Devotions

“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 NAS Reflection What does it mean to abound in hope? To abound means, to have in abundance, to overflow, to excel, to be excessive. How do we abound in...

God of hope, fill us with all joy and peace in believing, so that we will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.   You have caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; therefore, we hope in what we do...

It’s time to embrace Resurrection as a Lifestyle and let its truth shape how we live every day. Let us pray that Christ’s resurrection power flourish in us and flow through us as we embrace self-distrust, sacrificial discipleship, and spiritual determination.

by Greg Baker The following column appeared in the online edition of the Des Moines Register on Easter Sunday 2025. Over 2,000 years ago, the most powerful person in the world was Ceasar Augustus, who ruled with absolute power over a growing and dominating Roman Empire. Yet while Caesar ruled from a massive palace in...

1 Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended, that we to judge thee have in hate pretended? By foes derided, by thine own rejected, O most afflicted! 2 Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee? Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee! ‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee; I crucified...

Joel told the people that the plague of locusts which was ravaging the land was a sign of the coming judgment. So, the time to repent was now. And the fruit of repentance would be restoration. Then and now, repentance is the first step toward renewal and kingdom blessing. Read and listen to more here.

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The Super Bowl hype has ended, the game is completed, and a new team has been crowned champions for a season, but who will win the Imperishable Crown? Second Corinthians 4:18 says, “For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” Whatever the earthly value of any...

As God’s word commands, let us pray for our public officials according to God’s word, with confidence that God will be glorified and in hope that our nation might be blessed with good leadership — both from the incoming administration and from those that will succeed it. Read more here.

Lord, we praise You first as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. You are the first and utmost authority in heaven and earth as well as in our hearts and homes. In honor and prayer, we celebrate those who hear Your call on their lives and obey You even in great sacrifice or...

“The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.” (Proverbs 4:18, NIV) Righteousness in the Bible is a path. A path is something that we walk on, something we move along. It suggests motion, change, development. Some people would like righteousness to be...

O come, O come, Immanuel, and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel shall come to you, O Israel. 2 O come, O Wisdom from on high, who ordered all things mightily; to us the path of knowledge show and teach us in...

Did you know Isaac Watts, one of the greatest hymn writers ever, never intended “Joy to the World” to be a song and certainly not a Christmas song? In 1719, Watts published a book of poems in which each poem was based on a psalm. In his poems he wanted to show how the psalms...

Our call to Advent Love comes from Matthew 22:37-39, “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'” And so this Advent, let us ask...

“Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: See, the virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel, which is translated ‘God is with us.'” – Matthew 1:22-23 With the name Emmanuel, we exalt our Lord’s humble and holy...