Blogs And Devotionals (Page 2)
3/21/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Psalm 19 1The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 3There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; 4yet their voice goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun, 5which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy,…
3/20/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 1I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3and all ate the same spiritual food, 4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and…
3/19/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Psalm 63:1-8 1O God, you are my God; I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. 3Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 4So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your…
3/18/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Isaiah 55:1-9 1Hear, everyone who thirsts; come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your earnings for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. 3Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I…
3/17/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Psalm 27 1The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh—my adversaries and foes—they shall stumble and fall. 3Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident. 4One thing I asked of the Lord; this I seek: to live in the house…
3/15/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Luke 13:31-35 31At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. 33Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of…
3/14/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Philippians 3:17-4:1 17Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us. 18 For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears. 19Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. 20But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from…
E-note March 14, 2025
March 14, 2025 Dear Peace Members and Friends, It was really fun to see so many of you turn out for Wednesday night’s midweek Lenten activities; dinner, Holden Evening Prayer; rehearsal for the Peace Choir and Confirmation students gathered. A good night and so good to see you all! Lent continues with worship on Sunday (9:30am). It is the Second Sunday in Lent and our Gospel reading describes one of the most memorable scenes in all the…
3/13/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 1After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3And Abram said, “You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house is to be my heir.” 4But the…
3/12/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Romans 10:8b-13 8b“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim), 9because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For one believes with the heart, leading to righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, leading to salvation. 11The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put…
3/11/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 1You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, 2will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” 9Because you have made the Lord your refuge, the Most High your dwelling place, 10no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent. 11For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. 12On their hands…
3/10/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Deuteronomy 26:1-11 1“When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess and you possess it and settle in it, 2you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a…