Morning Devotional 1.31.26

โ€œand let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:โ€โ€ญโ€ญHebrewsโ€ฌ โ€ญ10โ€ฌ:โ€ญ24โ€ฌ โ€ญKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Let us provoke one another into love. Isnโ€™t that challenge by which should all be inspired? Letโ€™s encourage one another.There is so much animosity in the world, canโ€™t we strive for better?We must.Lord, hear and receive our prayers. Image …

Morning Devotional 1.30.26

โ€œBut be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.โ€โ€ญโ€ญJamesโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ22โ€ฌ โ€ญKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ I take great pride in finding images to share along with my morning encouragement. Sometimes, itโ€™s easyThere are so many thoughts, interpretations, and perspectives on The Word. This one is easy.Do what it says.Love God.Love one another.Seek justice.Walk …

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 1.27.26

โ€œHear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmโ€ฌ โ€ญ143โ€ฌ:โ€ญ1โ€ฌ-โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญKJVโ€ฌโ€ฌ This morning during my meditative practice, the lesson was discipline over motivation. Motivation can wane, but …

Sunday Devotional 1.18.2026

โ€œNow I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you but that you be knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ10โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Be in agreement with no division.I am …

Morning Devotional 1.14.26

โ€œThe reward for humility and fear (awe) of the LORD is riches and honor and life.โ€โ€ญโ€ญProverbsโ€ฌ โ€ญ22โ€ฌ:โ€ญ4โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Lord, I trust You. I trust You in joy, and even in the midst of my brokenhearted seasons. I never wouldโ€™ve made it through the last year without the hearts and hands and prayers that sustain meโ€ฆyโ€™allI …

Morning Devotional 1.12.2026

โ€œFor those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.โ€โ€ญโ€ญMarkโ€ฌ โ€ญ8โ€ฌ:โ€ญ35โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Do you trust more in your own strength than in God? This morning, as I begin a week where my own strength will …

Morning Devotional 1.8.2026

โ€œAbide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.โ€โ€ญโ€ญJohnโ€ฌ โ€ญ15โ€ฌ:โ€ญ4โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ What weโ€™re talking about is continuous, dependent connection upon God and Godโ€™s people. Weโ€™ve got to be all in. Imagine how much …

Morning Devotional 1.7.2025

โ€œSo, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ10โ€ฌ:โ€ญ31โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Whatever we do.In storms.In stillness.In all things, at all times, do it all for the glory of God, paraphrasing the words of the poet Ullie Kaye, because God is God and we are not.Arenโ€™t you …

Morning Devotional 1.6.2026

โ€œArise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.โ€โ€ญโ€ญIsaiahโ€ฌ โ€ญ60โ€ฌ:โ€ญ1โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Sunrise, and we greet the day. Not just daybreak, but Godโ€™s Divine Light and Grace to see us through. Even in my groggy weariness, I thank God for sunrise, and all it represents.As Nina Simone would …