United in Christ’s love, we glorify God
through worship, nurture, and service to all people.

Daily Devotions

  • Thursday, June 10: Scripture – Isaiah 42:5


    5 Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it.   Prayer Focus: So far this week we have talked about putting our hope in…

    Read More

  • Wednesday, June 9: Scripture – Isaiah 42:4


    4 He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching.   Prayer Focus: The work of justice is not an occasional task. It is not a momentary burst of energy. It is a life-long, steady quest and climb. It is easy…

    Read More

  • Tuesday, June 8: Scripture – Isaiah 42:2-3


    2 He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; 3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.   Prayer Focus: We seem to live in a world where the ones who shout…

    Read More

  • Monday, June 7: Scripture – Isaiah 42:1


    1 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.   Prayer Focus: The Isaiah scripture texts included in our summer series, “A Word of Hope,” come from what is known as Second Isaiah. These…

    Read More

  • Sunday, June 6: Scripture – Isaiah 40:29-31


    29 He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. 30 Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; 31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk…

    Read More

  • Saturday, June 5: Scripture – Isaiah 40:28


    28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.   Prayer Focus: The word that comes to us in our despair is not a word to try harder. It is…

    Read More

  • Friday, June 4: Scripture – Isaiah 40:27


    27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God”?   Prayer Focus: There are some who are so locked in despair that they cannot embrace hope. They hear of good news and assume it is not for them.…

    Read More

  • Thursday, June 3: Scripture – Isaiah 40:10-11


    10 See, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him: his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.   Prayer…

    Read More

  • Wednesday, June 2: Scripture – Isaiah 40:6-9


    6 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All people are grass, their constancy is like the flower of the field. 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but…

    Read More

  • Tuesday, June 1: Scripture – Isaiah 40:3-5


    3 A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. 5 Then the glory…

    Read More