8-29-19
Today’s devotion is based on Romans 10:15-17, ‘How can the message be proclaimed if the messengers are not sent out? As the scripture says, ‘How wonderful is the coming of messengers who bring good news!’ But not all have accepted the Good News. Isaiah himself said, ‘Lord, who believed our message?’ So then, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through preaching Christ.”
The good news of Jesus Christ came to you by a long line of people: pastors, teachers, family, friends, a Bible someone printed, maybe even with the help of modern technology. The point is that God doesn’t just zap the truth into people’s minds. He sends his good news via various messengers. How can others learn about Christ? They need to hear. They need to be told. You are God’s messenger, the bearer of good news!
Please pray with me the prayer for today. Lord God, use me to share the wonderful good news of Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection with those who do not know of God’s love toward them. I pray this through Jesus’ blessed name. Amen.

8-23-19
Today’s devotion is based on Romans 8:31-39: “Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death? As the scripture says, ‘For your sake, we are in danger of death at all times; we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!”

A person’s word, for example, isn’t what it used to be. Even when a contract is written on paper, words can be twisted to mean something else, changes and amendments can be made, or the whole contract revoked.

There is, however, one promise that cannot be changed or revoked. It is a rock-solid promise. God’s love for you is a steadfast pact. God’s love remains forever, ‘even when the biggest of mountains have crumbled away. Even when you feel unworthy or unloved, remember that there is nothing in all creation that will separate you from God’s love in Christ Jesus. Jesus is the rock-solid cement who binds you to God’s heart.

Please pray with me the prayer for today. Heavenly Father, creator, and sustainer of all things, seen and unseen, thank you for your steadfast love for me. Free me from all doubt and assure me of this love All glory and honor are given to you. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen. ​

​8-19-19
Today’s devotion is based on Romans 8:11: “If the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from death, lives in you, then he who raised Christ from death will also give life to your mortal bodies by the presence of his Spirit in you.”
The Bible is your redemption story. Every person is guilty of sin, even those who strive to live clean, blameless lives. Jesus bore the ‘guilty’ verdict in your stead. In Jesus, you can say with confidence, ‘The Sovereign LORD himself defends me—who, then, can prove me guilty?’ (Isaiah 50:9a). Your sentence has been dropped; your record wiped clean. What sweet freedom this is!
Please pray with me the prayer for today.  Heavenly Father, creator, and sustainer of all things, seen and unseen, thank you for freeing me from all condemnation and giving me your Spirit of life. Help me to remember this freedom daily and to walk in your ways.  All glory and honor are given to you.  In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen. 

8-15-19
Today’s devotion is based on Romans 7:7,8: “Can we say, then, that the Law itself is sinful? Of course not! But it was the Law that made me know what sin is. If the Law had not said, ‘Do not desire what belongs to someone else,’ I would not have known such a desire. But by means of that commandment sin found its chance to stir up all kinds of selfish desires in me. Apart from law, sin is a dead thing.”
Ignorance of God’s Law still brings death to those who disobey it. The Law in itself is not sinful; it shows what sin is. The Law accuses us of wrongdoing. In desperation, we look to Christ, the one who took God’s punishment in our place. In the knowledge of forgiveness, the Law becomes a guide on how we are to live while at the same time continuing to show us how much we are in debt to the Lord for his gift of forgiveness.
Please pray with me the prayer for today. Heavenly Father, creator, and sustainer of all things, seen and unseen, help me to know your will, Lord, so that my ignorance does not cause me to sin. Forgive the times I disobey you when I do have full knowledge of the law. Thank you, Lord, for freeing me from the prison of sin. Help me to trust and follow you to eternal salvation. All glory and honor are given to you. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen
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