Posts with the category “family-devotion”

John 14:1-4 | “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to ...  Read More

Ephesians 4:7-16 | However, he has given each one of us a special gift through the generosity of Christ. That is why the Scriptures say, “When he ascended to the heights, he led a crowd of captives an...  Read More

Isaiah 44:3b |  And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children.John 16:7 | But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate [The Ho...  Read More

Psalm 110:1 | The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.”1 Peter 3:22 | Now Christ has gone to heaven. ...  Read More

Psalm 68:18 | When you ascended to the heights, you led a crowd of captives. You received gifts from the people, even from those who rebelled against you. Now the Lord God will live among us there.Mar...  Read More

Isaiah 53:4-6 | Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierce...  Read More

Psalm 16:10 | For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one  to rot in the grave.1 Corinthians 15:3-4 | I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed ...  Read More

Isaiah 53:9 | He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave.Matthew 27:57-60 | As evening approached, Joseph, a rich man from ...  Read More

Zechariah 12:10 | “Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only...  Read More

Isaiah 53:10-12 | But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lor...  Read More

Isaiah 50:6 | I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting.Matthew 27:27-31 | Some of the governor’s soldiers...  Read More

Isaiah 53:7 | He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.Mark 15:3...  Read More

Zechariah 11:12-13 | And I said to them, “If you like, give me my wages, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to.” So they counted out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said to m...  Read More

Zechariah 9:9 | Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem  Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a ...  Read More

Isaiah 43:11 | I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no other Savior.Isaiah 45:21b-22 | For there is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior. There is none but me. Let all the world look to me f...  Read More

Psalm 69:4a | Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs on my head.John 15:18 & 25 | “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. // This fulfills what is written in their Scrip...  Read More

Isaiah 35:5-6 | And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy! Springs will gush f...  Read More

Isaiah 6:9-10 | And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people, ‘Listen carefully, but do not understand. Watch closely, but learn nothing.’ Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears and shut ...  Read More

Psalm 78:1-2 | O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying, for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past.Is Psalm in the Old Testa...  Read More

Isaiah 61:1 | The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will b...  Read More

Isaiah 35:4 | Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.”Luke 24:46-47 | And he [Jesus] said, “Yes, it was...  Read More

1 Corinthians 12:12-14a | The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ [the church]. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slav...  Read More

1st Peter 2:9 | But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he ca...  Read More

Acts 2:44-47 | And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. They worshiped together...  Read More

1 Thessalonians 5:11 | So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.1. What does it mean to encourage someone? 2. When have you been encouraged by another believer? H...  Read More

1 John 3:11 | This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.1. Are there any followers of God who are hard for you to love? If so, who and why? 2. If the church- Go...  Read More

Hebrews 10:25 | And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.1. It is important that God’s follo...  Read More

Colossians 2:6-7a |  And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on Him. Then your faith wi...  Read More

Romans 10:9-13 | If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right w...  Read More

1 John 1:9 | But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.What does it mean to confess? How do we confess our sin to God? How...  Read More

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 | I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from t...  Read More

John 14:6 | Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. Jesus called Himself the only way to the Father. Where is the Father? This means Je...  Read More

Romans 3:21-25a | But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are made ...  Read More

Ephesians 2:4-5 | But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s gra...  Read More

Last week, we explored the problem of sin in depth. It robs us of fulfilling our purpose, it separates us from God, and it leads to physical and spiritual death. But God loved His precious creation fa...  Read More

James 1:14-15 | Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.What is te...  Read More

Romans 7:14-24 | So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do w...  Read More

Gal. 3:10-11a | But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are wri...  Read More

Romans 6:23 | For the wages (punishment) of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.What is the punishment of sin? What is physical death? How is death, si...  Read More

Romans 5:12 | When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.Romans 3:23 | For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glor...  Read More