Personal Devotions
Notes from Mark's personal Bible reading and meditation
With a goal to apply one truth from each day's reading to my life that day
Sep 2, 2025, 7:29 AM
Passage Read: Luke 17-18
Meditation Verses: 17:1-6
Thought
How often have I read these two verses and heard the doom of the one who causes a little one to sin. And of course I think of truly wicked people who have no hope of repentance. But then it is immediately followed by Jesus' command to "watch yourselves." And the latter is tied to the former by a "so." In other words, the required response to the deserved judgment of one who causes little ones to sin is to rebuke the one who sinned, not to write off such a sinner!
Sep 1, 2025, 8:20 AM
Passage Read: Luke 15-16
Meditation Verses: 16:9-12
Thought
Worldly wealth is ultimately for one purpose: To make friends who will welcome us into heaven, or in other words, for the purpose of helping others be saved. It is not primarily for my comfort or even my provision, though providing for my basic needs is fine--yet the widow was praised for giving all she had to live on to the Lord. All I possess and all I earn are best spent on advancing Christ's kingdom and even better, personally helping others believe in Him.