Posts with the category “daily-devotionals”

February 24-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Matthew 6:24, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the oth...  Read More

February 17-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Luke 10:36-37, “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, ...  Read More

February 17-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Luke 10:36-37, “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, ...  Read More

February 10-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.John 20:21, Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”Observe what it is saying. Rooted, page 112-113, Wee...  Read More

February 3-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.1 John 5:19, We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.Observe what it is saying. Rooted, p...  Read More

January 27-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 57:1-3, Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaste...  Read More

January 20-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.John 1:1,14,18, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among...  Read More

January 13-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 8:1, 3-4, Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your gloryin the heavens. 3 When I consider your heavens, t...  Read More

January 6-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 1:1-3, Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 b...  Read More

November 25-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.2 Peter 3:1-2, Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome ...  Read More

November 18-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.2 Samuel 9:1-3, David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2 Now the...  Read More

November 11-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.James 1:16-18, Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father...  Read More

November 4-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.James 1:1, James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: GreetingsObserve what i...  Read More

October 28-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Colossians 1:15-17, The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: thi...  Read More

October 21-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Colossians 1:1-3, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the fa...  Read More

October 14-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Ephesians 2:11-12, Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves...  Read More

October 7-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Ephesians 2:1-2, As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this w...  Read More

September 30-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Kings 19:13, When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice sai...  Read More

September 23-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Kings 19:1-2, Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent ...  Read More

September 16-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Kings 18:30, Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.†They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which ...  Read More

September 9-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 1 Kings 18:16-17, So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “I...  Read More

September 2-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 103:13-14, As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; 14 for he knows how we are...  Read More

August 26-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 103:1-2, Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his bene...  Read More

August 19-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Samuel 15:10-12, Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 11 “I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned...  Read More

August 12-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Genesis 3:11-13, “Who told you that you were naked?” the Lord God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to e...  Read More

August 5-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Genesis 3:1, The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say yo...  Read More

July 29-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Genesis 1:24-25, Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small anima...  Read More

July 22-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Genesis 1:1-2, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of...  Read More

July 15-Purposeful LivingEdited by Gary G. Hoag and Tim MacReadyThree Keys to Preparing for Purposeful Retirement by Michael Blue, Executive Director and General Counsel for the Ron Blue Institute. “H...  Read More

July 8-Purposeful LivingEdited by Gary G. Hoag and Tim MacReadyLearn to receive first to grow in the grace of giving. by Daryl Heald “Freely you have received; freely give.” Matthew 10:8b.How could I ...  Read More

July 1-Purposeful LivingEdited by Gary G. Hoag and Tim MacReadyWhat does it mean to remember the poor? by Bruce Longenecker, New Testament scholarIn the late forties of the first century, the Apostle ...  Read More

June 24-Purposeful LivingEdited by Gary G. Hoag and Tim MacReadyWhat does your savings account say about your heart? by Nicholas Breach, Executive Director of Compass “How much do you have in your sav...  Read More

June 17-Purposeful LivingEdited by Gary G. Hoag and Tim MacReadyHow can giving break the power of money in one’s life? by Todd Harper, President of Generous Giving “It is more blessed to give than to ...  Read More

June 10-Purposeful LivingEdited by Gary G. Hoag and Tim MacReady“It’s All His” by R. Scott Rodin, heads The Steward’s Journey and Kingdom Life Publishing Have you noticed that throughout Scripture, wi...  Read More

June 3-Purposeful LivingEdited by Gary G. Hoag and Tim MacReadyHow do we see work and earning in the bigger picture of our Christian faith? By Wes Willmer, Principal of the Wes Willmer Group, LLC. The...  Read More

May 27-Meditating on God’s WordHere is the passage for the week:Judges 7:16-22, Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with...  Read More

May 20-Meditating on God’s WordHere is the passage for the week:Judges 7:9-15, During that night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your han...  Read More

May 13-Meditating on God’s WordHere is the passage for the week:Judges 7:2-8, The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against m...  Read More

May 6-Meditating on God’s WordHere is the passage for the week:Judges 6:36-40, Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised—37 look, I will place a wool fleece on the t...  Read More

April 29-Meditating on God’s WordHere is the passage for the week:Judges 6:27-32, So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord told him. But because he was afraid of his family and the towns...  Read More