by Nevio Donzé | 1. November 2026
All sorts of people attend church services on religious holidays. Perhaps you do too? Do you go because that’s what’s expected, because people expect you to? Or do you go because it’s what you believe in?
I know a story in the Bible about two very different men. They go to the temple. One goes there because he wants to please God. He knows all His commandments and they are very important to him. He prays regularly. The second man is quite different. He feels guilty. Perhaps he is dishonest or a cheat. He calls himself a sinner! What do you think God thinks of the two of them?
The first is proud and pleased with himself. The second is broken and humble. Before God, all people are sinners. No one is perfect. The second man has realised this. He knows that he needs God’s help and forgiveness, which is why he prays: ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Luke 18,13
God loves repentant sinners! Everyone is welcome to come to him.
Bible passage on this topic: Luke 18,9-17
by Nevio Donzé | 25. October 2026
Jericho enjoyed a pleasant climate in winter. Its freshwater springs made it a large, flourishing oasis town. The main trade routes ran through Jericho. Hundreds of pilgrims and traders passed through every day. The customs post at Jericho was a veritable goldmine. Anyone who could afford it lived in Jericho.
This was precisely where Zacchaeus lived and worked. As the head tax collector of Jericho, he must have been a millionaire by today’s standards. And this short millionaire wanted to see Jesus! Nothing could stop him: he, the wealthy tax collector, climbed a tree like a child and waited!
And sure enough, Jesus saw Zacchaeus and invited himself to his house. It was important to Jesus to be with him. Why? Because Jesus came to seek out the lost and to save them.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Luke19,10
Jesus does not force himself on anyone. But if you open yourself up to him, change will come into your life.
Bible passage on this topic: Luke 19,1-10
by Nevio Donzé | 18. October 2026
My alarm clock rings incessantly. Half-asleep, I’m confronted by the cold reality! I want to get back to the world of dreams as quickly as possible. Still groggy, unmotivated and with my eyes barely open, I drag myself into the bathroom. Do scenes like this sound familiar to you?
For over two years, that was my morning routine. Every day I battled against negative thoughts. I wanted to overcome them.
At that time, I felt completely out of place at work. However, when I laid my dilemma before God, I experienced His help. Looking back, I can see His wonderful plan in it.
Are you currently in a similar situation? Do you feel you’re in the wrong place? Is this perhaps a time when you can learn something important? Trust your Creator. He knows you inside out.
so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience
Colossians 1,10-11
At just the right moment, he’ll show you the next step. Stay patient in his presence. He’ll reward you for it every day with renewed strength.
How are you getting on with being patient?
Bible passage on this topic: Colossians 1:1–14
by Nevio Donzé | 11. October 2026
A woman enters a house, seemingly full of self-assurance. She has only one specific goal: Jesus! She must get to Jesus!
She approaches him. Suddenly, tears roll down her face, falling directly onto Jesus’ feet. She reacts spontaneously by wiping the tears away with her hair. Then she kisses his feet, over and over again. Finally, she even pours an expensive oil over his feet.
Unbelievable! From the perspective of the religious leaders with whom Jesus is, she defiles him with every touch. The Bible says she is a sinner, a woman who was rejected in those days. Yet Jesus does not reject her! He allows her to do this, thereby acknowledging her trust. What are the consequences of this for this woman?
Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven – as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.’
Luke 7,47
Jesus looks at her and grants her forgiveness. That is precisely her hope, her faith, her goal. That is why she wanted to come to Jesus.
With what hope do you come to Jesus?
Bible passage on this topic: Luke 7,36-50
by Nevio Donzé | 4. October 2026
When something inspires us, we talk about it. We recommend a film, share a song or recount an experience. Enthusiasm is contagious – and influences others.
This is exactly what influencers thrive on. People follow them, listen to their recommendations and draw inspiration from them. But who or what actually influences your life?
Jesus wants to be more than just someone we follow or whose ideas we like. Following him means trusting him and modelling our own lives on him.
And that makes a difference. The Bible compares it to a tree that bears good fruit: what grows within us will eventually become visible on the outside. In our words, our decisions and in the way we treat other people.
Those who live with Jesus discover more and more how God intended life to be. His love changes our hearts – and what fills our hearts also shapes what we pass on to others.
For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Matthew 12:34b
What do you talk about with enthusiasm? And what shapes your life?
Bible passage on this topic: Luke 6:43–45
