II Corinthians 2:11 ” In order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.” Read II Corinthians 2:10-11 “Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11 in order that Satan…
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Satan’s Snares, Part III: Pride
“If you are the Son of God…” Luke 4:3a, 4:9b Read Luke 4:3-4, 9-12 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone. The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him…
Satan’s Snares, Part II: “An Opportune Time”
“When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.” Luke 4:13 Read Luke 4:1-13 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted[a] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days,…
Satan’s Snares, Part I
“For Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into the solitary places.” Luke 8:29 What happens when you’re alone? Does…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Jesus, Part V
Read Matthew 26:47-54 And even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests and elders of the people. 48 The traitor, Judas, had given them a prearranged signal: “You will know which one to…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Jesus, Part IV
“My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” Matthew 26:39 Read Matthew 26:36-45 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Jesus, Part III
“They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”Matthew 14:16 Please read Matthew 14:13-21 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Jesus, Part II
“When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.” Matthew 14:14 Before reading today’s devotion, please pray: Dear Father, Please open my eyes to what you would have me glean from today’s reading of Your words. Amen For background, please read Matthew 14:6-14. But when Herod’s birthday was…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Jesus, Part I
“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” Luke 2:49 Read Luke 2:41-52 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43…
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Mary, Part V
Read John 19:25-27 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[a] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”…