He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sodon, who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 159 – Commentary Luke 6:12-16 – Do you have a favorite place to pray?
One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 144 – Commentary Luke 5:6-7 – Should we share our faith?
When they had done so (let down their nets), they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. (Luke 5:6-7) There are […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 142 – Commentary Luke 5:1-3 – Why did God choose Peter and all of us?
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee), the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to […]
Bible Study Devotional -Day 141 – Commentary Luke 4:27-30 – Does God know your heart?
“And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed – only Naaman the Syrian.” All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of […]
Daily Devotional Luke 4:14-15 – Are you walking in the power of the Holy Spirit? Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 137
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 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 127 – Commentary Luke 3:7-9 – What will happen to hypocrites in our churches?
John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God […]