Daily Devotionals

“When You said, ‘Seek My face,’ my heart said to You, ‘Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.’” – Psalm 27:8 (NASB) We find Simeon and Anna at the temple in Jerusalem. These two elderly people claim a simple, profound pursuit: They have followed the Lord all their lives. The Bible calls Simeon “righteous and… Read more

“So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt. […] So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.” – Matthew 2:14 and 21 (NASB) If we start the Christmas story in the New Testament, we… Read more

“Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah. […] And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man…” – Matthew 1:16 & 19a (NASB) We don’t know a lot about Joseph, but we do know him to be a righteous man. He, unlike some… Read more

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,Because the Lord has anointed meTo bring good news to the afflicted;He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,To proclaim liberty to captivesAnd freedom to prisoners.”– Isaiah 61:1 (NASB) When Jesus begins his ministry, he announces it with little fanfare. The dove obviously descended, and the… Read more

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” – John 14:27 (NASB) In Makoto Fujimura’s Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture, he defines peace as “not simply an… Read more