Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. (Luke 4:14-15) Many experience problems in the workplace. Perhaps a coworker is disrespectful or climbing the corporate ladder at your expense. Instead of quitting, ask […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 136 – Commentary Luke 4:9-13 – What was Satan’s third temptation?
The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 135 – Commentary Luke 4:5-8 – Can we serve both God and the devil?
The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 134 – Commentary Luke 4:2b-4 – How do we fight off the devil?
He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’” (Luke 4:2b-4) After my divorce, I felt unloved. The […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 133 – Commentary Luke 4:1 – How do we fight temptation?
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. (Luke 4:1) In Karen Kingsbury’s Baxter family novels, self-righteous, unforgiving Luke barely speaks to his sister, Ashley, because she conceived her son, Cole, out of wedlock. […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 132 – Commentary Luke 3:21-38 – How do you (will you) celebrate your children?
When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” Now Jesus himself was […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 131 – Commentary Luke 3:19-20 – When should we rebuke others?
But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison. Most of the time we should love, encourage, and give people hope, but there’s a time to […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 130 – Commentary – Luke 3:17-18 – Are we doing God’s work?
His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” And with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them. My mailbox has a pesky palm tree bush growing […]