Devotionals

Jesus had just taught them the Lord’s prayer. He told them instead of babbling and saying many words, they should pray to God, remember who He is, and ask for help enough for today. Keep us from temptation and Satan and his designs. But Jesus said some challenging...

Jesus told them that unless they were more righteous than their religious leaders, they wouldn't make it to heaven. This seems impossible. How can we be more righteous than even the most religious person? What was Jesus getting at? Was He talking only about us being...

Jesus was teaching the people in parables. He told of the wheat and the weeds and how, at the harvest, the weeds would be separated and burned in the fire. He said of the yeast put into the dough and about the tiny mustard seed, which, when fully grown, is extensive....

Jesus responds to the duplicity that He is seeing. People are saying one thing and doing another. Jesus points this out: Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? We call Jesus Lord, but what do we really believe about Him? Lord means...

Jesus teaches the people the parable of the soils. He tells of a farmer who went out to sow seed; some fell on the path, some on rocky ground, some on thorny ground, and some on good soil. He goes on to tell them that each soil gave a different result. The disciples...

Jesus teaches us where our words come from. Matthew 12:34-35 For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. It is...