Daily Devotionals

July 30, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 111This weekend’s reading: Matthew 6:25-33 FIELD NOTES It’s about this time of the summer that my mind and spirit need to offer a great…

July 28, 2018 DAILY READING Luke 14:12-14Psalm 116:1-4This weekend’s reading: Romans 3:20-24 FIELD NOTES Jesus is invited to dinner at a prominent Pharisee’s home.  He immediately begins confronting their hypocritical…

July 27, 2018 DAILY READING 1 Peter 1:13-16Psalm 116:1-4This weekend’s reading: Romans 3:20-24 FIELD NOTES The writer here implores us to put to death our sinful desires.  Our earthly nature,…

July 26, 2018 DAILY READING 1 Peter 1:8-12Psalm 116:1-4This weekend’s reading: Romans 3:20-24 FIELD NOTES Here in 1 Peter, we see that even the angels are seeking a deep relationship…

July 25, 2018 DAILY READING Matthew 12:38-42Psalm 114This weekend’s reading: Romans 3:20-24 FIELD NOTES In Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, scholar N.T. Wright says this: “Jesus is, at the moment,…

July 24, 2018 DAILY READING 1 Corinthians 15:19-28Psalm 114This weekend’s reading: Romans 3:20-24 FIELD NOTES John Wesley, in his sermon, The Repentance of Believers, says this: “Continue to believe in him…

July 23, 2018 DAILY READING 1 Corinthians 15:12-20Psalm 114This weekend’s reading: Romans 3:20-24 FIELD NOTES Paul implores us that the resurrection is real.  If it weren’t real he says, what is…

July 21, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 23 Luke 18:35-43This weekend’s reading: Matthew 14:22-32 FIELD NOTES In today’s story, a blind man asks Jesus for help. “Son of David, have mercy…

July 20, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 23Acts 17:16-31This weekend’s reading: Matthew 14:22-32 FIELD NOTES When you think of “idols,” what do you think of first? I think of some kind…

July 19, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 23Colossians 1:15-23This weekend’s reading: Matthew 14:22-32 FIELD NOTES If you were to see a picture of my husband as a young adult and then…