Daily Devotional from Matthew 4--Verse 1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Jesus faced temptation just like every human on earth does. We don’t have a Savior who doesn’t relate to us—He understands! But we can learn so much from He Who Never Sinned about how to respond to temptation—with the Truth of the Word!This is why it’s so important that we ar...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Matthew 3—Verses 5-6Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.Water baptism is one of the most exciting parts of the believer’s walk with God. I still get all teary-eyed every time I see someone get baptized! It’s our chance to take a public stand for our fai...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Matthew 2--Verses 1-2After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to worship him.”The wise men in this story were not part of God’s covenant people. They were, though, men who paid attention to God’s wor...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Matthew 1--Verse 21She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.God had been silent. It had been about 400 years since God had spoken to His chosen people through Malachi’s Old Testament book of prophecy.But then an angel came to Joseph to announce good news of the virgin-birth arrival of a savior to be named Jesus. All t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 12--Verse 10And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.The Israelites have had a tough go and much of it was brought o...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 8--Verse 23The Lord of Armies says this: “In those days, ten men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” One thing that has become increasingly clear to me as I get older is that people are desperate for meaning, purpose, and knowing they are loved and known by Go...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 12--Verse 10And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.The Israelites have had a tough go and much of it was brought o...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 8--Verse 23The Lord of Armies says this: “In those days, ten men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” One thing that has become increasingly clear to me as I get older is that people are desperate for meaning, purpose, and knowing they are loved and known by Go...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 4--Verse 6Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts."This was the answer given by the angel of the Lord to Zechariah’s request for explanation of the vision of a lampstand, bowl and olive trees.A lamp’s purpose is to provide light in darkness. The bowl would hold the oil (fue...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 3— Verse 8b & 9b…behold, I will bring my servant the Branch…and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. This prophecy came to Zechariah some 500 years before the birth of Christ, which we celebrate today. “The Branch” is referring to Jesus – a new Branch from the family tree of David. The iniquity (or sin) that God said he’d remove from the land “in...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Haggai 1--Verse 4Is it a time for you yourself to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? It’s unfortunate that sometimes people put more investment into their own homes than they do the Lord’s. But you know he has a house too, right? It’s called the church (Matt. 21:13; 1 Cor. 3:16; Eph. 2:19-22; 1 Tim. 3:15; Heb. 3:6; 1 Pet. 2:4-5). And although he’s n...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zephaniah 3--Verse 17The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. After chapters of casting judgment, God promises to restore Israel. His desire in the end is that they would seek Him and love Him the same way that He loves and seeks them. God is...  Read More