Category: Daily Devotion

Isaiah 40: 28 – 31  NLT “Have you never heard?    Have you never understood?The LORD is the everlasting God,    the Creator of all the earth.He never grows weak or weary.    No one can measure the depths of his understanding.29 He gives power to the weak    and strength to the powerless.30 Even youths will become weak and tired,    and young men will fall in exhaustion.31 But...

Psalm 121  NLT A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 I look up to the mountains—    does my help come from there?2 My help comes from the LORD,    who made heaven and earth! 3 He will not let you stumble;    the one who watches over you will not slumber.4 Indeed, he who watches over Israel    never slumbers or sleeps. 5 The LORD himself watches over you!    The LORD stands...

Psalm 23: 3 – 6  NLT 3  He renews my strength.He guides me along right paths,    bringing honor to his name.4 Even when I walk    through the darkest valley,I will not be afraid,    for you are close beside me.Your rod and your staff    protect and comfort me.5 You prepare a feast for me    in the presence of my enemies.You honor me by anointing...

Psalm 23: 1 – 3  NLT The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,he leads me beside quiet waters,3 he refreshes my soul. Sometimes Christmas season can be stressful. Maybe our plans didn’t go the way we thought they would. Maybe it was exhausting as you tried to do your best getting...

Isaiah 9: 6 – 7  NLT 6 For a child is born to us,    a son is given to us.The government will rest on his shoulders.    And he will be called:Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.7 His government and its peace    will never end.He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David    for all eternity.The...

The fourth week of advent falls this year on the day before Christmas.  It falls literally the night before the lighting of the Christ candle and that is so appropriate for this candle represents love.  As we prepare for Christmas we are aware that Jesus, the reason for the season is only possible because of...

Despite the hustle and bustle, I would say the majority of us look forward to the joy of the Christmas season.  There is the delight of seeing someone unwrap a gift that you just know they will love.  Grandparents and siblings are invited to Christmas school shows and nativity plays at church, and everyone smiles...

The second candle we light is for the second week of Advent and it represents peace.  It’s the standard answer for a beauty pageant contestant.  “If you could have one wish come true what would that be?”  WORLD PEACE.  We chuckle at the answer and yet if there was ever a time our world needed...

If I was to ask what our young people need today, many of you would probably answer, ‘They need hope.’  There is a mental health crisis in our world and especially North America unlike any other time.  People are seeking but without direction.  They are looking for purpose and fulfillment not even knowing who they...

Jesus is the reason for the season.  All around us, in shopping malls, school concerts and skating rinks we hear traditional carols being sung and played and guess what?  Almost all of them proclaim the coming of Christmas…that’s Christ   mass.   This week there was a discussion on songs at the Secondary School my...

James 5:13-18 Prayer. What a beautiful thing it is. Prayer is a gift from God to us. He welcomes us to communicate with Him directly and personally. Jesus and the Holy Spirit also pray on behalf of us. Take a moment and think about the last time you had a long conversation with our Heavenly...

James 5:7-12 “Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.”                       -Joyce Meyer Today’s verses focus on patience, something I am certain we all struggle with. Our patience is tested daily – by our friends, family and...

James 5: 1 – 6  NLT “Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you. 2 Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire....

By Mark Potma James 4:13-17 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and...

By Mark Potma James 4:11-12 11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.[d] The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is...

James 4: 6 – 10 “But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep....

Mark and Gretchen are church planters who minister in Prague, Czech Republic. Several of us at LSA know them because we went on summer mission trips in the past to assist them at a church camps. Mark and Gretchen come to LSA when they are home, and we support them in their mission work. James...

We’re excited today for devotions by Becky Ferguson. Becky is a missionary in the Czech Republic and she works primarily with young people. In the summer of 2024, some young people from LSA are hoping to join her in the Czech Republic at a youth camp. James 3:13-18  NLT “If you are wise and understand...

James 3: 1 – 12  NLT Dear brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way. 3 We...

James 2: 14 – 26  NLT “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? 15 Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, 16 and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay...