Category: Daily Devotional Thoughts

SCRIPTURE:  LUKE 4 THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS (vs. 1-13) The Holy Spirit led Jesus to the desert for 40 days.  He ate nothing during those days and at the end of the day, he was hungry.  The devil knew he needed food, so he challenged Jesus 3 times. The devil said to him, “If you… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/16/25 (Wednesday)

SCRIPTURE:  LUKE 3 JOHN THE BAPTIST PREPARES THE WAY (vs. 1-20) In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar – when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene – during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas,… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/15/25 (Tuesday)

SCRIPTURE:  LUKE 2 THE BIRTH OF JESUS (vs. 1-7) Caesar Augustus issued a decree to take a census of the entire Roman World.  So everyone went to his own town to register.  Joseph went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David because he belonged to the house… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/14/25 (Monday)

SCRIPTURE:  LUKE 1 INTRODUCTION: Luke was a Greek medical doctor and historian who wrote the book of Luke and Acts.  Luke affirmed Jesus’ divinity but he emphasized on Jesus humanity.  Luke was the longest of the Gospels which had the fullest and most orderly story of Jesus’ life.  He was also a close friend and… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/12/25 (Saturday)

SCRIPTURE:  MARK 16 THE RESURRECTION (vs. 1-20) Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices to anoint Jesus’ body.  While they were on their way to the tomb, they were asking each other “who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” (v. 3).  But when they looked up,… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/11/25 (Friday)

SCRIPTURE: MARK 15 JESUS BEFORE PILATE (vs. 1-15) The chief priests, elders, teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin reached a decision  to hand him over to Pilate.  Pilate asked Jesus many things but Jesus made no reply.  Now, it was the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner.  A man called Barabbas… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/10/25 (Thursday)

SCRIPTURE:  MARK 14 JESUS ANOINTED AT BETHANY (vs. 1-11) While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard.  She broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head.  Some rebuked her saying:… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/9/25 (Wednesday)

SCRIPTURE:  MARK 13 SIGNS OF THE END TIMES (vs. 1-31)  Many will come in my name, claiming, “I am he and will deceive many. (v. 6)  You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. (v. 7)  Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. (v. 8a)  There will be earthquakes in various places… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/8/25 (Tuesday)

SCRIPTURE:  MARK 12 THE PARABLE OF THE TENANTS (vs. 1-12) A man planted a vineyard.  He put a wall around it, dug as a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower.  Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey.  At harvest time, he sent a servant to the… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/7/25 (Monday)

SCRIPTURE:  MARK 11 THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (vs. 1-11) As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives,  Jesus sent two of his disciples to go to the village              and bring a colt to him.  When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 4/6/25 (Sunday)