by Steve Thomason | Jan 22, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, January 22. Deuteronomy 8:1-10 Have you ever been really hungry, or really thirsty, and then got to eat or drink? When I played football in high school we would have three practices a day for two weeks in August, before school started. August can be brutal...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 21, 2015 | Devos
Wednesday, January 21. Genesis 3:1-7 The serpent must have been in advertising. Think about most of the commercials you watch on TV or hear on the radio. What is their tactic? They try to convince you that you are somehow incomplete until you buy their product....
by Steve Thomason | Jan 20, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, January 20. Genesis 1:26-27 The main text for this week is Matthew 4:1-17. Satan tempts Jesus in the wilderness. He begins each temptation with the phrase, “If you are the Son of God…” Do you see what he’s doing? Satan is trying to get...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 19, 2015 | Devos
Monday, January 19. Psalm 91:9-12 Our main text for this whole week is Matthew 4:1-17. Jesus has been in the desert, fasting for forty days. He’s famished. Then Satan comes after him with three temptations. The reading for today has to do with the second...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 16, 2015 | Devos
Friday, January 16, Numbers 31:21-24 The reason this passage was chosen for our Narrative Lectionary reading was because it is about purifying things with fire and water. It relates to our main text in Matthew 3:1-17 because John the Baptist said that he baptized with...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 15, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, January 15, Zechariah 3:1-10 Zechariah was a prophet who lived and spoke to Israel during the time when Israel was returning from exile in Persia. They were rebuilding the city and the temple and trying to get back on track with a right relationship with...
