Category Archives: Devotional

Blessed are those who mourn,For they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4 I have mourned for lost loved ones.  I have more mourned failed relationships.  I’ve even mourned when my car died.  None of that is what I mourn the most for.  I … Continue reading →

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 2 Corinthians 1:3 Here Paul reminds the church, all of us in fact, of the source of all mercies and comfort – … Continue reading →

The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart,And saves such as [a]have a contrite spirit. Psalm 34:18 This bit of Psalm 34 reminds me of the day I filed for divorce in 2013.  I’d left the lawyers office after doing the paperwork, … Continue reading →

Therefore, having been justified by faith, [a]we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing … Continue reading →

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the [a]author and [b]finisher … Continue reading →

8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our … Continue reading →

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears,And delivers them out of all their troubles. Psalm 34:17 God always hears the cries of His children when they cry out to Him.  We will never have to know what it is to cry out alone … Continue reading →

9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10 But [a]may the God of all grace, who called [b]us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, [c]perfect, establish, strengthen, … Continue reading →

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces [a]patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be [b]perfect and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:2-4 Patience is a thing I have always been short … Continue reading →

9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, … Continue reading →