Daily Worship Devotional

DAILY READING Matthew 6:19-21 Matthew 6:24 REFLECTION MASTER MAMMON By Pam Mann I try to imagine sitting on a hillside and hearing Jesus say these words. Like everyone else around me, I would have personal experience with the damage that moths and vermin can cause. If I hadn’t been robbed myself, I would know plenty of sad stories from friends and neighbors who had. I would long for a place where my treasures would be safe from predators. I wouldn’t know anything about prof

Understanding Jesus' Prayer

Secret Giving

Waiting Well

Bring On the Good News

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How Will You Come to the Table?

DAILY READING Romans 14: 1-17 REFLECTION Judgement is for the Lord By Kim Starr In my devotion last month, a reader commented that she was surprised by my statement that, “there are no degrees of faith.” I responded to her that her assertion that not everyone’s faith is the same was correct; however, the faith itself, whether or not you believe in Jesus Christ and that he was sent to earth to die for our sins, either exists or it doesn’t. In today’s passage, Paul is reitera

Wrath or Love – Our Preference?

DAILY READING Matthew 23:8-28 REFLECTION Overcoming Hypocrisy By Elaine Pierce In Michael Hallsworth's well-regarded book, The Hypocrisy Trap, he breaks hypocrisy into four categories: * Inconsistency (failing to practice what you preach), * Pretence (faking beliefs you don't hold), *Blame (condemning others for actions you do), and * Complacency (talking about values without taking action) This book's subtitle is interesting: how changing what we criticize can change our

Vengeance is NOT Mine

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Rejoice And Be Glad

DAILY READING 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 REFLECTION Sufficient Grace, Perfect Power By Beth Voltmann “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10) These are the words of Jesus Christ to Paul of Tarsus. Much of the content of Paul’s two letters to the believers in Corinth carry the promise that Christ is enough. We should strive to truly understand his Spirit-inspired writings in our own relationships w

DAILY READING 2 Corinthians 4:7-10 REFLECTION Cardboard Boxes By Pam Mann We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. Hmm, what is this treasure? The previous verse tells us Paul is describing the light of the knowledge of God’s glory. Here’s the stunning reality of how God comes to us. He, who said in creation, “Let there be light,” is now bringing to our human hearts the light of knowledge of His glory. Paul wa

Confident in Christ

DAILY READING Philippians 1:12-14, 19-26 REFLECTION Prison Joy By Elaine Pierce Paul wrote this letter to the believers in Philippi a dozen or so years after he founded the church in this city, an important Roman colony in northern Greece. And where was Paul when he wrote this? In prison, or as Paul put it, "in chains for Christ" (v. 12)." And what is one of the results of his unjust imprisonment? "Because of my chains, most of the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged

DAILY READING Philippians 4:6-9 REFLECTION Focusing on God Brings Peace By Todd Marti 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirab

Turn Your Worries Into Action

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