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 …

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 3.21.26

โ€œThere remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters Godโ€™s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.โ€โ€ญโ€ญHebrewsโ€ฌ โ€ญ4โ€ฌ:โ€ญ9โ€ฌ-โ€ญ11โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Sabbath rest. This is …

Morning Devotional 3.7.26

โ€œBut the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.โ€ 2 Thessalonians 3:3 NIV Everything is going to be alright. No matter what youโ€™re facing, God is bigger, steadfast, and able to โ€œstrengthen you and protect you from the evil one.โ€ I know this to be true because …

Morning Devotional Prayer 3.1.26

Image may be subject to copyright โ€œBehold, children of God, it is the Lord who watches over you. As people sent forth into the world, let us pray, saying, โ€œLord, bless us, so that we may bless others.โ€Preserve your Church from all evil, dear God. May we, who have been born of water and the …

MORNING PRAYER, 2.21.26

from the Anglican Church in North Americaโ€™s Book of Common Prayer Confession and Absolution โ€œAlmighty and most merciful Father,we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep.We have followed too much the devices and desiresof our own hearts.We have offended against your holy laws.We have left undone those things which we ought to …

Morning Devotional 2.10.26

โ€œAnd not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,โ€โ€ญโ€ญRomansโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ3โ€ฌ-โ€ญ4โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Suffering builds perseverance, or so weโ€™re told. No one wants to suffer, and yet when we must endure it, we are never alone. The lesson? Pray, and look to …

Morning Devotional 2.9.26

โ€œWhen the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ94โ€ฌ:โ€ญ19โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ We are the beloved. There has never been a time when I lacked for consolation. I trust God because the steadfast love never fails.I am encouraged, and restored. It is in those times that I am certain that everything matters …