Category: Daily Devotions

“For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” (1 Corinthians 11:26) When I started attending services in the Lutheran Church in my mid 20s, the first words I remembered were the Words of Institution. Each Sunday, the pastor would speak these same words.…

“You will all be joined together, and you will give glory to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ accepted you, so you should accept each other, which will bring glory to God.” (Romans 10:13, NIV) Most people think Christianity is a belief system. It’s true that Christianity includes beliefs — but it’s…

“The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.” (1 John 2:17) The thing that should matter to you most is doing God’s will. And here is why: God’s will is the only thing that will last forever. God has a plan for your life, and…

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 3:28) In order to have a clique, you must exclude certain people. And to feel excluded hurts deeply. David experienced it: “The one who shared my food, has turned against me” (Psalm 41:9). Cliques…

“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us.” (Psalm 67:1) When we think about God’s face shining on us, what do we think about? Is it like the gentle warmth of the sun on a winter’s day? Or perhaps it’s like a light that surrounds and protects…

“God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.” (1 Corinthians 10:13a) In modern times, we know about the cloud. It’s where all our personal information is stored. Everything we’ve searched, googled, or inquired into, documents we’ve saved: It would appear that nothing about our identity is private anymore.…

“He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.” (1 Peter 3:11) Read these Scriptures: “Pursue peace with all people” (Hebrews 12:14). “The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield … the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who…

“The promise is not only for those people that live under the law of Moses. It is for anyone who lives with faith like Abraham.” (Romans 4:16, ICB) No matter who you are and no matter what you’ve done, God loves you and wants you to come home to Him. He wants to shower His…

“I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.” (1 John 2:12) John says, “I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name” (v. 12). When you’re baptized and believe in Jesus Christ, the only thing you know…