Daily Devotionals

DAILY READING Psalm 98:4-9; Luke 1:13-17; 2:10  FIELD NOTES Merry Christmas!!!  “Joy to the World” is a famous Christmas song written by Isaac Watts. The song is a “joyous” celebration…

DAILY READING Luke 2:7 FIELD NOTES This time of year, I am always reminded that sometimes words get in the way of listening. Sometimes we focus so much on what…

DAILY READING Matthew 1:1-17 John 1:9-13 FIELD NOTES Sometimes a song is as familiar as an old friend, but with that familiarity we can sometimes lose the deep significance of…

DAILY READING Luke 2:8-20 FIELD NOTES Based on a poem, written by Christina Rossetti in 1872, the hymn In the Bleak Midwinter imagines the moment of Christ’s birth and how a stable…

DAILY READING Matthew 8:5-13 FIELD NOTES During this season of Advent, we have explored a few of the prophets and how their prophecies were fulfilled through Christ. Jesus healed many…

DAILY READING 1 Corinthians 16:13 Hebrews 11 FIELD NOTES This season of anticipation is coupled with the belief that the Son of man will return again. No one knows when…

DAILY READING Isaiah 40:28-31 FIELD NOTES We generally associate January 1st with new beginnings. However, in the life of the church, the season of Advent is actually the beginning of a…

DAILY READING Malachi 3:1-4 FIELD NOTES The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “foreshadowing” as: “an indication of what is to come.” In this section of Malachi, we see another example of God…

DAILY READING Romans 8:22-25 FIELD NOTES Whenever I get impatient or frustrated in life, I am usually met with the well-known adage “patience is a virtue.” To be honest, this…

DAILY READING Luke 1:26-38 FIELD NOTES One of the things that I love about ministry is hearing various faith testimonies from the congregation. Every single one of us has a…