1 Corinthians 15:3–4 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scripture....  Read More

Good FridayTexts: (Matthew 27:1–61, Mark 15:1–47, Luke 23:1–56, John 18:28–19:42.)The theme of today’s devotional is the word “Love.” Do you believe God loves you? Perhaps you’ve struggled receiving love in your life. Maybe even those closest to you have not been very loving. Maybe others have failed you in this way time and again. Maybe you have searched and searched but never found someone to tr...  Read More

Maundy ThursdayTexts: (Matthew 26:17–75, Mark 14:12–72, Luke 22:7–71, John 13:1–18:27)The Thursday prior to Jesus’s crucifixion is choc-full of activity. There is the famous “Last Supper” in the upper room and the subsequent discourse. This is the night Jesus washes his disciples’ feet. After the meal, Jesus and his closest friends leave for the Mount of Olives to pray at the garden of Gethsemane....  Read More

WednesdayTexts: (Matthew 26:6–16, Mark 14:1–11, Luke 22:3–6.)Congratulations on making it this far. We are half-way through remembering the most important week in human history! The past several days have been a rush of activity and tension featuring Jesus’s opponents—and His unflinching resolve. On the Wednesday before his death we find Jesus is at rest. We see Him in the home of Simon the Leper ...  Read More

TuesdayTexts: (Matthew 21:23–26:5, Mark 11:27–14:2, Luke 20:1–22:2, John 12:37–50)The theme for today’s devotional is “authority.” As we consider Holy Week and all that Jesus was and is, ask yourself, “Who has the right to rule in my life?” Who’s the boss? Remember that 80’s TV show? Related to this question is, Who exactly did Jesus claim to be? This is the central question in the gospel of Mark ...  Read More

MondayTexts: (Matthew 21:12–22, Mark 11:12–19, Luke 19:45–48)On Monday, one of the central themes is the question: “What kind of worship does God require from His people?” How is your worship lately? One of the first commandments in the Bible is for us to worship God. Remember the story of Cain and Abel? It was clear from the outset that one kind of worship was acceptable, and the other was not. I...  Read More

Matthew 21:1–11 When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.” ...  Read More

Matthew 25:1–13Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.  For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep.  But at mid...  Read More

Matthew 24:36–44But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all a...  Read More

“Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly? No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies. They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning ...  Read More

“Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness! My soul is in the...  Read More

“Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. They stir up strife, they lurk...  Read More