Intelligent children listen to their parents; foolish children do their own thing. The good acquire a taste for helpful conversation;...

An undisciplined, self-willed life is puny; an obedient, God-willed life is spacious. Proverbs 15: 32 The Message We are now in the...

Seize life! Eat bread with gusto, Drink wine with a robust heart. Oh yes—God takes pleasure in your pleasure! Dress festively every...

The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know...

Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." Luke 1: 37 The Message These words of the angel to Mary remind us of the limitless...

Devotional February 15, 2021 Monday It seemed like a dream, too good to be true, when God returned Zion’s exiles. We...

I love God because he listened to me, listened as I begged for mercy. He listened so intently as I laid out my case before him. Death...

I love God because he listened to me, listened as I begged for mercy. He listened so intently as I laid out my case before him. Death...

Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a...

A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity. Proverbs 17: 17 NRSV Lead a life worthy of the calling to which...

“You relentlessly pursue me, Jesus- To focus me, to get me back on the path of right living, So that I can fulfill my destiny.” Songs of...

Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain: Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on. Mountains encircle...

Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the...

While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were...

When the seventh month came, and the Israelites were in the towns, the people gathered together in Jerusalem. Then Jeshua son of Jozadak,...

Just as each day brims with your beauty, my mouth brims with praise. But don’t turn me out to pasture when I’m old or put me on the shelf...

For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; so that they might not look...

Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2I will make...

Saul spoke to his son Jonathan and to all his servants about killing David. But Saul’s son Jonathan took great delight in David. Jonathan...

When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan (who was the son of Saul), came before David, he bowed deeply, abasing himself, honoring David. David...