by Haley Reed | Sep 25, 2023 | Daily Grace
“He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He did so, and his hand was completely restored. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus” (Luke...
by Haley Reed | Sep 23, 2023 | Daily Grace
“Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance’ ” (Luke 5:31-32). Matthew, after following Jesus, threw a party for his friends. He wanted them to meet the Man who had...
by Haley Reed | Sep 22, 2023 | Daily Grace
“After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. ‘Follow me,’ Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him” (Luke 5:27-28). This was Matthew, the disciple who wrote the first Gospel. It is...
by Haley Reed | Sep 21, 2023 | Daily Grace
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke...
by Haley Reed | Sep 18, 2023 | Daily Grace
“Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside” (Luke 4:14). If Jesus just performed miracles because He was God it would leave us with no confidence to believe for the miraculous ourselves. Paul...
by Haley Reed | Sep 14, 2023 | Daily Grace
“He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins” (Luke 3:3). John the Baptist announced that the Messiah, Jesus, was coming to establish God’s Kingdom. Our response to Him would be our willingness to...