Blogs And Devotionals (Page 4)
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…
3/8/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Luke 4:1-13 1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2where for forty days he was tested by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over he was famished. 3The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” 4Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread…
3/7/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Matthew 6:1-16, 16-21 1“Beware of practicing your righteousness before others in order to be seen by them, for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2“So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 3But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know…
E-note March 7, 2025
Dear Peace Members and Friends, Just a reminder: clocks jump ahead one hour early Sunday morning! On Ash Wednesday we began the season of Lent. Many see this season in the church as year as a grim, merely-to-be-endured time in the church year and understandably so. Lent begins with ashes on our foreheads, reminding us of life’s limits….and our own. Yet that’s exactly why I also see Lent as an opportunity not to be missed; a time to reflect, to…
3/6/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Psalm 51:1-17 1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions. 2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4Against you, you alone, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment. 5Indeed, I was born…
CYF Blast March 6, 2025
Dear Families and Friends of Peace, Last night we observed Ash Wednesday by confessing our sin, wearing ashes on our foreheads, and having holy communion together. It was wonderful to see the many families and kids who came to Peace despite the snowy start to the day! Onto other news….we currently have 3 registrations open for you to take advantage of! We look forward to seeing you this Sunday! Daina
3/5/25 Daily Lenten Devotional
Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 1Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness spread upon the mountains, a great and powerful army comes; their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after them in ages to come. 12Yet even now, says…