SDA Daily Devotion

06/27/2026

06/20/2026

MATTHEW 26:50-53.

06/19/2026

The glorious vision of the angel [had] dazzled the eyes of the disciples. They remembered the mount of transfiguration, the glory that encircled Jesus in the Temple, and the voice of God issuing from the cloud. They saw the same glory here revealed, and had no further fear for their Master, since God had taken Him in charge, and an angel was present to protect Him from His foes. They were weary and heavy with sleep, and again they dropped into unconsciousness.

The Saviour arose and sought His disciples and, for the third time, found them fast asleep. His words, however, aroused them: "Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners" (Matthew 26:45).

06/18/2026

Although the Father does not remove the cup from the trembling hand and pale lips of His Son, He sends an angel from His presence to strengthen the divine Sufferer. The angel raises the Son of God from the cold ground, and comforts Him with messages of love from His Father. He is strengthened. He has the assurance that He is gaining eternal joys for all who will accept redemption.

06/17/2026

Having made the decision, He falls in a dying condition to the earth. Where now are His disciples, to place their hands tenderly beneath the head of their suffering Master, and bathe that brow, marred indeed more than the sons of men? Our Saviour trod the winepress alone, and of all the people there was none with Him. The angels who had done Christ's will in heaven would fain comfort Him. But what can they do? Such sorrow, such agony, is beyond their power to alleviate. They have never felt the sins of a ruined world, and with astonishment they behold their beloved Master prostrated with grief.

06/16/2026

Now the history of the human race comes up before the world's Redeemer. He sees the power of sin and the utter helplessness of man to save himself. The woes and lamentations of a lost world rise before Him, He beholds its impending doom, and His decision is made. He will save man at any cost to Himself. He accepts His baptism of blood, that through Him perishing millions may gain everlasting life. He has left the heavenly courts, where all is purity, happiness, and glory, to save the one lost sheep, the one world that has fallen by transgression, and He will not be turned from the mission He has chosen.

06/16/2026

As Jesus bowed in prayer, in the agony of His spirit, He sweat great drops of blood. The horror of great darkness surrounded Him; for the sins of the world were upon Him. He was suffering in man's stead, as a transgressor of the Father's law. The light of God was receding from His vision, and He was passing into the hands of the powers of darkness. In the agony of His soul, He lay prostrate on the cold earth. Christ had taken the cup of suffering from guilty man, and proposed to drink it Himself, and in its place, give to man the cup of blessing. . . .

06/13/2026

Many of the things we spend our lives chasing eventually lose their significance. They are only temporary. So, what is life without purpose? Our greatest purpose is to know God, to walk in obedience to His Word, and to live in harmony with our Savior, Jesus Christ. Everything else will pass away, but a life surrendered to Christ has eternal value.

06/13/2026

Christ is today the same compassionate Saviour as when He walked among men. He is as verily the helper of mothers now as when He gathered the little ones to His arms in Judea. The children of our hearths are as much the purchase of His blood as were the children of long ago. – {MH 41.4}
Jesus knows the burden of every mother’s heart. He who had a mother that struggled with poverty and privation, sympathizes with every mother in her labors. He who made a long journey in order to relieve the anxious heart of a Canaanite woman will do as much for the mothers of today. He who gave back to the widow of Nain her only son, and in His agony upon the cross remembered His own mother, is touched today by the mother’s sorrow. In every grief and every need, He will comfort and help. – {MH 42.1}
Let mothers come to Jesus with their perplexities. They will find grace sufficient to aid them in the care of their children. The gates are open for every mother who would lay her burdens at the Saviour’s feet. He who said, “Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not” (Mark 10:14), still invites mothers to bring their little ones to be blessed by Him. – {MH 42.2}