Devotions With Daryl

False Expectations

Matthew 20:17-19

This episode discusses the issues we experience when we cannot understand what someone else is saying to us.

The Celebrated Prophet

Matthew 21

Jesus's entry into Jerusalem further revealed that He is the Messiah, the true King of Israel worthy of the people's praise.

When Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey, He fulfilled Old Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah and proclaimed He is the One who fulfilled them. The people praised Jesus but for the wrong reasons, thinking He had come to free them from Rome. Jesus did not come to free people from the tyranny of a worldly power but rather from the power of sin and death.

Because we know Jesus as our Savior, we put away hypocritical and hollow worship and exalt Him for who He truly is -the Son of God who came to take away the sins of the world.

Sharing with Others

2 Corinthians 4:5-6

This episode discusses the importance of sharing the loving gospel message that we have received with others so that that also might enjoy a relationship with Jesus Christ.

God is Upside Down?

Luke 13:28-30

This episode discusses how the kingdom of God will be filled with the unexpected such as the first being last and the last being first.

Marco Polo

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

This episode explores spiritual blindness and how as Christians we should be sensitive to those impacted by it.

The Best Friend Ever!

This episode discusses how Jesus showed human emotions as he faced the rejection of others.

The Christian Uniform

Ephesians 6:14-17

This episode discusses the uniform that God provides all Christians in order to wage war with Satan.

The Invisible Enemy

Ephesians 6:10-13

I really wanted to name this episode "Go God! Beat the Devil!

Even though I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment this episode is really about preparing to wage war against the Devil.

Jesus is the Truth

2 Corinthians 4

Ephesians 6

1 John 2

Believers are to have nothing to do with the evil powers of the world and their fruit hope in the things of the world while also opposing God through the world's evil systems. Jesus came so that the eyes of the blind might be opened to the truth. All who trust in Him find true hope in God's kingdom.

Because the world is opposed to God, we stand against the world's evil systems, rejecting anything that is contrary to God's truth and good design.

Substitution

John 11:45-52

This episode discusses how Jesus served as a substitute sacrifice for our sins.