gift.A day to stop and catch your breath.A day to refresh and repose.A day to regain your rhythm.A day to take a deep breath and relax.It’s a gift from God to mankind. However, what kind of gift is it when it’s obligatory? Under such expectations, it ceases to be a gift entirely and become...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Mark 1—Verse 18And immediately they left their nets and followed him.Imagine you’re working and someone comes up to you and says, “come follow me.” That would be a huge interruption to our day. We’d think of all the reasons we can’t, and we’d even wonder why they’re asking us such a thing.Jesus asks us to drop everything to follow Him. Following Jesus may be inconvenient and ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Matthew 28--Verses 18-20Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.The Great Commission - Jesus charged His disciples with a task to reach the world with the Good News! This Commiss...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Matthew 27--Verse 46About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”Sometimes things happen in life that make us feel as if God has abandoned us. Here in Matthew 27, Jesus is on the cross, the sin of the world is on his shoulders and for the first time—he felt as if God had aban...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Matthew 26--Verses 7-9A woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor.”An unnamed woman, perhaps someone just like you or me, came up to Jesus while he...  Read More