Daily Devotionals
My Way or the Highway
DAILY READING Mark 7:1-8 [Psalm 112: 1-9] The ritual being observed in this passage is a particular way of preparing to eat. All that can really be seen are the outward…
For the Love of God
DAILY READING 1 John 5:1-5 Psalm 112:1-9 I know that obeying God’s commandments helps to put me in ‘right’ relationship with him; but I had not thought specifically about how…
Amp-ing It Up A Little!
DAILY READING Psalm 47John 16:4-11 Today we will explore John 16 by using the Amplified Bible. “The Amplified Bible attempts to take both word meaning and context into account in order to…
It’s Not Possible
DAILY READING Psalm 93Mark 16:19-20 Today’s writing time has been filled with distractions and at the same time, the interruptions have been incredibly on point. A dear friend is in…
Fight the Good Fight
DAILY READING Psalm 931 Timothy 6:11-12 Fight the good fight. Take hold of eternal life. These are big visions, big messages, big commands. The words sound heroic, honor filled, lofty, magnificent, glorious,…
Living and Speaking It Forward…
DAILY READING 1 Timothy 6:11-12Psalm 93 1 Timothy 6:11-12 is Paul’s advice as an elder to a young disciple, a member of the next generation to carry the message of…
The Lord is My Shepherd
DAILY READING Psalm 23 The Twenty-third Psalm may well be the most recognized, most memorized, most “famous” passage in Scripture. How many posters, greeting cards, and cross-stitch pillows have we…
Gifts by a Lake
DAILY READING Matthew 5:1-12 One cold November afternoon I was walking around a lake in a beautiful mountain town. I was just coming to the end of my walk around…
Dogged Persistence
DAILY READING Matthew 15:21-28 Today’s scripture reading is, to me, one of the most difficult passages about Jesus in the Bible. At first reading, it appears that Jesus — the…
I’m Still Here
DAILY READING Amos 5:4-15 One hot, sticky August many years ago, I was at a retreat center far out in the Tennessee countryside with my colleagues from work. We had…