Daily Devotionals

January 9, 2021 DAILY READING Luke 5:1-11 [Psalm 40:1-11] FIELD NOTES So often it seems, we give up too soon, weary from our work that bears so little results.  So often,…

January 8, 2021 DAILY READING Acts 1:1-5 [Psalm 40:1-11] FIELD NOTES “When we attribute the Christian life from beginning to end to the Holy Spirit, we are indexing our lives…

January 7, 2021 DAILY READING Galatians 1:6-12 [Psalm 40:1-11] FIELD NOTES “The whole Christian gospel could be summed up in this point: that when the living God looks at us,…

January 6, 2021 DAILY READING Matthew 12:15-21 [Psalm 89:5-37] FIELD NOTES In his modern classic, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, scholar N.T. Wright says this: “Jesus is, at the moment, present…

January 5, 2021 DAILY READING Acts 8:4-13 [Psalm 89:5-37] FIELD NOTES Simon the Sorcerer had been captivating the people for some time when Philip rolled into town.  Where Simon offered up…

January 4, 2021 DAILY READING Acts 10:44-48 [Psalm 89:5-37] FIELD NOTES We see in this passage from Acts that the Holy Spirit has been poured out even on the Gentiles.  This…

January 2, 2021 DAILY READING Matthew 5:1-12 [Psalm 33:12-22] FIELD NOTES From The Voice translation: “And He began to teach them. Jesus: Blessed are the spiritually poor—the kingdom of heaven is…

January 1, 2021 DAILY READING Matthew 12:46-50 FIELD NOTES Ok, yes, this is a strange passage.  Jesus’ mother and brothers come to him to visit.  His disciples go to Jesus and inform…

December 31, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 148 FIELD NOTES Praise the Eternal! All you in the heavens, praise the Eternal;     praise Him from the highest places! All you, His messengers…

December 30, 2020 DAILY READING 1 John 1:1-9 FIELD NOTES Christ is light.  In Him, there can be no darkness.   And yet, in this world, we know darkness well, don’t we?  It…