Blogs And Devotionals (Page 23)
3/8/2023 Lenten Daily Devotional
Psalm 127 1Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain. 2It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved. 3Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. 4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons…
E-Note March 7, 2023
Dear Peace Members and Friends, Last week, we began our Midweek Lenten Worship series with Holden Evening Prayer and the theme, “Lessons from the Desert.” We started with the Hebrew people, freed from slavery in Egypt, and through the Red Sea. Now they were on their way to the Promised Land. But not so fast! They were in the desert. They could have gone on the other road—literally; the road called the “Way of the Philistines,” with water, rest stops, and restaurants along the way. But…
3/7/2023 Lenten Daily Devotional
Romans 4:6-13 6So also David speaks of the blessedness of those to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works: 7“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin.” 9Is this blessedness, then, pronounced only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We say, “Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.” 10How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had…
3/6/2023 Lenten Daily Devotional
Numbers 21:4-9 4From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. 5The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.” 6Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people,…
3/4/2023 Lenten Daily Devotional
John 3:1-17 1Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” 3Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” 4Nicodemus said to him, “How can…
E-Note March 3, 2023
March 3, 2023 Dear Peace Members and Friends, It was wonderful to see so many of you here at Peace this last Wednesday for Lenten worship and fellowship. To spend a few moments in our busy days visiting around the dinner table; to worship in the quiet and dusk of the sanctuary with Holden Evening Prayer—well, it was a life-giving evening. Thank you. I’m looking forward to this Sunday, the Second Sunday in Lent. The children—the Alleluia Singers—will be singing (our thanks to Ben Hanson for leading this terrific group…
3/3/2023 Lenten Daily Devotional
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 1What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” 4Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. 5But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the…
3/2/2023 Lenten Daily Devotional
Genesis 12:1-4a 1Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”…
CYF Blast & Family Tip Of The Week March 2, 2023
March 2, 2023 Dear Peace Families, As I mentioned last week in this newsletter, in Lent we follow Jesus on this 40 day journey to the cross and beyond. During the season, many Christians have traditionally given up something—things like coffee or desserts—sacrificing something they love for 40 days, acknowledging that Jesus sacrificed even more for us. And over the next several weeks, I’ll offer suggestions for things we might give up—though there won’t be anything tangible mentioned. This week,…
3/1/2023 Lenten Daily Devotional
Matthew 18:10-14 10“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven. 12What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more…
E-Note Febuary 28, 2023
Dear Peace Members and Friends, Lenten Midweek worship and fellowship begins tomorrow night with worship at 6:30pm, preceded by dinner being served, beginning at 5:30pm! One of the purposes of Lent is to focus our lives on following Christ all the way to the new life that his resurrection announces and offers us. One of the important questions of the season is, “What do I need to leave behind to experience this new life?” One tried and true way to…
2/28/2023 Lenten Daily Devotional
Tuesday, February 28 Genesis 4:1-16 1Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the Lord.” 2Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. 3In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions.…