Daily Devotionals

08/21/20

To Forgive…

August 21, 2020 DAILY READING 1 John 2:7-17 Psalm 119:1-8 FIELD NOTES Look, we can all admit that relationships are hard.  People mistreat you.  They gossip about you. They attack your character.  Perhaps…

08/20/20

It Was Us All Along

August 20, 2020 DAILY READING James 1:12-16 Psalm 119:1-8 FIELD NOTES “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work…

08/19/20

Recognition

August 19, 2020 DAILY READING John 8:12-30 Psalm 119:105-112 FIELD NOTES Scholar N.T. Wright says about Jesus in his study, John for Everyone: “He and his father are giving evidence that…

08/18/20

Not Abandoned

August 18, 2020 DAILY READING 2 Corinthians 4:1-12 Psalm 119:105-112 FIELD NOTES Is there anything worse than the feeling of hopelessness?  I am hard-pressed to think of a worse feeling.  And yet,…

08/17/20

We Are Not Special

August 17, 2020 DAILY READING Romans 11: 2-10 Psalm 119:105-112 FIELD NOTES This sobering passage reminds us of this simple truth: we are not special.   Sometimes our desires for ourselves…

08/15/20

A Simple Slip

August 15, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 4:13 – “When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.” FIELD NOTES While most died, attempting “going…

08/14/20

Dealing with Temptations

August 14, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 4:13 – “When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.” FIELD NOTES To avoid temptation, a seventeen-year-old…

08/13/20

Shoulda! Woulda! Coulda!

August 13, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 9:62 – Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” FIELD…

08/12/20

Quick Fixes?

August 12, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 4:1-13 (Jesus faced three temptations in the wilderness.) FIELD NOTES Wanna a quick fix? We want instant cures to Covid-19, the end of all discrimination,…

08/11/20

Led by the Spirit

August 11, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 4:1-2 – Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he…