February 3, 2022 | Philippians 1:9-11 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Many parents love to track the growth of their children by marking their height each year on their birthday. But is it possible to measure our growth as believers? More importantly, how does spiritual growth take place? And this is my prayer: that your love […]
January 29, 2022 | James 1:2-8 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue For many years I had a love-hate relationship with today’s Scripture passage. The “love” part related to testing, perseverance, maturity, and wisdom. That made sense to me. The “hate” part related to the first line, “Consider it pure joy” (v. 2). “Seriously?” I thought. […]
November 7, 2020 | Acts 6:1–15 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Most churches say they want to grow, but when numbers actually increase, not everyone is happy. More people often bring more challenges. This was also true for the early church. As their numbers grew, some widows were overlooked in the daily distribution of food (v. 1). […]