Dr. John C. Reddy

Home  If you want to receive an email alert when a new message is posted, send an email to Contact@MyDailyDevotion.ORG               Follow us :     “ O n the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. Jesus Presented in the Temple  When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord  (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”  [ Luke 2:21-24]  "I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them..." A t least three different rituals are described in this passage: First there was the circumcision of Jesus. This took place when ...

Home Prayer Requests Praise Reports Resources Contact Us Archives In the News  If you want to receive an email alert when a new message is posted, send an email to Contact@MyDailyDevotion.ORG               Follow us :     “ A t that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,  where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.  When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.”   [Luke 1: 39-42]  “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!”   A s soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s voice, the babe leaped in her womb—a mysterious, involuntary response of the unborn forerunner to the arrival of the unborn Messiah. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, that is, He took control of her, guiding her speech and actions. One of the marks of a Spirit...

Home  If you want to receive an email alert when a new message is posted, send an email to Contact@MyDailyDevotion.ORG               Follow us :     “ F or unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.  And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,   “Glory to God in the highest,  and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”   [Luke 2: 11-14]  “And they went with haste and found ... the baby lying in a manger.”   C aesar Augustus made a decree that all the world should be registered, that is, that a census should be taken throughout his empire.  The decree of Augustus brought Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem at exactly the right time in order that the M...

Home Prayer Requests  If you want to receive an email alert when a new message is posted, send an email to Contact@MyDailyDevotion.ORG               Follow us :     “ T his is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.   ”   [Matthew 1:18-19]  “ She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus ”   T he birth of Jesus Christ was different from any of the births mentioned in the genealogy.  There we found the repeated phrase “A begot B.” But now we have the record of a birth without a human father. The facts surrounding this miraculous conception are stated with dignit...

Home  If you want to receive an email alert when a new message is posted, send an email to Contact@MyDailyDevotion.ORG               Follow us :     “ Y ou do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.   Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.  We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.  ”   [John 6:67-69]  “ You are the Holy One of God ”   M any people began following Him, not because they thought He was the Son of God. They followed simply because they wanted to have their stomachs filled. Jesus wanted them to know that in order to follow Him it would require they give themselves completely to Him as the Son of God, not just someone who could give them food to eat. These sayings of the Lord Jesus proved so distasteful to many who had followed Him that they now left Him ...