Our Need for Jesus
Listen to Today’s Devotion Matthew was a public tax collector. As crooked as a corkscrew. Everyone kept his distance from Matthew. Everyone, that is, except Jesus. Jesus said to him, “‘Follow me and be my… Our Need for Jesus
Jesus Receives You
Listen to Today’s Devotion How does God accept us? I know how he accepted me. I was a twenty-year-old troublemaker on a downhill path. I’d spent five years claiming to be God’s son on Sunday… Jesus Receives You
Joy and Abundance
Listen to Today’s Devotion Jesus was accused of much, but of being a grump, sourpuss, or self-centered jerk? Nope! People didn’t groan when he appeared. They didn’t duck for cover when he entered the room.… Joy and Abundance
No Ordinary Night
Listen to Today’s Devotion Only one word describes the night that Jesus came—ordinary. No reason to expect a surprise. An ordinary night with ordinary sheep and ordinary shepherds. And were it not for a God… No Ordinary Night
A Great Descent
Listen to Today’s Devotion Gabriel had his orders: take the message to Mary. Must be a special girl, he assumed. But Gabriel was in for a shock. Mary was a Jewish peasant who’d barely outgrown… A Great Descent
What Gabriel Never Expected
Listen to Today’s Devotion Prior to Bethlehem God gave us his messengers, his teachers, his words. But in the manger God gave us himself. Extraordinary, don’t you think? I imagine even Gabriel scratched his head… What Gabriel Never Expected
God’s With Us Promise
Listen to Today’s Devotion Jesus understands you. He’s faced hunger, sorrow, and death and wants to face them with you. The Bible says Jesus “understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings… God’s With Us Promise
To Be Near You
Listen to Today’s Devotion John 1:14 (MSG) says, “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.” Let’s begin where the earthly ministry of Jesus began—in the womb of Mary. The God of… To Be Near You
Do You Know This Jesus?
Listen to Today’s Devotion Jesus. J-E-S-U-S. Five letters. Six hours. One cross. Three nails. We live because of Jesus. We live because he lives, hope because he works, and matter because he matters. To be… Do You Know This Jesus?