THE ONE THING September 20, 2019 | Psalms 26–27 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue According to a recent study by Smart Growth America, pedestrian fatalities are at a 30-year high. The main reason for this increase is distracted driving. Most people believe they are pretty good at multitasking. We think we can text, talk on the […]
IN GOD WE TRUST September 19, 2019 | Psalm 25 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue The Global Positioning System (GPS) is an indispensable part of modern life. It is part of our phones, cars, airplanes, and even agricultural harvesting equipment. This technology was originally developed by the U.S. Department of Defense to assist the military. But […]
THE OWNER OF ALL September 18, 2019 | Psalm 24 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue As I backed down a driveway one night, I was startled by a loud crash. I had accidentally gone off the driveway and backed the car into a large potted plant leaving a scratch on the rear bumper. If the car […]
THE GOOD SHEPHERD September 17, 2019 | Psalm 23 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue According to Time magazine, the most popular song in the world is the Disney anthem, “It’s a Small World.” It was written by the Sherman Brothers whom Walt Disney told, “I need one song that can be easily translated into many languages […]
FROM DESPAIR TO HOPE September 16, 2019 | Psalm 22 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus makes only one statement from the cross, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani” (which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’)” (Mark 15:34). Many people understand Jesus’ words as a cry of despair. Some […]
SPEAKING OF HIS WONDER September 14, 2019 | Psalm 19 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue According to the National Solar Observatory, the core temperature of the sun is 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. Every second of every day, the sun releases five million tons of pure energy. Consider that the sun is one of trillions of stars […]
RESCUED AT LAST September 13, 2019 | Psalm 18 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In 2010 a mine in Chile collapsed trapping thirty-three miners over two thousand feet underground. An international rescue team worked round the clock for days, drilling exploratory holes from the surface to locate the missing men. After seventeen days, when food and […]
YOUR KINGDOM COME September 12, 2019 | Psalm 17 DEVOTION This Month’s Issue Children have an innate sense of fairness. If you give a piece of cake to each of two siblings, they will carefully examine each slice to ensure that they did not get the smaller one. Or, if one child gets a consequence […]
THE TEMPLE OF PRAISE September 1, 2019 | Psalms 1–2 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue At the entrance to Solomon’s Temple stood two 28-and-a-half-foot tall bronze pillars. These pillars were elaborately decorated with capitals in the shape of lilies (1 Kings 7:15–22). Each pillar was given a name: Jachin and Boaz. They served as a grand gateway […]