Sunrise Devotions

today we read Luke 12:49-59. Jesus says that He came to cast fire on the earth, that He must first undergo a baptism of suffering, and that His coming brings division and not peace. He then rebukes the crowds for reading the weather and not the times, and urges them to be reconciled to their adversary before they stand before the Judge.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible

today we read Luke 12:35-48. Jesus says that He came to cast fire on the earth, that He must first undergo a baptism of suffering, and that His coming brings division and not peace. He then rebukes the crowds for reading the weather and not the times, and urges them to be reconciled to their adversary before they stand before the Judge.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible

Today we read Luke 12:22-34. Jesus tells His disciples not to be anxious about food and clothing, for the Father who feeds the ravens and clothes the lilies knows what they need. They are to seek His kingdom, which it is their Father's good pleasure to give them, and to lay up treasure in heaven where their hearts belong.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible

Today we read Luke 12:13-21. When a man asks Jesus to settle a quarrel over an inheritance, Jesus warns against all covetousness and tells of a rich man who stored up goods for himself and lost his soul that night. The one who is truly rich is the one who is rich toward God.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible #gospel

Today we read Luke 12:1-12. Jesus warns His disciples against the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and tells them to fear God, who has authority over body and soul, and not those who can only kill the body. The same God numbers the hairs of their heads, will acknowledge before the angels those who confess Him, and will give His Spirit to teach them what to say.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible

Today we read Luke 11:29-54. Jesus tells an evil generation that it will have no sign but the sign of Jonah, and that those who have the light and refuse it are in darkness. At a Pharisee's table He then pronounces woes on the Pharisees and the lawyers, whose religion is clean on the outside and corrupt within.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible

Today we read Luke 11:14-28 Jesus casts a demon out of a mute man, and when His enemies charge that He does it by the power of Satan, He answers that He is the stronger One who has come to plunder the strong man's house. He warns that a life cleaned but left empty will be taken again, and He teaches that the truly blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible

Today we read Luke 11:1-13. When His disciples ask to be taught to pray, Jesus gives them a prayer that begins with the name “Father” and a parable that urges them to ask without growing weary. Because God is a Father who gives, His children may come boldly, and the greatest gift He gives is the Holy Spirit.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible

Today we read Luke 10.25-42. A lawyer asks what he must do to inherit eternal life, and Jesus answers with the parable of the Samaritan, showing that the law demands a mercy that no one has fully given. In the house of Martha and Mary He then shows that the one thing necessary is to sit at His feet and hear His word.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible

Today we read Luke 10:1-24. Jesus sends seventy-two disciples ahead of Him with the message that the kingdom of God has come near, and warns that those who reject it face a heavier judgment. When they return rejoicing, He tells them to rejoice instead that their names are written in heaven, and He Himself rejoices that the Father has revealed these things to little children.Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all peopleBiblographyThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV)De Graaf, S.G. Promise and Deliverance. Volume 3: The Gospels. Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Ryle, J.C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew. Sproul, R.C. Luke: An Expositional Commentary.Digital Study and Research ToolsLogos Bible Software.Lexham Press. Used for Scripture study, original-language tools, and access to primary theological sources.CLAUDE AI. Used as a research, drafting, and organizational assistant.Navigate the Way AI. Used as a study and content-navigation aid, organizing background/commentary info.All music for episodes is from https://share.epidemicsound.com/a0tb8v#jesus #devotional #bible