Devotionals
Hope in God
Read: Psalm 42 Why are you cast down, O my soul? (v. 5) One Christmas, my daughter set her heart on a specific gift. She heard rumors that the item
Ben Van Arragon December 3, 2025
Read: Psalm 42 Why are you cast down, O my soul? (v. 5) One Christmas, my daughter set her heart on a specific gift. She heard rumors that the item
Read: Jeremiah 29:4-14 I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD. (v. 11) Taken out of context, Jeremiah 29:11 can be misleading. It’s often misread to mean
Read: Isaiah 60:1-9 Arise, shine, for your light has come. (v. 1) One of the most enduring sources of Advent Bible readings is the book of Isaiah. Even if you
Read: Philippians 4:10-23 I know how to be brought low. (v. 12) What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “brought low”? Is it rejection, loneliness, the sacrifice
Read: Philippians 4:1-9 And the peace of God . . . (v. 7) In the busyness of life, in the confusion of culture, in the constant bustle at breakneck pace,
Read: Philippians 4:1-9 Stand firm thus in the Lord. (v. 1) One of my favorite hymns goes like this: “On Christ the solid rock I stand; all other ground is
Read: Philippians 4:1-9 In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. (v. 6) Is thankfulness the most elusive of all virtues? Maybe so. All I know is that when I
Read: Philippians 3:11-21 I press on to make it my own. (v. 14) Press on. Wherever you read this, take a moment to sit back and let those words do
Read: Philippians 3:1-11 . . . by becoming like him in his death. (v. 10 NRSV) “I want to know Christ” (v. 10 NRSV). It’s such a comforting statement—so much