Posts with the category “devotions”

Read Psalm 6This week we will be looking at 5 Psalms from David that are listed as the “penitential psalms.”  I had never heard of it and David seems to be the only one that writes them in the Psalms,...  Read More

Read Psalm 51This Psalm is so heavy and full of content.  It is a great teacher of how to repent.  And since we need that, let’s let it be before us for at least three days this week?  David was reall...  Read More

Read Psalm 101This is a royal Psalm.  One way to think about it is like it is David’s campaign commercial for how he will be king.  Granted, they did not elect kings, so the analogy didn’t really work...  Read More

“Trust in the Lord”Read Proverbs 3:1-12To trust in the Lord means to suspend feelings or other conclusions as the chief deciding factor, but rather to lean into God’s word to guide our life.  That’s e...  Read More

Read 2 Samuel 7:1-17Let’s think about gratitude that compels us to worship.  David talked about that idea in many of the Psalms he wrote.  I guess it makes sense…you would have to have a perspective o...  Read More

Read 2 Samuel 6:1-11Slow down when you read this passage and really try to imagine the scene that is playing out.  It is pretty incredible to think about this parade of over 30,000 people singing and ...  Read More

(Written by Mandy and Brandon Miller)Read Hebrews 10:23, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, and Proverbs 22:6So many doubts and fears can come along with doing something you feel God is calling you to do. For us, t...  Read More

Read Genesis 4I don’t understand this story.  By that, I mean I don’t really get why all the details are there or what they mean.  So, when I approach this story, I grapple with those ideas I don’t ge...  Read More

Read Hebrews 11:17-40Go through the list of stories here and consider, from the subject's perspective, everything that was “given up” in each of these examples of faith.What has your faith “cost” you ...  Read More

Read Genesis 12Let’s explore some faith stories this week in our devotions.  I mean stories about people that took seemingly large leaps that, for us watching, proved their level of faith…if faith com...  Read More

Read Psalm 119:1-16Psalm 119 is a really long read all at once!  Let’s take the week to make smaller bites out of it, but don’t sacrifice the time you should spend really thinking about it.  I don’t w...  Read More

Read Deuteronomy 6For the last year, I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to aim at the long game of church work.  For years, as a church planter, I feel we had to think about growing the chu...  Read More

Read 1 Samuel 30This is an interesting story that was included here.  It doesn’t seem to have any real connection points for the overall story the narrator is telling us, but rather is just another st...  Read More

Read Ephesians 4:11-16These verses should drive a lot of what we think and do in a church.  How often we have seen examples of churches, or what started as a church, lost its way because it was not su...  Read More

Read Psalm 100 (A song of Praise for the Lord’s Faithfulness to His people)Taking time to contemplate what Scripture says, what the authors were thinking/feeling as they were writing it, and the messa...  Read More

Read Psalm 16 David’s life seems to always be in danger in these stories.  Here he declares that he will seek the Lord.  He knows that others run after other gods, he will not.  He has made up his min...  Read More

These are the five days of devotions for the sermon from October 30th titled "How To Live In Caves and Wilderness."...  Read More

These are the devotions for the sermon titled "Whose Word I Praise"...  Read More

These are devotions that go with the sermon "Seasons of Too Much" from 1 Samuel 19...  Read More

Here are five days of devotions to follow the sermon "Friends and Seasons"...  Read More

Here are the devotions for the sermon titled "Going Outs and Coming Ins."...  Read More

The follow up devotions to the Seasons of Fear and Dismay...  Read More

DAY ONE:  MELCHIZEDEKSermon Sentence:  We must yield to both Jesus’ authority and His provision on our behalf.  Scripture:  Hebrews 7From the beginning of time man has tried to live by the law and fai...  Read More

Day 1What is God drawing you toward this week in your process of discipleship?  What has He been showing you lately?Remind yourself of the key point, or ideas that you took away from the sermon this w...  Read More

Day 1:  Our view of authorityPraise:  Before or after the devotion, please take time to praise God for the things He’s doing in your life and the opportunity you have to engage with the weak, sick, in...  Read More

DAY ONESermon Sentence: When we become complacent in our walk, we will start drifting.Scripture reading: Hebrews 3:12-14 In this scripture, we are told to encourage each other daily so that no heart i...  Read More

Day 1Memory Verse: “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.”  Hebrews 3:12Read Hebrews 3:1-6Imagine that you are an a...  Read More

Day 1Fear Gives Way to CrazinessSermon Sentence: To keep from drifting away, be reminded of who Jesus is. Memory Verse: “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, le...  Read More

Day 1Jesus:  The WordSermon Sentence: Jesus is greater than the angels.Memory Verse: “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the liv...  Read More

Jesus Is…Day 1Sermon Sentence:  When you understand who Jesus truly is, you understand why He claimed to be the only way to the Father.Memory Verse:  “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you ...  Read More

Day 1Read Matthew 13:10-17There are two types of sermons: ones that have had a lot of time and effort put into them, and those that were just thrown together.  Most of the time, I think it is pretty e...  Read More

Day 1First in LineKey verses:  Acts 5:1-11Kids love to be first in line, but why?  What is it about being first in line that appeals to kids?  Granted it has the best view but it’s also the first into...  Read More

Mighty GodDAY ONE  -  MIGHTY GODScripture reading:  Isaiah 9:6-7Sermon Sentence:  We can trust in the power of Jesus because His power is unmatched.“And the government will be on his shoulders.” Anyon...  Read More

Day 1:  “Well, that guy is worse than me…” Praise:  Take time before the devotion to praise God for the things He’s doing in your life and the opportunity you have to engage with the weak, sick, injur...  Read More

Day 1: Wisdom as InheritanceSermon Sentence:  Wisdom is the one thing that you should be praying for in every single aspect of your life.We will be reading the same section in Proverbs each day, but d...  Read More

Day 1The Call of AbrahamRead Genesis 12:1-5The Lord told Abram very clearly in his dream that he had to go. The Lord also made Abram several promises.1) I will make you a great Nation2) I will make yo...  Read More