January 31, 2022 | Matthew 11:25-30 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue “My dad pointed out to me something that Charles Spurgeon pointed out to him,” wrote pastor Dane Ortlund in Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. “In the four Gospel accounts given to us in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John— eighty-nine […]
June 5, 2021 | Psalm 77 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue What do we do when the way forward looks hopeless and confusing? How do we take the next step Who will lead us? Again and again in Scripture, we see that God provides a way. It took ten terrible plagues, but Pharaoh finally decided to […]
April 24, 2021 | Luke 18:9–14 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue One of the easiest traps we can fall into is the Comparison Trap. We look at the lives of others and begin comparing ourselves to them. Sometimes we are jealous, sometimes we look down on others, for who they are or the way they live […]
January 5, 2021 | Matthew 18:21–35 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue How many times should we let someone off the hook before punishment is enforced? Peter asked Jesus this logical question, whose answer was probably not what we might expect. “Seventy- seven times,” Jesus responded. Or more literally translated, “seventy times seven times” (v. 22). Jesus […]
January 4, 2021 | John 13:1–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Imagine you have been invited to a meal at a table, but not just any table. You are a guest at the table where Jesus and His friends gathered for the Passover Feast. You anxiously wait for the festivities to begin when you notice Jesus […]
January 3, 2021 | John 15:9–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue At Christmas, our young children love to unwrap presents. To say they are excited to discover what is inside the colorful packages would be a huge understatement. It is almost as if these new clothes will give them a brand-new identity and their new toys […]
September 28, 2020 | 1 Samuel 29:1–11 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Some television drama series involve multiple storylines. These complex narratives weave in and out but are usually all part of one larger story. The same is true of biblical narratives. As storm clouds gathered for Saul, David was facing a different kind of jeopardy […]
DAILY DEVOTIONAL. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2019 TOPIC: A MORE EXCELLENT WAY TEXT: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 KEY VERSE: “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity”. – (1 Corinthians 13:13). The world’s notion of love is at variance with heavenly love, which transcends the loose definition of love in […]