Allison Wilcox
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Exalted or Humbled?
On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him...
Begin your morning with a devotional dive into scripture. I hope that they have meaning for you on your daily journey. Unless otherwise noted, all passages are from The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible

On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him...
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but wisdom is with the humble ~ Proverbs 11:2 Before destruction, one's heart is haughty, but...
- Re-read the one or more of the following passages from this week's devotions: 2 Chronicles 34:22-33 Matthew 1:18-25 John 1:19-34 Luke...
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. And a woman in...
This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed and did...
Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived...
So Hilkiah and those whom the king had sent went to the prophet Huldah, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath son of Hasrah, keeper of the...
- Re-read the one or more of the following passages from this week's devotions: I Corinthians 13:4-7 Matthew 14:13-21 Romans 12:9-21 Luke...
Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”He said to him, “What is written...
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing...
Now when Jesus heard this (that John the Baptist had been killed), he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But...
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not...
- Re-read the one or more of the following passages from this week's devotions: Genesis 18:17-33 Genesis 50:15-21 Exodus 2:1-10 Ruth...
So (Naomi) said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” But Ruth said,...
Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine...
Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full...
The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the...
- Re-read the one or more of the following passages from this week's devotions: Luke 11:42-52 Luke 18:1-8 John 20:11-18 Matthew 20:20-28...
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favor of him. And he said to her,...
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where...
