Recent Devotions
“I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.” (Psalm 104:33, ESV) Which do you remember best: a song from your childhood or what you had for lunch last week? Probably the song. Music “sticks” in our minds, and years later we recall the words to a melody we haven’t sung in decades. Can you still sing the A-B-C song? Probably. Even when our memory fades, the music we learned years ago is still locked inside. I remember nursing home services where residents would sing, “What a Friend We…
“For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not…
“A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure. Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped” (Luke 8:43-48, NLT). “WHO touched me?” Jesus asked. Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, this crowd is pressing…
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Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. (I Peter 3:8-11, English Standard Version) While reading the Bible this morning, I think I discovered…
Genesis 12:10 NLT “At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.” I’ve never experienced a move to a new place, so I can only try to imagine how it felt to be travelling constantly and to be in a place that is so different than what you know. It doesn’t necessarily have to be something as obvious as a move though to make us feel like a foreigner in a strange land. I found a few different definitions for the word “strange”, here are…
2 Samuel 16:13-14 ESV “So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust. And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself.” I admire people who hold to their convictions and stand up for what they believe in. Shimei was one of those people I think. He seems to be having a hard time letting go of the past though, and accepting David as king. While David…
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. (Romans 12:12, ESV) Listening to a man being interviewed on the radio, I questioned one bold statement when he declared, “I never have a bad day.” Never? I think most of us would readily admit we’ve had good days and we’ve had some that were pretty rough. How could he say never? Then he continued, “It’s a choice I make. Yes, I have bad things happen, but I choose to have a good day.” This man decided to face life with a positive outlook, even when life wasn’t always…
