Devotions
Lent 2023-April 9th
He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”
Lent 2023-April 8th
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.”
Lent 2023-April 7th
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
Lent 2023-April 6th
I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
Lent 2023-April 5th
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
Lent 2023-April 4th
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Lent 2023-April 3rd
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.
Lent 2023-April 2nd
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
Lent 2023-April 1st
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
Lent 2023-March 31st
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Lent 2023-March 30th
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Lent 2023-March 29th
For this reason he had to be made like them,[a] fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
Lent 2023-March 28th
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
Lent 2023-March 27th
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Lent 2023-March 26th
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
Lent 2023-March 25th
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Lent 2023-March 24th
They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”
Lent 2023-March 23rd
He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.
Lent 2023-March 22nd
A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
Lent 2023-March 21st
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
Lent 2023-March 20th
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Lent 2023-March 19th
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Lent 2023-March 18th
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Lent 2023-March 17th
When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
Lent 2023-March 16th
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Lent 2023-March 15th
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
Lent 2023-March 14th
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Lent 2023-March 13th
Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
Lent 2023-March 12th
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
Lent 2023-March 11th
And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”