Daily Devotionals

03/8/19

Past Failures Do Not Determine Future Success

March 8, 2019 DAILY READING Exodus 6:1-13This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:21-24 FIELD NOTESOur story today opens with God declaring: Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh!  And then…

03/7/19

I Will

March 7, 2019 DAILY READING Psalm 91This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:21-24 FIELD NOTESOne of the lessons I learn every Lent is the power of letting God be God. Of course,…

03/6/19

What God Is Like

March 6, 2019 DAILY READING Joel 2:1-2, 12-17This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:21-24 FIELD NOTESToday – Ash Wednesday – is the beginning of Lent, which is a penitential season. Penance is a…

03/5/19

Real-Time Faith

March 5, 2019 DAILY READING Psalm 35:11-28This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:21-24 FIELD NOTESOur Psalm passage begins with: Malicious witness rise up; they ask me about things I do not know. …

03/4/19

Stirred Hearts, Willing Spirits

March 4, 2019 DAILY READING Exodus 35:1-29This weekend’s reading: Mark 15:21-24 FIELD NOTESAfter 400 years of slavery in Egypt, the Israelites are being led into freedom and a new kind…

03/2/19

Blessed Are the Eyes that See What You See

March 2, 2019 DAILY READING Psalm 99Deuteronomy 9:15-24Luke 10:21-24This weekend’s reading: Luke 9:28-36 FIELD NOTESReading Moses’ continuing condemnation of the sins of God’s people (Deut 9:15-24) reminded me of Harry…

03/1/19

Prayers and Gifts to the Poor

March 1, 2019 DAILY READING Psalm 99Deuteronomy 9:6-14Acts 10:1-8This weekend’s reading: Luke 9:28-36 FIELD NOTESIn the next section of Deuteronomy 9, Moses goes from sounding like the coach to sounding…

02/28/19

In Perfect Health

February 28, 2019 DAILY READING Psalm 99Deuteronomy 9:1-5Acts 3:11-16This weekend’s reading: Luke 9:28-36 FIELD NOTESToday we begin reading Deuteronomy 9, part of Moses’ farewell address to the wandering Hebrews as…

02/27/19

’Tis Mercy All, Immense and Free

February 27, 2019 DAILY READING Psalm 38Leviticus 5:1-13Luke 17:1-4This weekend’s reading: Luke 9:28-36 FIELD NOTESI confess my iniquity;    I am troubled by my sin.Many have become my enemies without cause; . ….

02/26/19

A Meal with Jesus’ Friends

February 26, 2019 DAILY READING Psalm 381 Samuel 24:1-221 Corinthians 11:17-22, 27-38This weekend’s reading: Luke 9:28-36 FIELD NOTESThe daily lectionary offers us a Psalm, a reading from the Hebrew Bible,…