01-Mar-Featured-devotionals-2024

Because You Love Him

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Moses' first speech related the history of God's dealings with Israel, which was the first feature of God's covenant with Israel (Deuteronomy 1:6-4:43).

ODB: Eternal Legacy

As Dust Bowl sandstorms ravaged the United States during the Great Depression, John Millburn Davis, a resident of Hiawatha, Kansas, decided to make a name for himself.
05-Mar-Featured-devotionals-2024

Hearing and Following

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Today, people recite and vehemently defend the Scriptures, but often do not practice what they preach.

ODB: God Alone Can Satisfy

A thousand dollars of food—jumbo shrimp, shawarma, salads, and more—was delivered to a homeowner. But the man wasn’t having a party.
04-Mar-Featured-devotionals-2024

The Path of Obedience

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After 38 years of wandering in the desert, once the ″entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp″ (Deuteronomy 2:14), their children were ready to ″turn north″ towards the promised land (v. 3).

ODB: Cries of Distress

Trapped under two floors of collapsed rubble caused by an earthquake, five-year-old Jinan, a Syrian girl, called out to rescuers as she shielded her little brother from the debris surrounding them.
03-Mar-Featured-devotionals-2024

Be Wary of Complacency

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The disciples asked Jesus two questions. He answered their second question at length, describing the signs that would precede the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem (v. 2).

ODB: Courage in Christ

Near the dawn of the twentieth century, Mary McDowell lived worlds apart from the brutal stockyards of Chicago.
02-Mar-Featured-devotionals-2024

What God Desires

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A teacher of the law-probably a Pharisee-was impressed with the way Jesus handled the Sadducees (v. 28).