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WELS Daily Devotions

Is something troubling you? Are you overwhelmed? Stressed out? Take a time out and see what God's Word has to say about it.

  • Jesus’ Compassion – October 24, 2026

    https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20261024dev.mp3 Listen to Devotion When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him. When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” Matthew 8:14-17 Jesus’ Compassion Jesus tenderly showed his compassion to Peter’s mother-in-law, at the same time displaying his power as God. It’s true that sometimes a fever will quickly break when someone is ill. Even then, the person needs time to recover and regain strength. However, we read in this account that the woman got up when the fever left her at the touch of Jesus’ hand, and she waited on him. Jesus performed a miracle. As a result, there were many people with sickness and demon-possession who came to Jesus on that same day. Jesus did not refuse any of them; he healed them all. He demonstrated his tender mercy and displayed his almighty power. Jesus’ care for people’s illnesses and miraculous activity to alleviate their suffering was proof that he was the Savior promised by God’s prophets in the Old Testament. Isaiah had written about him: “He took up our pain and bore our suffering” (Isaiah 53:4). There is nothing we know, nothing we are terrorized by or burdened with, that Jesus does not know about. We always have the comfort of his presence and confidence in his power to come to our aid. As marvelous as this is, even better is the knowledge that Jesus took up our pain and bore the suffering our sins deserved. He is the promised Savior. So, no matter what you may be suffering physically or emotionally today, rest in the comfort of knowing your Savior has made you safe spiritually. Prayer: When I hurt, Lord Jesus, comfort me with your presence and help me by the power of your word and the promise of the heaven you won for me. Amen.   Daily Devotions is brought to you by WELS. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. ™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Military Devotions

  • Military Devotion – When Faith Makes You Stand Out – October 23, 2026

    Watch the Devotion Based on Matthew 10:16-23 When Faith Makes You Stand Out   Dan worked for the government. Dan was a believer in the one true God. Dan enjoyed the free exercise of his faith in the one true God under this government. One day the government decided to change its policy about the free exercise of one’s religious beliefs. What did Dan do? He went home and prayed, giving thanks to God. Dan asked God for his help in this situation.   Dan had fellow government employees who did not like him very much because he was a believer in the one true God. They spied on Dan and witnessed him violating the new government policy. They went to their supreme leader and ratted Dan out. Dan was slated for execution because of what he had done.   Dan’s story might sound familiar to some of you, because it is the story of Daniel in the book that bears his name. I’d encourage you to read Daniel chapter 6 today, because Dan’s story is very much like yours.   As a war fighter, you are an employee of the federal government. Our constitution protects the free exercise of your religious beliefs. Military chaplains exist to protect the free exercise of all religions within the United States military. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act prohibits the government from substantially burdening a person’s exercise of their religious beliefs and practices.   But you and I know that it is not always easy to be faithful. When you are the only one who requests religious accommodation, and you stand out because you are “special,” when you are the one who bows your head in prayer before every meal, when you are the one who has the Bible or this blue devotion book on your desk in your room or your office or in the barracks, when you are the one who reads that Bible or devotion book, when you are the one who does not embody the “work hard–play hard” mentality, you might feel like Daniel.  And do you feel some guilt for those times that you have not lived as Daniel did? But God has made some promises to you. And he gives us the story of Daniel to show us the kind of God that he is for us when it is difficult to live as Christians.   Dan was slated for execution by being thrown into a den of hungry lions. But God sent an angel to shut the mouths of the lions and preserved Daniel’s life.   God never promised Daniel that he would rescue him in that way. But he had made a promise to Daniel “never to leave [him] or forsake [him]” (Deuteronomy 31:8). God had promised to always be Daniel’s Savior. He had promised Daniel that eternal life was his. And Daniel trusted those promises.    Jesus has made promises to you. About those times when you stand up and say something about the truth of the Scriptures, “Do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” And then Jesus promised, “You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved” (Matthew 10:19-20, 22).   Stand firm even when it is not easy to do so. For it is Jesus who causes you to stand firm in him and his promises.    Prayer: Gracious Lord, our refuge and strength, pour out your Holy Spirit on your faithful people whose vocation is Soldiering. Keep our war fighters steadfast in your Word. Protect and comfort them in all temptations. Defend them against all their enemies and bestow on your church your saving peace, so that she might endure for eternity, for you have promised it. I pray this through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.   Written and recorded by Rev. Paul Horn, WELS National Civilian Chaplain to the Military, San Diego, California. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Note: Scripture reading footnotes are clickable only in the web version.

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