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Daily Devotions

  • Monday, May 9: Scripture – Revelation 21:1


    Monday, May 9: Scripture – Revelation 21:1 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.   Prayer Focus: From the familiar images of the 23rd Psalm last week to the perhaps not as familiar images

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  • Sunday, May 8: Scripture – Psalm 23:6


    Sunday, May 8: Scripture – Psalm 23:6 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long. Prayer Focus: Goodness and mercy will not just follow us like a puppy dog. For in Hebrew the language indicates the flight

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  • Saturday, May 7: Scripture – Psalm 23:5


    Saturday, May 7: Scripture – Psalm 23:5 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Prayer Focus: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord, the psalmist says in another song. Here in Psalm 23 that becomes an invitation to a

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  • Friday, May 6: Scripture – Psalm 23:4


    Friday, May 6: Scripture – Psalm 23:4 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff—they comfort me. Prayer Focus: Walking through the darkest valley? I thought that the Lord was going to lead us in right paths, not through the shadow

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  • Thursday, May 5: Scripture – Psalm 23:3b


    Thursday, May 5: Scripture – Psalm 23:3b 3b He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Prayer Focus: How often we want to head out on our own and make our own way in the world. We hope that the Lord (or the pop culture “guardian angel”) will stay close enough behind to prevent

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  • Wednesday, May 4: Scripture – Psalm 23:2-3a


    Wednesday, May 4: Scripture – Psalm 23:2-3a 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; 3a   he restores my soul. Prayer Focus: The images are so full and rich in this psalm that it is hard to discuss them all, even in six days of devotions! But today,

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  • Tuesday, May 3: Scripture – Psalm 23:1


    Tuesday, May 3: Scripture – Psalm 23:1 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Prayer Focus: The 23rd Psalm begins with a pretty outrageous claim. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. I shall not want for what – anything? I shall not want for what the Lord desires for

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  • Monday, May 2: Scripture – John 10:14-16


    Monday, May 2: Scripture – John 10:14-16 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold.

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  • Sunday, May 1: Scripture – John 21:18-19


    Sunday, May 1: Scripture – John 21:18-19 18 Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you

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  • Saturday, April 30: Scripture – John 21:15-17


    Saturday, April 30: Scripture – John 21:15-17 15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 A second time he said to

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