Lent is a season of fasting as we prepare for Easter. For 40 days (including 6 Sundays) beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Palm Sunday, the Church responds to the atoning death of Christ. This is a season of joy and sorrow, eagerly waiting and silently longing, sure hope and battling unbelief.
As part of Lent, we learn to focus on what matters most during this season of fasting. These devotionals are meant to be read each day in order to help you focus on what matters most -- The grace of God in Jesus Christ for sinners.
"Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." John 20:30-31 Text: John 2:1-12; John 2:13-22; John 4:1-15 Yesterday we looked at the New Birth from the story of Jesus' intera...
Keep Reading"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." John 1:12-13 Text: John 3:1-15 Our text today comes from the third chapter of John's gospel. Here we see the Jewish Rabbi Nicodemus come to Jesus at nighttime. There are a cou...
Keep Reading"The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,and if children, thenheirsheirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him." Romans 8:16-17 Text: Ephesians 3-14 One of the greatest revelations and promises in the entirety of Scripture is that Christians are heirs of God a...
Keep Reading"I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed,the hour is coming whenwhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.And they will do these thingsbecause they have not known the Father, nor me.ButI have said these things to you, that whentheir hour comes you may remember that I told them to yo...
Keep Reading"Since then we havea great high priestwho has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God,let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priestwho is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has beentempted as we are,yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and f...
Keep Reading"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; andit is they that bear witness about Me." - John 5:39 "Andbeginning withMoses andall the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself." - Luke 24:27 Text: Selections from the Letter to the Hebrews Many Christians struggle with the Old Testament. ...
Keep Reading"Jesus, knowingthat the Father had given all things into his hands, and thathe had come from God andwas going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel,tied it around his waist. Then hepoured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him." - John 13:3-5 Text: J...
Keep Reading"For itwas fitting that he,for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sonsto glory, should make thefounder of their salvationperfect through suffering." - Hebrews 2:10 Text: Hebrews 2:10, Hebrews 12:2 The author of the book of Hebrews gives Jesus an interesting title: the Founder of Our Salvation. The word we translate as "Founder" here is the Greek word...
Keep Reading"Andthe Wordbecame flesh anddwelt among us,and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Sonfrom the Father, full ofgrace andtruth." - John 1:14 Text: Hebrews 2:5-18 Why did God become man? Many people, throughout history and even today, have asked this question. Why was it necessary for Christ, the Word of God, to take on our flesh and dwell amongst us? The answer to...
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