Devotionals
Prayer and Identity
Read: Psalm 131 O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous
Faith Church December 27, 2025
Read: Psalm 131 O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous
Read: James 5:13-18 The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (v. 16 NIV) People today are attracted to whatever is efficient and effective. New inventions aim to
Read: Luke 2:1-20 Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior. (v. 11) Merry Christmas! As you read the familiar story of Jesus’s birth today,
Read: Micah 5:1-9 And he shall be their peace. (v. 5) Micah’s prophecy took place in an age of empires. Micah was a prophet in the 700s BC, a time
Read: Luke 1:67-79 He has visited and redeemed his people. (v. 68) Zechariah was an old man when he received the fulfilment of God’s outrageous promise. Zechariah had spent most
Read: Isaiah 9:1-7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end. (v. 7) For believers in Jesus, the Christmas season can bring a sense
Read: Numbers 6:22-27 Thus you shall bless the people. (v. 23) In the novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis introduces us to Narnia—a cursed world in
Read: Hebrews 12:1-11 For the joy that was set before him [he] endured the cross. (v. 2) When I was young, my two favorite days of the year were my
Read: John 16:16-24 Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. (v. 24) Nearly a third of John’s gospel is devoted to “the Farewell Discourse”: Jesus’s final