“Monday Mercies” are devotional readings that were originally offered as practical applications of a point or idea the pastor preached on Sabbath mornings. Just as God’s word applies to every moment of life, the reference to “Monday” is a way of pointing to the rest of the week, namely, the six days besides the Lord’s Day. These “Monday Mercies” are prayerfully offered as a means by which the people of God might know their Savior more intimately, think His thoughts after Him, and walk with him every day.
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate. Mark 10:9 The Lord Jesus makes this statement as an answer to some Pharisees who had tested him with a sensitive and volatile question. They asked whether it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife. Jesus takes his hearers to the intention and … [Read more…]
For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward. Mark. 9:41 Have you ever felt like you have given all you have, and yet you still have to give? Has there ever been a time … [Read more…]
Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, “Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me. Mark 9:36-37 The opening words of this passage follow a pattern that emphasizes … [Read more…]
And one of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; and whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they … [Read more…]
The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. Psalm 28:7 Recently, my father-in-law was able to visit with us. My three children absolutely adore their Pop. While he was here, our family went on … [Read more…]
For what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Mark 8:37 A few verses prior to this one, Jesus explained that “the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” (Mk. 8:31) … [Read more…]
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. Mark 8:35 Paul wrote a letter to a young pastor named Timothy. He wrote, “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers … [Read more…]
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts … [Read more…]
Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around.” Then again He laid His … [Read more…]
Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet see or understand? Do you have a hardened heart? Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember, when I broke the five loaves … [Read more…]