God Sees Us Date: Sunday, August 16, 2026 Readings: Luke 19 | Psalm 39 Zacchaeus is a short little man; rich, despised, and desperate enough to climb a tree just to catch a glimpse of Jesus over a crowd that would never make room for a tax collector. Jesus stops, looks up, and invites Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
The Jesus Prayer Date: Saturday, August 15, 2026 Today in Church History: On August 15, 1534, Ignatius of Loyola and six companions took vows of poverty and chastity at a chapel in Montmartre, Paris. It was the quiet, almost invisible beginning of the Jesuits, a movement that has continued to shape education and Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Kingdom Hustle Date: Friday, August 14, 2026 Readings: Luke 16 | Psalm 38:1-10 Jesus tells a strange story about a dishonest manager who, facing termination, cuts deals with his master’s debtors to secure his own future. The manager is then commended for his shrewdness, not his ethics. The point isn’ Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
The God Who Runs Date: Thursday, August 13, 2026 Readings: Luke 15 | Psalm 37:21-40 Three parables here, with one heartbeat: a shepherd who won’t accept a 99% success rate, a woman who tears her house apart for one lost coin, and a father who scandalously runs toward his wayward son. In Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Authority That Kneels Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Readings: Luke 7 | Psalm 37:1-20 A Roman centurion, a man familiar with giving orders, sends word to Jesus: don’t even trouble Yourself to come under my roof, just say the word. Jesus is stunned. “I have not found such great faith, not Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
The Forever Fountain Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Readings: Luke 4 | Psalm 36 Forty days in the wilderness, tempted three times: Luke wants you thinking of Israel’s forty years wandering, tested and failing again and again with bread, idolatry, and presumption. Jesus walks the same ground and does what Israel couldn’t: Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
