Devotionals

Monday, March 25 “May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you.”   –Psalm 33:22 “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” (Oscar Wilde) One of the greatest things about hope is that it can come from any perspective, […]

Sunday, March 24–Palm Sunday When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring […]

Saturday, March 23 “Take action, for it is your duty, and we are with you; be strong, and do it.” –Ezra 10:4 “Thoughts lead to words, words lead to actions, and hope is the thread that binds up each.” Aimee Angle, from “Inspirational Quotes on Hope” Bless our thoughts and our words and actions with […]

Friday, March 22 God: “As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”  -Isaiah 66:13 I have a toddler. A very busy, curious, active toddler. He is quite content to do his own thing much of the time, tucking puzzle pieces and Duplos and train cars into […]

Thursday, March 21 I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.’  Joshua 1:9 You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all the world’s problems at once but don’t […]

Wednesday, March 20 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. –Romans 15:13 On Sunday, March 9th, Peter preached that hope was BIG!!   It got me thinking about my hopes… my hope especially for […]

Tuesday, March 19 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.–Revelation 21:1     The Wild Geese Horseback on Sunday morning, harvest over, we taste persimmon and wild grape, sharp sweet of summer’s end.  In time’s […]

Sunday, March 17 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. 2And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask […]

Sunday, March 17 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. 2And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask […]

Saturday, March 16 But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers….  –James 1:22 Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning, to make our time and our bodies and our words into instruments of love and hope.”       –Tom […]