Category: 2024
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Day 293: What Did Jesus Mean by “Upon This Rock?” (Matthew 16:18)
Through the Bible: Matthew 16, Mark 8
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Day 290: Was Peter Faithful or Faithless? (Matthew 14:21-32)
Most of us read Peter’s walk on water as a story of failure. But what if it’s actually a story of faithfulness? Peter obeyed Jesus’ call, stepped out of the boat, and cried to the right Person for help. Sometimes “little faith” still walks further than no faith at all.
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Day 289: Why did Jesus send the Disciples “Only to the Lost Sheep of Israel?” (Matthew 10:6)
In Matthew 10, Jesus sends His disciples out but tells them not to go to the Gentiles or Samaritans—only to “the lost sheep of Israel.” Why? This post explores what that instruction meant, why Matthew includes it, and how it fits within God’s larger plan to bring salvation to the whole world.
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Day 288: How I Love You (A Prayer of thanks from Mark 5)
In Mark 5, Jesus pauses on the way to help an important man in order to listen to an overlooked woman tell “the whole truth.” This prayer of thanks celebrates the Savior who isn’t in a hurry, who listens, and who still calls us sons and daughters.
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Day 287: Sower (A poem based on Matthew 13:1-9)
Through the Bible: Matthew 13, Luke 8
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Day 287: The Treasure and the Pearl: Two Stories, One Gospel (Matthew 13:44-46)
Jesus told two parables that sound almost identical—a treasure hidden in a field and a pearl of great price. But look closer: one describes how we find salvation, and the other reveals how salvation found us. Together they tell the story of a God who gave all He had to make us His own.