Category: Devotionals

Devotionals

He Leads Us

Read: Psalm 23 He restores my soul. (v. 3) On August 22, 2006, I gave up alcohol in what would be one of the most major life transitions and disorienting

Devotionals

In God We Trust

Read: Psalm 56 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. (vv. 3-4)

Devotionals

Look Up

Read: Psalm 71 For you, O Lord, are my hope. (v. 5) There’s an expression that refers to being between a rock and a hard place. When I was younger

Devotionals

Not Alone

Read: Psalm 34 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted. (v. 18) When I was 21, I was diagnosed with a mental illness. The diagnosis stung. I knew God created

Devotionals

The God Who Keeps Us

Read: Psalm 121 My help comes from the LORD. (v. 2) When my son was eight weeks old, he stopped breathing. After dozens of hospitalizations and through the passing years,

Devotionals

The Silence and Salvation of God

Read: Psalm 22 Remember and turn to the LORD. (v. 27) When I was seven years old, my father abandoned me after my parents divorced, but I couldn’t stop loving

Devotionals

How Long, O Lord?

Read: Psalm 13 I have trusted in your steadfast love. (v. 5) There have been times in my life when I felt deep despair. It felt like the world was

Devotionals

Joy to the World

Read: Psalm 98 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! (v. 4) Every year at Christmas, we sing the

Devotionals

Biblical not Textual

Read: Luke 24:13-35 Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. (v. 27) A pastor in a rural village