Category: <span>Devotions</span>

Monday  Philippians 3:12-21; Hebrews 5:12-14 As we consider Philippians 3:15-21 this week, our theme being “joy despite adversity,” let’s step back three verses today for context. Paul writes about “pressing toward the goal” (Philippians 3:12-14), calling for Christian growth. In verse 15, he challenges, “Let those of us who are mature think this way.” Each...

Monday Philippians 3:1-3; Colossians 2:8-23; Romans 14:10 After one of her volleyball matches years ago, my daughter complained about several referees’ calls that favored the opponent. This prompted another parent to observe, “She seems to have an overdeveloped sense of justice.” If you’re inclined toward being judgmental, as I am, and/or self-righteous, you can tend...

Monday John 15:12-17; Philippians 2:19-30 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”  (John 15:13) The Bible has a lot to say about friendship, more than you may have thought. The subject of friendship is woven throughout the whole storyline of Scripture. It reaches its climax at...

Monday Philippians 2:12-13 THE JOY OF KNOWING THAT GOD IS WORKING THROUGH YOU Salvation is a richer truth than my being saved from God’s judgment and condemnation of the world for its sin and wickedness. Indeed, that is its primary meaning, and I obtain it by trusting in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior....

Monday Philippians 2:1-11 I have a friend who labored as a full-time missionary for about twenty years. I asked him, “What was the greatest obstacle that you faced in your years of missionary service.”  I expected him to say something like “learning a foreign language or culture, learning to work with local native workers, etc.” ...

Monday Philippians 1:1-11; Acts 15:36-16:40 Philippians is meaningful not only for its content and Paul’s circumstances, but also because of Philippi’s position in the Roman Empire. The places Paul focused upon in church-planting were very purposeful: he was Spirit-led to emphasize influential cities ideally situated for spreading the Gospel. Given his trade as a tentmaker (Acts...

Many of you have asked who our devotional writers are. We purposely have not identified them each week, but we thought we would take this opportunity to let you know who some of them are and tell you a little about them. Next week we will again be publishing our normal devotional that leads up...

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Monday Philippians 3:1-11; Psalm 145:1-2 Praise from All Creatures by Ted Loder Praise be to You, O Lord, who spins shining stars across the wondrous heavens     and stretches out the seas, who lifts the dawn into place     and sets boundaries for night, who awes the earth with storms     and...

Monday Matthew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” —Matthew 13:44 In the ancient world there were no banks. Often the ground of one’s property was...