Devotionals

Since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. —Colossians 1:9 One of the inspiring things about the earliest churches that were following The Way (Jesus) is that they were small, tight-knit, […]

He [the Word, the One we know as Jesus,] was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. —John 1:2-3 Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024! As I reflect on 2023 and look forward to 2024, the word that keeps coming to mind

Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes.” —Deuteronomy 1:29-30 I played football for one year, early in high school. Let’s just say it

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped – Philippians 2:5-6 I’ve been thinking about leadership a lot lately. It could be that in my leadership roles, I have come to highly appreciate the leaders in

“Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror,” declares the Lord. “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.” — Jeremiah 2:12-13 “Me do it!” That was the occasional declaration from one of

“I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord.” — Hosea 2:19-20 Whenever I read the word betrothed, I automatically think of Jesus’ mother Mary and earthly father Joseph. Their story of hearing

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. —Colossians 3:4 Since the time we are very young and can understand what a calendar is, we tend to look forward to events in the future. We especially can’t wait for birthdays and Christmas, vacations and school breaks. As we

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. —1 Corinthians 3:11 In my former life as an environmental engineer, one of the classes I had to take was all about how to engineer structures, one of which being foundations. I can’t say whether or not I

And we, who with unveiled faces all [contemplate and] reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. —2 Corinthians 3:18 “She’s glowing!” We sometimes hear that when a bride walks down the aisle on her wedding day or at other times

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted