A daily devotional from the recommended lectionary texts for each week. It contains encouragement, inspiration, and challenges for better living and loving!
Do you have a thorn in the flesh? Is it a nagging problem or a nagging person? How can you best handle that? Listen to today's devotional on what Paul did to address his thorn in the flesh. Be a …
When you hear the word home, what memories come to mind? Did you have a solid upbringing in that home? Did you look forward to returning and being home with parents, siblings, and other family? Or…
Psalm 130 is a record of the psalmist sharing his faith in a loving and patient, and very forgiving God. May his words be our prayer as we examine how we stand before God on a daily basis. Listen a…
What scares you most about death? Death has a way of bringing out the best, and the worst in people. In today's scripture we see how King David reacted to the death of his king and his best friend.…
Do you have a generous heart? Have you shared with God from what you have, or do you wait until you finally get what you hoped to get? Listen and learn how the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian …
Imagine having no money and no doctor to go and see? And imagine being near to One who was rumored to be the Son of God, who did heal? That's what a ruler of a synagogue did for his daughter, and w…
One of the most epic battle stories in the Bible! The Giant Goliath versus the shepherd boy, David. Hear it again and listen to be blessed! You may just find what you need to face the giants in yo…
Incredible. That's the only word I can think of to describe the Apostle Paul's faith and determination to share the good news of Jesus Christ with the whole world. He seemed superhuman because of a…
Can you sleep during a storm? Can you sleep on a boat when waves come crashing over the sides to the point where you think you will die? Then, how in the world could Jesus sleep? Listen and learn! …
You are a new creation in Christ! But what does that mean? What did that mean to the Apostle Paul? It meant he had a new perspective on life, especially the spiritual. Listen and learn; be blessed…
Like the mustard seed, tiny and seemingly powerless, a 15 year old boy was anointed as king of Israel. He was nothing like the outgoing king, who was very handsome and stood literally head and shoul…
It's not the size of the seed, Jesus says, it's the faith found within it. Whether you think you have a small faith the size of a mustard seed (among the world's smallest seeds) or the seed the size…
Imagine if you had ever said this. Wait. You have! So have I! Listen to today's devotional on what the people of God told their prophet to tell God! I pray this blesses you to live a life that s…
Growing old is not for the faint-hearted! Nor is living life! Life is hard and sometimes it comes at you in full force! Paul writes this passage from his second letter to the Corinthians which he …
Thunder, lightning, rainstorms, floods, and the like, make some people scared. The psalmist saw God's hand in all of that and stood in awe, grateful awe, for what God can and does do for us. Listen…
Have you ever had a spiritual moment when you realized just how sinful, weak, and in need of God you were? The prophet Isaiah did; and it was right after the death of an important political figure. …
What better inheritance can you have than the riches of God in Christ Jesus? Listen to today's devotional that speaks of that which belongs to us if we live our lives led by the Spirit of God!
Do you find yourself calling some people "Pharisees" because of how they act? Do you hold that all Pharisees are alike? Read today's story in John 3:1-17 and find out what you think of Nicodemus. …
It is amazing what inspiration can drive a person to do. Witness the works of the psalmist; driven to write some of the most wonderful songs of praise as well as some depressing accounts of sadness …
Dem bones! Or so goes the old spiritual, and this is that passage that inspired that awesome song; imagine yourself there right next to the prophet; how would you have reacted to all that God asked …