"And when He [Jesus] drew near and saw the city, He wept over it." (Luke 19:41 ESV)Now, no matter what we might think of Jesus, this poignant account of His weeping over the City of Jerusalem is surely a wake-up call for all of us today.In response to this passage,...
"The LORD made it known to me and I knew; then You showed me their deeds. But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the...
"And Pilate again said to them, 'Then what shall I do with the Man you call the King of the Jews?' And they cried out again, 'Crucify Him.' And Pilate said to them, 'Why? What evil has He done?' But they shouted all the more, 'Crucify Him.' So Pilate, wishing to...
Turbulence made us shake and jostle up and down and from side to side. We were about 20 minutes before landing in Orlando when the announcement came: "Ladies and gentlemen, turbulence is too severe for us to walk down the aisle," the flight attendant said. "We'll go...
Psalm 120:1-2 says: "I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me. Save me O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues."Are you being attacked by someone? Has the devil been trying to destroy you? This happens a lot in the lives of Christians. They are...
"He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: 'Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.' And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge." (Ps 50:4-6) The judgment: ...
"Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame. In that day the people who live on this coast will say, 'See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can...
This devotional is the second of a 2 part series based on Dan. 5. "But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this." (Dan 5:22-23) Poor Belshazzar. He has just witnessed the supernatural appearance of a hand that writes with its...
The following devotional is the third one in a short series inspired by Melo, our beloved but departed, Parrotlet. "'The Lord will judge his people.' It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." (Heb 10:30-31) For those of you who have been...
"Here is another story Jesus told: 'The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the...