Category: <span>Devotions</span>

Monday Hebrews 12:14-15 – Root of Bitterness “Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of...

Monday John 13:35 – Opportunities “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” —John 13:35 We’ll be given many opportunities to love God and love our neighbors. How well we follow God’s commandments will be part of our legacy of faith. Our actions will also stand as proof...

Monday 100,000 MILES OF NERVE FIBERS (in just one human body!) I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. —Psalm 139:14 An article in a 2014 issue of the National Geographic magazine highlighted the work on the brain by Van Wedeen, M.S., MGH/Harvard U: … creating in unprecedented detail representations of the brain’s...

Monday Matthew 28:18-20; Ephesians 2:8-10 Consider Yourself Commissioned “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). Ever wonder what those good works are for you to walk in? Jesus told His disciples what some of those good works are when he gave them...

Monday Luke 2:41-52; John 6:38 Our current series follows this week’s Glenkirk VBS kids’ curriculum, each day emphasizing “that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and … have life in His name” (John 20:31). Please pray daily for Glenkirk’s young VBS guests that each will encounter Jesus in a...

Monday Philippians 3:10-17 The term “Christian” only appears 3-4 times in the New Testament. The word “disciple,” close to 300! Jesus chose the twelve disciples, not the twelve Christians. Then He gave them the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20 to “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of...

Monday 2 Timothy 2:14-17  |  Common Authority It is difficult to get through any day without being subject to some form of authority. Imagine if we were to ignore the authority of the law when driving, and stop signs, traffic lights, speed limits, and other forms of road authority were ignored! We recognize, almost without...

Monday Genesis 12:1-6, 17:1-27 This week our “In Common” series will focus on the common practices of the sacraments: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper/Communion. In an ECO leadership video on the sacraments, the Rev. Dr. Gregory P. Wagenfuhr, ECO Theology Coordinator, comments that the sacraments are “Holy Theater.” More than just acts of remembrance, they...

Monday 1 John 1:1-3, 4:7-11; John 13:34-35 As we continue our “in common” series, let’s revisit something exceptionally uncommon in our fallen world, yet commanded by Jesus to be common among believers (John 13:34): agápē love, available to and through God’s people while mysterious to the unredeemed. This love washed over me as I pondered...

Monday Revelation 5:9, 7:9-10; Matthew 1:1-17 Of the accusations frequently made against Christians, topping many critics’ lists are the labels “bigoted” and “narrow-minded.” How valid are these? Is Christianity available to only specific types—particular to race, nationality, affluence, education, etc.—and thereby elitist? Is the opportunity to follow Christ exclusionary? Ancient Israel was called to be...