Category: 2021 Devotion

Start your year on sure footing, Epiphany 2022, Day 14 Reading Matthew 8:1-17 https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=509389540 Scripture House 14 When Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever; 15he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him. ObservationChapter 8 features 3 miracles.… Read more…

Epiphany 2022, Start Your Year on Sure Footing, Matthew, Day 13 of 58 Reading Matthew 7:21-29 Scripture 24 ‘Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. Observation This is a statement that summarizes the intention of the Sermon on the…

Epiphany 2022, Start Your Year on Sure Footing, Matthew, Day 12 of 58 Reading Matthew 7:1-20 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207%3A1-20&version=NRSV Scripture 6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you. Observation Honestly, I wanted to pick an easier verse,…

Gospel of Matthew, Day 11 of 58 Reading Matthew 6:19-34 https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=509122383 Scripture 24 ‘No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. Observation The word used for wealth here is Mammon…

Gospel of Matthew, Day 10 of 58 Reading Matthew 6:1-18 https://bible.oremus.org/?ql=509005842 Scripture 2 ‘So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.… Read more “Epiphany…