Sunday, December 21, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 14-16 Key Verse Luke 15:15 — “And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.” Devotional Thought On a Sabbath day, Jesus sat at the table of a chief Pharisee, and the room … Read more
Saturday, December 20, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 12-13 Key Verse Luke 12:48 — “But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they … Read more
Friday, December 19, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 9-11 Secondary Reading: Psalms 146 Key Verse Luke 10:18 — “And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” Devotional Thought Jesus sends out His twelve apostles with nothing but His authority—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, not even a … Read more
Thursday, December 18, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 6-8 Key Verse Luke 7:29 — “And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.” Devotional Thought The Sabbath controversy in Luke 6 begins in a grainfield, where hungry disciples rub wheat in their hands and … Read more
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 3-5 Secondary Reading: Psalms 145 Key Verse Luke 4:23 — “And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.” Devotional Thought The fifteenth year of Tiberius … Read more
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Mark 16, Luke 1-2 Devotional Thought Mark opens his Gospel’s final chapter in a garden tomb before sunrise, where three women—Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome—carry spices to anoint a body already three days dead. They worry aloud about the stone, that great sealed … Read more
Monday, December 15, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Mark 13-15 Key Verse Mark 14:42 — “Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.” Devotional Thought The disciples stood on the temple mount and marveled at the stones—massive, gleaming, the pride of Israel. “Master, see what manner of stones and what … Read more
Sunday, December 14, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Mark 10-12 Secondary Reading: Psalms 144 Key Verse Mark 11:13 — “And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was … Read more
Saturday, December 13, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Mark 7-9 Key Verse Mark 8:26 — “And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.” Devotional Thought The Pharisees and scribes came down from Jerusalem to examine Jesus, and what they seized upon … Read more
Friday, December 12, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Mark 5-6 Secondary Reading: Psalms 143 Key Verse Mark 6:7 — “And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;” Devotional Thought Across the Sea of Galilee, in the country of the … Read more
Thursday, December 11, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Mark 2-4 Key Verse Mark 3:25 — “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” Devotional Thought In Capernaum, four men tear open a roof to reach Jesus. The house is so crowded that no one can even approach the door, but these … Read more
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Matthew 27-28, Mark 1 Secondary Reading: Psalms 142 Devotional Thought The night before Jesus died, Peter sat in a courtyard warming his hands at a charcoal fire and denied three times that he knew the man standing trial inside. Matthew and Mark tell it plainly: a servant … Read more