CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 8:23-27 Jesus has just finished giving examples of the importance of putting Him first in our priorities in following Him.  He now boards a boat with His disciples and sets out to sea (Matthew 8:23).  As He sleeps, which is a detail of His physical […]

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 8:21-22 In this example of following, or not following Jesus is one who asks of Jesus, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father” (Matthew 8:21, NKJV).  The reply of Jesus is quite shocking as He says in Matthew 8:22, “Follow Me, and let

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 8:18-20 There is some debate as to the intent of this passage in what the scribe was intending his words to mean.  Some believe that the scribe was genuine in his offering of commitment to Jesus to, “follow You wherever You go,” as he tells

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 8:16-17 It is most likely that the word had spread across the countryside that Jesus had healed Peter’s mother-in-law.  People from all around brought to Jesus those who were demon-possessed that Jesus might heal them too.  One may speculate that the sickness Peter’s mother-in-law had

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 8:14-15 After Jesus gave the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew 5-7 which was concerning the governing authority of the Israelites being the Law that God gave to Moses, He did not disregard the Law but gave a more clear understanding of it, He then