April 21st, 2024
Read Psalm 38:4 NIV My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. Sin is a heavy thing to carry. Yet sometimes we wear it like we have to. It is as if sin is like an old coat that hangs in our closet and it’s the only thing we have to […]
April 20th, 2024
Read: James 1:17 NIV Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Pray: Our Creator, You see all of time and space spread out in front of You. Our lives seem to dance and shimmer and change from moment […]
April 19th, 2024
Read: Isaiah 55:8-13 NRSV For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from […]
April 18th, 2024
Read: Romans 6:20-23 NRSV When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, […]
April 17th, 2024
Read: Matthew 6:9-15 NRSV ‘Pray then in this way:Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to […]
April 16th, 2024
Read: Matthew 6:7-8 NRSV ‘When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. – “Well, I do think someone might have […]
April 15th, 2024
Have you ever laid awake at night, reliving a moment over and over in your head? Maybe it’s a small, insignificant memory, but the consequences of that moment have changed the trajectory of your life? I often wonder how my life would have been different if I hadn’t said such and such to somebody, or […]
April 14th, 2024
It’s a miracle. It’s the only possible outcome. Those two statements are true of everything in our lives. The very existence of life on earth is a miracle. The seemingly impossible series of events that led to you and me and Hamlet and hamburgers is at once both a miracle and the only possible […]
April 13th, 2024
Read Philippians 4:6 NIV Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. What a busy week! Did it seem like the days flew by? Are you asking yourself where did the time go? Time certainly does get away from us; especially if […]
April 12th, 2024
Read John 14:6 NLT Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” What does it mean to be a fully devoted follower of Christ? Well, first we must realize that God doesn’t need us, but He does desire us. Through His […]
