Today's Devotion
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37, NKJV) A dedicated employee feels financial panic when her employer terminated several long-term employees without warning. A marriage rocks on the brink of divorce when one partner reconsiders the pledges made during their wedding ceremony. A once-devoted church member now misses services more often than he attends. As we observe situations such as these, it’s easy to question, “Why? What happened to commitment? Where is their loyalty, their dedication?” Successful relationships require commitment, whether between marriage…
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8 Where do they come from? You walk into your bedroom and see something dark and shadowy in the corner that wasn’t there before. Time to get the broom, wrap a dust cloth around it, and carefully wipe the edges of the ceiling and down the corners of the room. Might as well check the rest of…
“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:2. Before God ever filled the earth with life, He first gave it form. The Spirit of God hovered over chaos, and then God began to separate, to define, and to bring order. On the first day, he divided light from darkness. The second day, He divided the waters from the sky. And, on the third day, He separate the land from the sea. It was only after He established…
When I sit down to read my Bible, I am not simply spending a dutiful fifteen minutes. Instead, I am on a treasure hunt. With a pencil or highlighter in hand, I read with anticipation, waiting for something to speak to my spirit. Underlining or highlighting those words makes the experience more personal and helps etch them in my heart. This small action trains me to expect discovery—to uncover the nuggets of truth that the Word of God is so rich with. This process came to mind recently as I listened to our administrative assistant address our team. Nastasia shared…
The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan. Joshua 5:12, NIV. The sun rose over the plains of Canaan, casting golden light over fields Israel had only dreamed of for generations. This was not just any day—it was the first day in forty years that no manna fell from the sky. The people stepped outside their tents, expecting to gather the thin, flaky bread that had sustained them through every trial in the wilderness. But the ground…
