Monday March 18 Matthew 6:19-34 Kris Olsen Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? I am a...
Saturday March 16 Matthew 6:1-18 Kevin Miller “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your...
Friday March 15 Matthew 5: 43-48 Wanda Fingalson Jesus says, "Love your enemies, bless those who curse you." Years ago, a co-worker and I had a major disagreement. She expected me to do something unreasonable that was her responsibility. It would have...
Thursday March 14 Matthew 5:17-20 Michael Jordan “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law...
Wednesday March 13 Matthew 5:1-16 Pam McCulloch “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lamp stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your...
Tuesday March 12 Matthew 4:1-11 Heather Awad Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. Jesus fasted for 40 days in the wilderness to prepare for his ministry. If you talk to...
Monday March 11 Matthew 3:13-17 Becky Lund And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” As a teacher, part of my job is giving feedback to my students. The “rule” given to me for doing this was to make a sandwich...
Saturday March 9 Matthew 3:1-12 Jim Roste In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one...
Friday March 8 Matthew 2: 13-23 Randi Lundell “Get up,” said the angel, “and escape to Egypt… for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” In the midst of bright stars, shepherds, magi and miracles the little family had to run for its...
Thursday March 7 Matthew 2:1-12 Dave Risinger In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to...