September 18, 2002 - October 18, 2002
Daily Devotionals

Wednesday 18 September

Luke 21:10-15
“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.  “But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. This will result in your being witnesses to them. But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.


Thursday 19 September

Luke 21:16-19
You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. All men will hate you because of me. But not a hair of your head will perish. By standing firm you will gain life.


Friday 20 September

Luke 21:20-28
“When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”


Saturday 21 September

Luke 21:29-33
“Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near. “I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.


Sunday 22 September

Luke 21:34-35
“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth.


Monday 23 September

Luke 21:36
Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”


Tuesday 24 September

Luke 22:8, 10-12
“Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house,  ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there.”


Wednesday 25 September
 
Luke 22:15-18
“I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”  “Take this and divide it among you. For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”


Thursday 26 September

Luke 22:19-20
“This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.


Friday 27 September

Luke 22:21-22
But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him.”


Saturday 28 September

Luke 22:25-27
“The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.


Sunday 29 September
 
Luke 22:28-30
You are those who have stood by me in my trials. And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.


Monday 30 September

Luke 22:31-32,34
“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers. I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”


Tuesday 1 October

Luke 22:35-38
“When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything? But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. It is written:  ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment. That is enough,”


Wednesday 2 October

Luke 22:40
“Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”


Thursday 3 October

Luke 22:42 
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”


Friday 4 October
 
Luke 22:46 
“Why are you sleeping?” “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”


Saturday 5 October

Luke 22:48
“Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”


Sunday 6 October

Luke 22:51-53
“No more of this! Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour — when darkness reigns.”


Monday 7 October

Luke 22:61
“Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”


Tuesday 8 October 

Luke 22:67-70
“If I tell you, you will not believe me, and if I asked you, you would not answer. But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God. You are right in saying I am.”

Wednesday 9 October

Luke 23:28-31
“Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. For the time will come when you will say,  ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ Then“‘they will say to the mountains,  “Fall on us!” and to the hills,  “Cover us!” ’For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”


Thursday 10 October

Luke 23:34
“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”


Friday 11 October

Luke 23:43
“I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”


Saturday 12 October

Luke 23:46
“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”


Sunday 13 October

Luke 24:17, 25-26
“What are you discussing together as you walk along? How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”


Monday 14 October

Luke 24:36
“Peace be with you.”


Tuesday 15 October

Luke 24:38-39,41
“Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” “Do you have anything here to eat?”


Wednesday 16 October

Luke 24:44
“This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”


Thursday 17 October
 
Luke 24:46-48
“This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.


Friday 18 October

Luke 24:49
I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”