Daily Devotionals
I Will Be With You
May 8, 2020 DAILY READING Exodus 3:1-12 FIELD NOTES One of the most comforting ideas repeated in scripture is that God will be with us. When we are down and out,…
What a Witness
May 7, 2020 DAILY READING Acts 6:8-15 FIELD NOTES I think about a friend who passed away often. She was one of my youth pastors growing up. She was a third grade…
Grateful Praise
May 6, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving grateful praise. 1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.3 Know that the Lord is God. It is…
God’s Work
May 5, 2020 DAILY READING Hebrews 13:20-21 FIELD NOTES There’s just something about doing the work God called us to do. “But what if I am not called to ministry?”…
Willing Servant
May 4, 2020 DAILY READING 1 Peter 5:1-5 FIELD NOTES One of the best generators of joy is a willing submission to the needs of others over our own. Doing something…
Presence as Love
May 2, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 23 A psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,he leads me beside quiet waters,3 he refreshes my…
Submission as Love
May 1, 2020 DAILY READING 1 Peter 2:13-17 FIELD NOTES This passage has been debated countless times, with good reason probably. One truth that shines through regardless of how people twist…
Living Examples
April 30, 2020 DAILY READING 1 Peter 2:9-12 FIELD NOTES Often times, one of the best ways we love our neighbors, or coworkers, and especially our family, is by the…
Love Reveals Truth
April 29, 2020 DAILY READING John 21:1-14 FIELD NOTES I can remember many times in my life when love was shown to me by someone, and it opened my eyes…
Pure Spiritual Milk
April 28, 2020 DAILY READING 1 Peter 2:1-3 FIELD NOTES Looking at today’s scripture, I see these things we are supposed to rid ourselves of—Hate, malice, deceit, hypocrisy—it sounds like…