What Jesus Faced

by | Apr 23, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 2:3-6 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so...

Finding God in Unexpected Places

by | Apr 22, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 2:1-2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” Devotion...

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

by | Apr 19, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 1: 18-21 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to...

Jesus is With You

by | Apr 17, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 1:22-25 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). 24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of...

Written into God’s Story

by | Apr 15, 2024 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 1:17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah. Devotion OK, so as Bible verses go, reading a genealogy isn’t the most exciting thing....

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...