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Daily Devotional
Sunday
Matthew 28:18-20… Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
God’s Strength in Weakness
Final words are always important: a coach’s challenge before the team takes the field, a commander’s instructions before going into battle, or a parent’s counsel before watching a son or daughter head out into the world on their own. These are Jesus’ last words to His followers before ascending into heaven – they are what He wanted to leave them with to tie together...
Daily Devotional
Saturday
Luke 19:8-10… But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
A Deep Work of Grace!
How deep can grace go? Is there anyone who is too far from God that His redemption cannot reach them?
Jesus always enjoyed confounding the “experts” of the Jewish nation. The story of Jesus and Zacchaeus definitely fits this category. Many Hebrews mistook God’s choosing of them as His nation to mean that everyone else was beneath them – they had strong...
