Morning Devotional 5.18.26

โ€œInstead, regard Christ the Lord as holy in your hearts. Whenever anyone asks you to speak of your hope, be ready to defend it.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Peterโ€ฌ โ€ญ3โ€ฌ:โ€ญ15โ€ฌ โ€ญCEBโ€ฌโ€ฌ This guidance is so simple as to be disregarded. โ€œWhenever anyone asks you to speak of your hope, be ready to defend it.โ€ Thatโ€™s it? Remember, the God …

Morning Devotional 5.13.26

โ€œWalk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.โ€โ€ญโ€ญProverbsโ€ฌ โ€ญ13โ€ฌ:โ€ญ20โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ We are a reflection of the people with whom we spend time. Like mirrors, they reflect us, and vice versa. How do you want to be known? How might we best glorify God? Image may be subject to copyright

Morning Devotional 4.29.26

โ€œYet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of Godโ€” children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husbandโ€™s will, but born of God.โ€โ€ญโ€ญJohnโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ12โ€ฌ-โ€ญ13โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ We are gathered into the family of God. There is no criteria …

Morning Devotional 4.28.26

Morning Devotional โ€œThis is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Johnโ€ฌ โ€ญ4โ€ฌ:โ€ญ10โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ What does love look like?In the year since losing My Beloved, I have learned so many looks of love. Compassion, companionship, nurturing, even laughter. Thanks be …

Morning Devotional 4.17.26

โ€œBe alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Peterโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ8โ€ฌ-โ€ญ9โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Stay Woke! Thatโ€™s what being alert …

Morning Devotional 4.7.26

โ€œVery truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.โ€โ€ญโ€ญJohnโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ24โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ What if believing could change everything? Would you risk it for everything? Our faith is rewarded, even when it is weak and …

Morning Devotional 1.29.26

โ€œThere is none holy as the LORD: For there is none beside thee: Neither is there any rock like our God.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Samuelโ€ฌ โ€ญ2โ€ฌ:โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Known as Hannahโ€™s praise, this scripture demonstrates deep, abiding worship, asserting God's absolute supremacy, above all. For me, it is the simple declaration of my ancestors, declaring โ€œOnly God.โ€ Tell me, …

Morning Devotional 12.30.2025

โ€œSo if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being!โ€โ€ญโ€ญ2 Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ17โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Resilient. After many years filled with heartbreak and grief, 2025 tried to extinguish my flame. It intended to vanquish me. I enfolded myself more tightly into the arms of …

Morning Devotional 12.21.2025

โ€œAnd Mary said, โ€œMy soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant. Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed,โ€โ€ญโ€ญLukeโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ46โ€ฌ-โ€ญ48โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Iโ€™m feeling lighter lately, like the warmth and light of Godโ€™s Love can finally …