Morning Devotional 8.19.26

โ€œA new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.โ€โ€ญโ€ญJohnโ€ฌ โ€ญ13โ€ฌ:โ€ญ34โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Love one another. Notice that there are NO qualifiers. Just love, unconditionally.Whew, Lord, give us strength. Image from the internet may be subject to copyright

Morning Devotional 8.8.26

Morning Devotional โ€œTherefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.โ€โ€ญโ€ญMarkโ€ฌ โ€ญ11โ€ฌ:โ€ญ24โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ For years Iโ€™ve said that โ€œprayer is not shopping.โ€ Prayer is a conversation which is often, in my case, open ended. When I do ask, it is for clarity, for …

Morning Devotional 7.10.26

โ€œFor where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญMatthewโ€ฌ โ€ญ18โ€ฌ:โ€ญ20โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Letโ€™s talk about church friends. Theyโ€™re not just people with whom I fellowship; they are my people. I have a church bestie, in her 90s, about whom I am always concerned, whether weโ€™re sitting across the aisle, or when …

Morning Devotional 7.9.26

โ€œFight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Timothyโ€ฌ โ€ญ6โ€ฌ:โ€ญ12โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ To Do List: Fight the good fight ( not actual fighting, just give your best effort at faithfulness) by being honest, earnest, …

Morning Devotional 7.6.26

Morning Devotional โ€œWhoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.โ€โ€ญโ€ญProverbsโ€ฌ โ€ญ19โ€ฌ:โ€ญ17โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Just this morning after reading this scripture, I heard that โ€œkindness is a choice.โ€ Your deliberate acts of service are offerings to God. Everything we do, along with the ways we …

Morning Devotional 3.3.26

โ€œFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.โ€โ€ญโ€ญRomansโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ16โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ As we greet the day, let us prayโ€ฆโ€œAlmighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your …

Itโ€™s Late for Morning Devotional 4.14.26

Thank you, Lord, for the wise women and men Youโ€™ve placed in my path.Catherine, may God guide and keep you continually.Thanks be to God Image may be subject to copyright Friends. Blasphemy by way of artistic rendering is terrible and must be clearly denounced. But blasphemy by way of dehumanizing and damaging our fellow humans …

Morning Devotional 4.11.26

โ€œDonโ€™t you know that you yourselves are Godโ€™s temple and that Godโ€™s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys Godโ€™s temple, God will destroy that person; for Godโ€™s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ3โ€ฌ:โ€ญ16โ€ฌ-โ€ญ17โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ If we are sacred, how do we care for our temples? This morning I …

Morning Devotional

โ€œjust as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญMatthewโ€ฌ โ€ญ20โ€ฌ:โ€ญ28โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ I hosted family for an overnight last night, and today I am tired. My guests were lovely, some of my favorite people on the planet. Consumed by anticipating …