The church is in a season of supernatural growth and harvest. To embrace our assignment and bear fruit for the kingdom, we must be in alignment with God. And that alignment begins in the garden. After washing His disciples’ feet and instituting the Lord’s Supper, Jesus walked with them to…
The crabapple tree remained barren through May and June, leaving its caretakers puzzled. A visit to the local garden center revealed a surprising explanation: the winter had been too mild to provide the conditions the tree needed to bloom. In an unexpected way, the tree needed the cold of winter…
There are moments when life leaves us standing still—not because we have nowhere to go, but because we aren’t sure which way to turn. The path ahead may be unfamiliar, the answers may seem out of reach, and the silence can make us wonder if we’ve somehow lost our way.…
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good…
“But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; nor did I go up to Jerusalem to…
“Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those he wanted, and they came to him.” (Mark 3:13, CSB) What is it about a mountain that pulls people to reach its summit? The difficulty of the ascent doesn’t matter; they feel a compulsion to reach where others dare not tread. Mount…
“Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else” (Galatians 6:4, New English Translation). We can take a deep breath and get back to a semblance of normal with the hurry and scurry of the holidays now behind…
“The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places” (Habukkuk 3:19 in the King James Version of the Holy Bible). God created the deer to be an incredibly agile and graceful creature. He knew that it would need the ability to navigate its often treacherous habitat. Let’s pray together that God will give us that kind of sure footed stability to safely traverse the steep paths of life’s journey to greater spiritual heights.
Prayer: Lord, plant my feet on solid ground and enable me to reach extraordinary places in You.
Devotion by Julie Long
Have you noticed the reaction from a young child who has tasted table food and the mother is trying to make them eat a jar of baby food? I remember trying to do this to our daughter Shana. She would shake her head “No” vehemently indicating she didn’t want the baby food and often she would point to the food on the table. She was telling us that she was growing up and wanted to eat what the big people were eating.
How can we be content to stay a spiritual baby? The Word of God says to grow up!
“For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe” (Hebrews 5:13 in the King James Version of the Holy Bible).
Prayer: Thank You, Lord Jesus, for providing the sincere meat of the Word. Your Word is what satisfies the hunger in my soul.
Devotion by Kaye Singleton