A farmer went out to sow his seed… Luke 8:5 The parable of the sower is one parable that never ceases to amaze me. It’s interesting how all the three gospels recorded this parable and my guess is that it…
Category: Devotionals
No one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house Mark 3:27 Yesterday, we began examining the parable of two opposing kingdoms. The conversation arose when some teachers of…
If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand Mark 3:25 Don’t you just love Jesus?There’s something about the way Jesus presented simple parables that explains kingdom realities in a way that is so simple and easy to…
But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, cancelling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that? Luke 7: 42 In my first year at the University, we had a practical exam…
It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. Luke 6:48 NLT In September…
So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say Luke 6:46 When we had our first son in 2018, we were overjoyed and immediately began acknowledging him as a son and treating him…
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up Luke 18:1 In Luke 18:1-8, Jesus shares a parable about a persistent widow who continuously sought justice from an unjust judge….
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God” Luke 6:12 “If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray” –Billy Graham There…
I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart….
“This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ saith the Lord of hosts Zechariah 4:6 I grew up on my father’s cocoa plantation southwest of Nigeria. There was…