Category: Matthew
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Day 283: What Does Love Require? (Matthew 5:21–48)
Jesus didn’t lower the bar; He raised it. The Sermon on the Mount moves righteousness from something you can measure to something only love can motivate.
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Day 280: Whose Faith Did Jesus See? (Mark 2:3-12)
When Jesus healed the paralytic, He saw their faith—the faith of the friends who carried, climbed, and refused to give up. Maybe your faith can carry someone to Jesus, too.
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Day 276: The Puzzle of the Prophecy (Matthew 2:23)
Matthew 2:23 says, “He shall be called a Nazarene”—but those exact words don’t appear anywhere in the Old Testament. Was Matthew mistaken? Or is there something deeper going on? In this devotional, we explore the puzzle of the Nazarene prophecy and discover how even Jesus’ obscure hometown points to Him as the true Messiah.
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Day 275: What’s the Deal With Fourteen Generations? (Matthew 1)
Why does Matthew emphasize “fourteen generations” three times in his genealogy of Jesus? A visit to Bethlehem and a closer look at the number 14 reveal God’s perfect plan to point us to David’s greater Son.
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Your Motives and Your Money (Matthew 6)
Discover Jesus’ teaching on giving, prayer, and fasting in Matthew 6. God cares more about why you give than what you give.
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Day 261: Red Flags at the Rebuild (Ezra 4:1–2)
When adversaries offered to “help” rebuild the temple in Ezra 4, Zerubbabel saw the red flags and said no. Their sacrifices looked sincere, but their hearts weren’t loyal to God alone—a warning for us about false worship, compromise, and true covenant faith.