Mary’s Testimony: He Is Risen From the Dead

“After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons.” Mark 16:9, NLT Devotional from the Dancing in the Desert Devotional Bible In a legal setting, the testimony of a woman was considered unreliable, subject to undue […]

David’s Repentance

“You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.” Psalm 51:17b, NLT Devotional from the Dancing in the Desert Devotional Bible David had sinned against Bathsheba and her husband, Uriah, and thenseemed to live in denial about the gravity of the situation. Only when Nathan the prophet confronted David with a piercing parable […]