Daily Devotional

Luke 1:35 NASB [35] The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God. Psalm 91:1-4,9-10 NASB [1] He who dwells in the shelter of the Most […]

Luke 1:30-31 ESV And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. [31] And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. Advent is a time when we anticipate and celebrate the incarnation of Jesus. John

Micah 7:18 NASB95 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love. There are so many verses in the Bible that give us insight into the heart of God, and

Ephesians 5:28-30 NASB95 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; [29] for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, [30] because we are of His flesh and of His

Colossians 3:3-4 Your old independent self was crucified, and you are now hidden with Christ in God. [4] And as Christ himself is seen for who he really is through you, who you really are will also be revealed, for you are now one with him in his glory! God has taken our humanity, still

Colossians 3:3-4 AMPC For you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, Who is our life, is revealed, then you also will revealed with Him in [the splendor of His] glory. Ephesians 2:14 NASB95 For He, Himself is our peace… If it is true that Christ is

Philippians 3:8-11 AMPC Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly].

Philippians 3:10-13 AMPC [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from

Matthew 4:1 AMPC Then Jesus was led (guided) by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness (desert) to be tempted (tested and tried) by the devil. Luke 4:1-2 AMPC Then Jesus, full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led in [by] the [Holy] Spirit [2] For (during) forty days

Let’s talk about Jesus’s time in the wilderness. First, it is important to remember that Jesus didn’t just come to be an example for us; he came as us. Jesus clothed himself in humanity and, as the second Adam, lived a life of faith. Jesus is the Son of God and therefore 100% deity, but