Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Luke 11

I’m loving reading the advent devotional in “From Creation to Christ” along with a daily reading of a chapter of Luke. Hope it blesses you, too. Here’s an excerpt from today’s, Day 11, devotional.

Even though Ruth was a Moabite, she loved God and she wanted to go along with Naomi when she returned to Israel.

God’s love is available to people from every nation. Anyone who trusts in Jesus, the only Son of God, can become a child of God, whether they are an Israelite, a Moabite, an American, or a Russian. God judges us by our heart of faith, not by the color of our skin or what language we speak.

Like John 1:11-13 says, “[Jesus] came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.”

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Luke 11:17 ESV — But [Jesus], knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.”

Heavenly Father, thank You for making a way for us to become Your children. Thank You for loving us, no matter what color our skin or language we speak. May there be clear division between light and dark and no division between the children of Your kingdom. Break down the walls of division in the body of Christ. Make us one, Lord, as You are ONE. In the Name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.