Category: Daily Devotion

By Wendy Reaume While we read through the Christmas story, we will look at times the angels appeared.  We see them appear 3 different times, but the first time is to announce to Zechariah the birth of John the Baptist.   “ Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the...

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay,The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.I love thee, Lord Jesus! look down from...

These are frustrating times with the fourth wave of the coronavirus, especially as we see Christmas approach, and many of us are hoping we will get together with family this year for sure. I know I’m praying that my daughter who teaches in England will be coming home – even though the case numbers are...

Colossians 4: 7 – 18  (NLT) “Tychicus will give you a full report about how I am getting along. He is a beloved brother and faithful helper who serves with me in the Lord’s work. 8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose—to let you know how we are doing and to encourage you. 9 I...

Colossians 4: 3 – 6  NLT 3 Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains. 4 Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should. 5 Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the...

Yesterday, we talked about praying with an alert mind and a thankful heart. But, did you know that God also prays for you? Really? Prayer is actually communication between God and you. Communication is a two-way street. The messages go both ways. Let’s take a look at what the Bible says about God taking care...

Colossians 4: 2  (NLT) “Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.” That verse smacks me ‘upside the head’ – “pray with an alert mind”.  I don’t know about you, but I find prayer difficult. I will begin to pray and then dozens of thoughts about my day (what to make...

Chapter 3 is a ‘teaching chapter’, a chapter where Paul wants us to think about what we believe – more officially called a chapter on church doctrine. What we believe influences what we do. For example, if we believe the coronavirus transmits easily, we won’t be out and about in the community the way we...

Philippians 2: 19 – 30 (NLT) “ If the Lord Jesus is willing, I hope to send Timothy to you soon for a visit. Then he can cheer me up by telling me how you are getting along. 20 I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about your welfare. 21 All the others care only for themselves...

Philippians 2: 12 – 18      (NLT) “Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. 13 For God is working in you, giving you the...

Philippians 2: 1 – 11     (NLT) “Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. 3 Don’t...

Philippians 1: 21 – 30    (NLT) 21 For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. 22 But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. So I really don’t know which is better. 23 I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far...

Philippians 1: 12 – 20   (NLT) “And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. 13 For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. 14 And because of my imprisonment, most of the...

Philippians 1: 1 – 11  (NLT) “This letter is from Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus. I am writing to all of God’s holy people in Philippi who belong to Christ Jesus, including the church leaders and deacons. 2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. 3 Every time I...

If you had a chance to attend Sunday School as a kid, you probably know the story of Joshua and the Walls of Jericho.  Most military strategists would concur that you can’t win a battle with a horn.  But in the Old Testament God often did strange things to win battles.  He did this so...

We have just looked at the sad and tragic story of David’s daughter Tamar, and today’s devotional is about one of King David’s wives; Bathsheba, the infamous woman bathing on the roof within sight of the palace, and eventual mother to King Solomon.  Her story is found in 2 Samuel 11. “In the spring, at...

There are only five women mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus as recorded in Matthew 1.  They are Tamar, Ruth, Rahab, Bathsheba and Mary.  In the recorded and mentioned line of Christ we have an adulterous woman (perhaps by no choice of her own), a prostitute, a foreigner who is a  non-believer and has married...

Our second woman this week is Tamar1.  Her father is King David; the same David who killed Goliath, ran from Saul and became King of Israel and the father of Solomon.  Because David had many wives, he had many children who were half- brothers and sisters to each other.  In each case, David was their...

This week our devotions are written by Wendy Reaume. We’re excited she’s back and writing for us again. Eve is our first woman of the Old Testament this week.  The first woman and the last creative act of God the Father during creation.  “But for Adam no suitable helper was found.  So, the LORD God...

Psalm 139: 13 – 18; 23 – 24  NLT 13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body    and knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!    Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,    as I was woven together in...