Morning Devotional 5.8.26

โ€œSo neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ3โ€ฌ:โ€ญ7โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Only God makes things grow. We are impatient. We want things to happen because we want them, but patience isnโ€™t our strength. We also forget that we have no power, not the …

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 …

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 (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 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 4.11.26

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 4.10.26

โ€œThe Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ145โ€ฌ:โ€ญ18โ€ฌ-โ€ญ19โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌ Fear. Fear of God. We hear โ€œfearโ€ and we panic. Fear of God is reverence or awe, meaning none …