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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.

  • I Need a Doctor – June 11, 2026

    https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20260611dev.mp3 Listen to Devotion On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 9:12-13 I Need a Doctor By God’s grace, I’ve been healthy for most of my life. There have been times in my life when I didn’t have a primary care doctor, and I didn’t really need one. There were no aches or pains, no signs of any problems. As I’ve grown older, I’ve recognized the need to at least visit my doctor for my yearly physical. They draw blood to check my glucose and cholesterol. They check my weight, my blood pressure, and a few other things. They sometimes order tests that are recommended just because of my age. Often, those visits and those tests don’t reveal a need for any further care. So, do I really need a doctor? Of course, those checkups would be needed if any problems were to show up without symptoms that caught my attention. Without those checkups, I wouldn’t be aware of the care that the doctor sometimes prescribes. Jesus says that the same is true of our spiritual life. When he was criticized for hanging around the sinners that most people looked down on, for spending time with those who were spiritually sick, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.” A doctor who isn’t honest about a risk or problem isn’t the doctor you want. The same is true spiritually. We need Jesus to come to us with his law and show us just how sick with sin we are. Our thoughts, words, and actions are infected with pride and lovelessness leading to certain death. We need to know that. But when he reveals the diagnosis, Jesus assures us that he provides the perfect and only antidote for our terminal sickness. In mercy, Jesus took the infection of our sin into himself to purify not only our blood but our whole being. He healed our wounded hearts by being wounded for us. He suffered the death that our sins brought about, so that the prognosis is reversed. Through Jesus, we will live forever. Prayer: Jesus, show me my deadly sinfulness and lead me to trust the life-saving antidote of your forgiving love. 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 Devotion – No Sin Too Great for Grace – June 5, 2026

    Watch the Devotion Based on 1 Timothy 1:15-16 No Sin Too Great for Grace There are some interesting characters in the Bible. There is a man who killed another man in a fit of anger. Later he made excuses and tried to wiggle his way out of God’s call to lead his nation of Israel. You might know him as Moses. Another man absolutely ravaged Christ’s church, torturing and murdering Christians. He called himself the chief of sinners. You might know him as the Apostle Paul. Another man worked for a government that was godless, pagan, hedonistic, collecting taxes for that government from his own Jewish people. You might know him as Matthew.    I don’t know what you’ve done in your lifetime, serving our nation’s military, or as a military spouse, or military brat, a government contractor – I don’t know everything, but I do know a few things, because some of you have shared those things with me. I know that you and I are very similar, and that we have a lot in common with Moses, Paul, and Matthew. We are sinners, with a strong natural inclination to do to the things we want to do, ignoring the things our holy, loving God wants us to do.   I know this about me and about you, but I also know what kind of God you and I have. The same kind of God who showed grace and patience with Moses. The same kind of God who forgave Paul and called him to be an apostle in his Church. The same kind of God who called Matthew to follow him and ate and drank with all of Matthew’s tax collector buddies. No matter how great you think or believe your sin to be, it is not so great that it is beyond the reach of God’s grace. The price tag for your sin is not so costly that Jesus’ blood could not pay for it.   Listen to these words from a man who knew the enormity of sin and who rested in the greater enormity of God’s grace for him:   “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life” (1 Timothy 1:15-16).  My friend, rest in the greatness of Jesus’ love, his sacrifice, his payment for your sin. Nothing is beyond his ability to forgive. You are forgiven. You are loved.  Prayer: Lord Jesus, when guilt weighs heavily on our hearts, remind us that your grace is greater than our sin. As you showed mercy to Moses, Paul, and Matthew show mercy to us also. Forgive our failures. Help us rest in your perfect sacrifice for us. Lead us to trust fully in your love and to live confidently as your forgiven children. To you be honor and glory forever and ever. 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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