What’s in Your Storeroom?

by | Jan 29, 2025 | Morning Devotions

Verse:  Matthew 13:52 He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.” Devotion As we work our way through Matthew...

Seek, Sacrifice, and Commit

by | Jan 23, 2025 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Devotion This parable spoken by Jesus to his disciples was to help them understand...

Make Room

by | Jan 22, 2025 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 13:36-43 The Parable of the Weeds Explained Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man....

Be the Wheat

by | Jan 21, 2025 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 13:24-30 “Jesus told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads,...

Don’t Take Him for Granted

by | Jan 17, 2025 | Morning Devotions

Verse: Matthew 13:14-17: 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. 15 For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have...

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...