devotions

Our recent Pastors’ Conference and District Convention recalled some of the joys and challenges faced by the church in our day. Speaking of challenges, we were reminded of the reality… Read more

Psalm 105:1-4 1 Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. 2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. 3 Glory… Read more

Matthew 16:13 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Lately I’ve watched… Read more

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us… Read more

A Devotion based on Romans 5:1–8 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access… Read more

Most of us have experienced Pentecost Sunday services full of dramatic impact; with dramatized readings of the Pentecost story, prayers spoken in different languages, symbols representing different nationalities, visual images… Read more

When Hearts Are Churned Up It goes without saying that we are living in an anxious world. As I write this, the price of oil is moving in sympathy with… Read more

At our Ash Wednesday services, we hear an Old Testament reading from the prophet Joel: “Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! … the day… Read more

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, to the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ… Read more

4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 13… Read more