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AUGUST 16 Reading 228 URGENT MATTERS Luke 13–14 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to” (Luke 13:24).The choices that we make in our todays affect our tomorrows—and our forever. Overview Jesus warned, “Repent, or perish” (13:1–5). All deserveContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

AUGUST 15 Reading 227 ON TREASURES Luke 12 “Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is there will your heart be also” (Luke 12:33–34).Our attitude toward material possessions is a goodContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

AUGUST 14 Reading 226 TEACHING ON PRAYER Luke 11 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” (Luke 11:9).Luke emphasized both Jesus’ personal prayer life, and His teaching on how you and I should pray. OverviewContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

AUGUST 13 Reading 225 ON MISSION Luke 10 “After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He was about to go” (Luke 10:1).If we are to serve Jesus, we must have a sense of mission as well as a message. BackgroundContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

AUGUST 12 Reading 224 JESUS, THE CHRIST Luke 9″ ‘But what about you?’ He asked. ‘Who do you say that I am?’ ” (Luke 9:20)In each Gospel, Peter’s confession of Jesus as the Christ serves as a turning point. It is at this point that Jesus began to speak of His Cross. Overview Jesus intensifiedContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”