Posts with the category “devotion”

Read – Luke 24:1-12Christ is Risen! Right? That is what we said and sang about in church on Easter Sunday as we worshiped together. Christ is risen, death has been overcome. This one day will inspire ...  Read More

Read - Luke 6:35-36Help and give without expecting a return. You'll never—I promise—regret it. Live out this God-created identity the way our Father lives toward us, generously and graciously, even wh...  Read More

Read - Esther 5:1-8Most would say the opposite of courage is fear. To have courage you cannot have fear. I agree more with the quote attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt, originally said by Ambrose Hol...  Read More

Read - John 13:1-17In this seemingly simple act, Jesus took something dirty and made it clean. He knelt down and tenderly washed his disciples tired, dusty feet. Yet, I would argue he did so much more...  Read More

Read - 1 Samuel 24:1-10 I have to confess that I do not remember reading this scripture before. It did not go how I expected. I was expecting David and his friends to stay hidden and worry that Saul ...  Read More

Read - 1 Kings 17:8-16We live in a different world is a phrase that couldn’t be any truer to my mind after reading this story from 1 Kings. Here we have a widow who opens her door to a stranger, and a...  Read More

Read - Luke 6:27-42One of the things I admire most about Jesus is how he is not afraid to address tough topics. I often think of these topics as issues that we like to keep hidden. Topics like sin and...  Read More

For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With His love, He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs. –Ze...  Read More

Read Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18I’ve had the pleasure of getting to watch my nephew go through his first few years of development. I say years because even though he is only 14 months old at the time of writ...  Read More

There is no rocket science behind just treating people equally.The accompanying video to this devotion displays the reality concerning “the race” of life. Sometimes we don’t recognize the head start w...  Read More

Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.  -Jeremiah 17:14 NIVThis scripture should be in all of our minds with what’s going on right now in the w...  Read More

“Precious Lord, Take My Hand” is one of my favorite hymns. It has special meaning to me because this is the last song my daughter Megan sang as a solo in public during her battle with cancer when she ...  Read More

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures t...  Read More

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. -Hebrews 11:1NRSVThis last Easter Sunday, we sang a song titled “Hymn of Promise”. If you have attended a United Meth...  Read More

“Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.” -Job 17:9 NIVJob is thought to be the oldest written book in the Bible.I did not know that until r...  Read More