Daily Devotional
Terror and Joy
Daily Devotional • September 13
A Reading from John 11:30-44
30 Now Jesus had not yet come to the village but was still at the place...
Why the Delay?
Mary and Martha’s traditional roles in Luke are here reversed. It is Martha who is with Jesus while Mary is absent, surely out of complicated anger. The sisters’ anger is palpable, though not specifically described. Mary comes when called; but when she does, she confronts Jesus with the same words that Martha had used. “If you had been here, my brother would not have died.”Â
The World Is About to Change
Along with the manifold implications in the details, there are two great lessons in today’s reading: Jesus delays to come to Bethany for the sake of the greater miracle — which will therefore build greater faith in the witnesses; and the apostles, unaware of that but mindful of the threat back where they came from, determine to follow him regardless.
The Days That Are Gone
Daily Devotional • September 10
A Reading from Job 29:1-20
1 Job again took up his discourse and said:
2 “O that I were as in the...
Seeing Is Not Believing
Daily Devotional • September 9
A Reading from John 10:19-30
19 Again the Jews were divided because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying,...
Job’s Raised Fist
Daily Devotional • September 8
A Reading from Job 25:1-6, 27:1-6
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2 “Dominion and fear are with God;
  he makes...
Coming In and Going Out
Daily Devotional • September 7
A Reading from John 10:1-18
1 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate...
In God’s Hand
Daily Devotional • September 6
Psalm 31
1 In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;
  do not let me ever be put to shame;
  ...
Imago Dei
Daily Devotional • September 5
A Reading from John 9:1-17
1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked...
Faith, Hope, and Presence
Daily Devotional • September 4
A Reading from Job 12:1, 14:1-22
1 Then Job answered:
“A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,
2...
Walking in Covenant with God
Daily Devotional • September 3
1Â Vindicate me, O Lord,
    for I have walked in my integrity,
    and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
2Â Prove me, O...
Choosing Trust Over Understanding
Daily Devotional • September 2
A Reading from Job 12:1-6, 13-25
1 Then Job answered:
2 “No doubt you are the people,
  and wisdom will die...
Blessedness
Daily Devotional • September 1
A Reading from Job 11:1-9, 13-20
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
2 “Should a multitude of words go unanswered,
  and...
This Light
Daily Devotional • August 31
A Reading from Job 9:1; 10:1-9, 16-22
1 Then Job answered:
1 “I loathe my life;
    I will give free utterance to my...
Longing
Daily Devotional • August 30
A Reading from Job 9:1-15, 32-35
1 Then Job answered:
2 “Indeed, I know that this is so,
  but how can...
Crying Out to the Lord
Daily Devotional • August 29
Psalm 18:1-20
1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
  ...
Way of Life
Daily Devotional • August 28
A Reading from Acts 10:1-16
1 In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as...
The Night Watch
Daily Devotional • August 27
Psalm 6
1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
  or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Be gracious...
Restore the Faithful
Daily Devotional • August 26
Psalm 1
1 Happy are those
  who do not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path that sinners...
Open Door in Heaven
Daily Devotional • August 25
A Reading from Revelation 4:1-11
1 After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first...
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