Daily Grace
Courage on Steroids
“As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). Jesus was about to go to Jerusalem to die. There have been many wrong explanations of the Cross. One of them is that Jesus died as a frustrated failure. That...
Jesus Is Greater Than We Imagine
“ ‘Where is your faith?’ he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, ‘Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him” ’ (Luke 8:25). Jesus was in the middle of the Sea of Galilee with His disciples when a storm came...
Right on Time
“While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. ‘Your daughter is dead,’ he said. ‘Don’t bother the teacher anymore.’ Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed’ ” (Luke...
Stretching Beyond Our Limitations
“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...
The Doc Is In
“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...
Christ Calls All
“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...
Freedom for All
“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...
The Power of the Holy Spirit
“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...
The Gift of Repentance
“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...