Daily Devotion: Contradictions by James Meikle

Bible Reading: Hebrews 7:7-14 KJV 

Key Verse:  "And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better."
- Hebrews 7:7 KJV

I am ever guilty of some folly, some unaccountable folly. Either my faith condemns my fears, or my fears accuse my faith of folly. I may safely trust to God as my guardian and guide, in the darkness of the valley death, where I must walk alone. Why should I distrust him in the high-way of life, where thousands walk with me? Dare I commit the concerns of my soul to him, and hope for salvation in his name; yet distrust him with the cares of my present life, nor hope for its necessaries in his providence? Can I venture my soul into his hand, and think it safe through the intricate mazes of an eternal duration, yet doubt if I may depend on his promise and providence, through the few windings of a transitory life?

Daily Devotion: Everlasting Love by Wil Pounds

Bible Reading: Jeremiah 31:1-8 KJV 

Key Verse:  "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee"
- Jeremiah 31:3 KJV

God is in love with you! The LORD God says to every Christian believer, “The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee” (Jeremiah 31:3). Those words are a great encouragement for every believer.  God’s love for you is an eternal love.  It is filled with unfailing care and mercy.  He does not say, “I will love you,” but “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” 

Daily Devotion: Pilate And Herod Were Made Friends by Octavius Winslow

Bible Reading: Luke 23:6-13 KJV 

Key Verse:  "And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves."
- Luke 23:12 KJV

How striking and solemn the instruction conveyed in this incident! Pilate and Herod, standing in the attitude of the deadliest hate to each other, are now made friends! And what strange but mighty power has thus suddenly subdued their animosity, and turned their hatred into love? What mystic chain has drawn and bound together these hostile rulers? 

Daily Devotion: The Constitution Was Sound by Charles Spurgeon

Bible Reading: Leviticus 13:6-13 KJV 

Key Verse:  "Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean."
- Leviticus 13:13 KJV

This regulation appears somewhat strange—yet there was wisdom in it, for the growing out of the disease, proved that the constitution was sound. This evening it may be well for us to see the typical teaching of so remarkable a rule.

Daily Devotion: Becoming Desensitized To Sin by J.E. Smith

Bible Reading: Judges 16:13-20 KJV 

Key Verse:  "And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him."
- Judges 16:20 KJV

The human heart is shaped by what it repeatedly sees and hears. When we allow ourselves to remain around sin, whether in our environment, our entertainment, our conversations, or our habits, our conscience can slowly grow dull. What once troubled us may begin to feel normal. Scripture warns us about this subtle but dangerous process.

Daily Devotion: The Word Of Truth by J.C. Philpot

Bible Reading: James 1:17-24 KJV  

Key Verse:  "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." - James 1:18 KJV

If we look at the work of the Spirit on the heart, we shall see how, in all his sacred dealings and gracious movements, he invariably employs truth as his grand instrument. Does he pierce and wound? It is by the truth; for the "sword of the Spirit is the word of God," and that we know is "the word of truth." If he mercifully heals, if he kindly blesses, it is still by means of truth; for the promise is, "Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will guide you into all truth." And when he thus comes, it is as a Comforter, according to those gracious words, "But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me."

Daily Devotion: The Calling Of Matthew by Favell Lee Mortimer

Bible Reading: Matthew 9:7-13 KJV 

Key Verse:  "And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him."
- Matthew 9:9 KJV

We have great reason to be interested in the calling of Matthew, for it was he who wrote the history of our Lord which we are now reading. It is supposed that his calling took place some time before the events we have lately considered; but we have deferred noticing it, because the feast to publicans and sinners was given at this period of the history; and it seemed most convenient to consider the calling and the feast at the same time.