February 16th, 2025
Read: Genesis 2:1-2 NRSV Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on […]
February 15th, 2025
Read 2 Corinthians 5:7 NIV For we live by faith, not by sight. It is pretty easy to get caught up in what we see going on around us. We get lost in our circumstances, trying to make sense of the difficulties of the path that seems to be before us. We grasp at solutions […]
February 14th, 2025
Read Ephesians 2:10 NIV For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. You are the very best of what God has created – His masterpiece. A reflection of what God is like to the world we live in, perfected and made […]
February 13th, 2025
Read Proverbs 19:21 NIV Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. I have always said I am a girl who likes a plan. And I do – I like details and I like to know what to expect. But if I am honest, what I REALLY […]
February 12th, 2025
Read Romans 8:28 NLT And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Father, Some days I have a hard time seeing beyond the horizon of the struggles that I face. It seems like disappointment and hurt […]
February 11th, 2025
Read Philippians 4:13 NLT For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. This is the verse I often think of when I need courage. But it is also a humble reminder to me that all I do, all that I accomplish, all the temptations I resist, all the breakthroughs I experience in […]
February 10th, 2025
Read Romans 5:3-5 NLT We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because […]
February 9th, 2025
Read James 1:12 NLT God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. When I first read this verse, my initial thought was that I don’t really like the idea of enduring anything…let alone testing and temptation. That […]
February 8th, 2025
Read: Matthew 26:38-39 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not […]
February 7th, 2025
Read: 1 Peter 5:10 ESV Yes, you will suffer for a short time. But after that, God will make everything right. He will make you strong. He will support you and keep you from falling. He is the God who gives all grace. He chose you to share in his glory in Christ. That glory […]
