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 7.1.26

โ€œRejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.โ€โ€ญโ€ญRomansโ€ฌ โ€ญ12โ€ฌ:โ€ญ12โ€ฌ โ€ญESVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Have you ever heard of Chunking? Chunking is a cognitive strategy used to boost short-term memory by grouping individual pieces of information into larger, meaningful units, since working memory can only hold about 4 to 7 items at once.Remember how you learned …

Morning Devotional 6.26.26

โ€œSet your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth,โ€โ€ญโ€ญColossiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ3โ€ฌ:โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Itโ€™s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day. Disciplines calls us to plan and look forward. As Bobby McFerrin reminds us, โ€œno discipline is pleasant at the time, but painful.โ€ Itโ€™s time to set our …

Morning Devotional 5.24.26

Morning Devotional โ€œAfter they prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking Godโ€™s word with confidence.โ€โ€ญโ€ญActs of the Apostlesโ€ฌ โ€ญ4โ€ฌ:โ€ญ31โ€ฌ โ€ญCEBโ€ฌโ€ฌ Faith in three steps:Ask- the prayed for an infilling of the Holy Spirit and it was granted.Divine Confirmation-God shows up unmistakably, in …

Morning Devotional 3.6.26

โ€œBe still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ37โ€ฌ:โ€ญ7โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ โ€œWhat good is access if your foundation collapses the moment that pressure shows up?โ€Be patient. Trust God. Be still. Wait patiently. God has never failed you, and …

Morning (somewhere) Devotional 4.19.26

โ€œFor the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ2 Timothyโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ7โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Scared for what?? I have, by Godโ€™s Grace survived for trials and heartaches than I ever couldโ€™ve imagined. Afraid of what? Seriously? If Iโ€™ve learned nothing else on this faith journey, it is that …

Morning Devotional 3.23.26

Morning Devotional โ€œAs the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ42โ€ฌ:โ€ญ1โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Lord, I desire a life lived in You. I need You, like the air and water that sustains me.Lord, in your mercy hear our prayers. https://youtu.be/0Tzqn1OOCMM?si=NOq8uJShh15SAX8g

Morning Devotional 3.17.26

โ€œHe who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, โ€œMy refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmโ€ฌ โ€ญ91โ€ฌ:โ€ญ1โ€ฌ-โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญESVโ€ฌโ€ฌ When things get tough, you need shelter and rest. Psalms 91 reminds us of the sacredness of refuge …