Daily Devotional for July 16-22
Sunday Matthew 9:1-8: Healing of the paralytic As shown by the healing of the paralytic, faith is an indispensable condition for salvation. Faith is collective as well as personal,...
Daily Devotional for July 9-15
Sunday Matthew 8:28-9:1 Jesus sends the demons into the herd of swine The demons, recognizing Jesus as the Son of God, are surprised that their power is...
Daily Devotional for July 2-8
Sunday Matthew 8:5-13 The Centurion who asks Jesus to heal is servant. A centurion (a Gentile) commanded 100 men in a Roman legion. Jesus is the Savior of all,...
Daily Devotion for June 25 – July 1
Sunday Matthew 6:22-33 God Providence (watching over us) The mind (Gr. nous) is the spiritual eye of the soul; it illuminates the inner man and governs the will....
Daily Devotional for June 18-24
Sunday Matthew 4:18-23 From the Orthodox Study These first disciples had already heard the preaching of John the Baptist and were prepared to accept Christ immediately. Though illiterate...
Daily Devotion for June 11-17
Sunday Assorted verses including Matthew 19 :27-30 To carry his cross, a true disciple must be ready, if necessary, to sacrifice even family relationships. According to John Chrysostom this...
Daily Devotional for June 4 – 10
Sunday Act 2: 1-11 Descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE NOTES… The Day of Pentecost, also called the Feast of Weeks in the OT, comes...
Daily Devotional for May 28 – June 3
Sunday John 17 1-13 – Christ’s prayer before his Passion The hour has come signifies Christ is Lord over time. “He voluntarily willed to ascend the Cross in the...
Daily Devotional for May 21-27
Sunday John 9: Healing of the Man Born Blind This healed man becomes a model of Christian witness. Many people do not bear witness to Christ because they...
Orthodox Daily Devotional for May 14-20
Sunday John 4:5-42 (meeting of Christ with the woman at the well ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE NOTES… The Old Testament does not mention Jacob’s well, though Jacob did dwell in...