Daily Devotions

“So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. There they crucified him… When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold your son!’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother!’… After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said to fulfill Scripture, ‘I thirst.’… When Jesus had received the sour wine, he s

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” –John 13:34-35 TRANSCRIPTION: Good morning. Grace and peace be unto all of you, my Father’s children. It is Thursday of Holy Week — and we are drawing close to the cross. Today the church calendar marks this day as Maundy Thursday. That word Maundy comes from the Lat

“Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people. Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve. He went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. They were glad and agreed to give him money. So he consented and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the abse

“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake, for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. Therefore stay awake — for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crow

“And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, ‘It is written, my house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.’” –Matthew 21:12-13 TRANSCRIPTION: Good morning. Grace and peace be unto all of you, my Father’s children. Here we are on the Monday of Holy Week — and over these next several days, we wal