Devotional

Read the Word: Acts 20:25-31 Meditate on the Word: This passage is an excerpt from Paul’s goodbye speech to the elders from the church at Ephesus. Paul knows that he must go to Jerusalem and has already been warned that he will face imprisonment. He had been warned of these things by the Holy Spirit,… Read More »

Read the Word: Psalm 61:1-4 Meditate on the Word: Are there times when you feel worn out for no apparent reason? You’ve eaten, slept, and even had coffee, but still you just feel exhausted? Maybe you feel all alone, even if you are around people all the time? Or, maybe there are worries that you… Read More »

Read the Word: Acts 17:16-31 Meditate on the Word: We are designed for worship. It is a default that is built into us by our Creator. It has been said that if a person does not worship God, he finds something to replace God as the object of his worship. In Paul’s day, the Greeks… Read More »

Read the W0rd: 1 Chronicles 11:15-19 Meditate on the Word: I remember from my days in the military that if the commander ever mentioned something, even in passing, it was treated as if it were an order. The colonel doesn’t like the color of his office? He might come in the next morning to find… Read More »

Read the Word: Luke 7:31-35 Meditate on the Word: We live in a very noisy time. Society has gotten progressively louder, more boisterous, and generally more profane than that of previous generations. Everyone now has access to make their voice heard to anyone who will listen to them. Thus, we have a cacaphony of voices… Read More »

Read the Word: Acts 23:12-25 Meditate on the Word: There had once been a time when Paul was the enemy of Christ. He was actively seeking to arrest Christians. That was his purpose in going to Damascus, when he had that famous encounter with the resurrected Lord (Acts 9). Now, his former colleagues and friends… Read More »

Read the Word: Psalm 24:1-2 Meditate on the Word: If you have ever been around a small child, you may know that they go through a phase when everything that they see and want is “mine!” Even if it was not given to them. Even if it is placed out of their reach. Even if… Read More »

Read the Word: John 7:1-9 Meditate on the Word: I can only imagine what life must have been like for Jesus’ brothers growing up. This had to have been the worst case of “why can’t you be more like your brother?” that has ever existed. Jesus could literally do no wrong! Yet, for as well… Read More »

Read the Word: James 5:7-12 Meditate on the Word: I love to start home improvement projects. I start out motivated, have a plan, go to the Big Orange Store, get what I think I will need, then come home and get to work. I do great until something goes wrong. The old tile is harder… Read More »

Read the Word: Psalm 18:1-6 Meditate on the Word: The introduction to this psalm clearly states that “David, who spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.” David had been through a lot with… Read More »