Hard hearts and harder stories

by | Jan 16, 2025 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 13:10-13 (ESV) 10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12...

Life is Easy!

by | Nov 21, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 11:28-30  28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light....

Four Ingredients to Powerful Prayer

by | Sep 4, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 8:5-8 (ESV) – (see also Luke 7:1-10) 5 When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, 6 “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” 7 And he said to him, “I will come and...

A Loving Father

by | Aug 21, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 7:7-8 (ESV) 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Devotion The Bible is filled...

Putting God First

by | Apr 10, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: 1 John 5:20-21 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from...