Devotional tags: Week 1 // Monday

Making God’s Word a Priority

This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful. Joshua 1:8   Into the Text What we know about, we speak about, and what fills our

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Praise Out of Silence

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.” Luke 1:68   Into the Text Zechariah spent more than nine months in silence. God had rebuked him for his unbelief of the angel’s words that his wife Elizabeth would finally have

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Who is God?

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 “Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” Hebrews 11:6   Into the Text Have you ever stood

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The Story Takes a Turn

The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them. Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt. Exodus 1:7–8   Into the Text At the end of the Book of Genesis, things

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God’s Repeated Call

However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods, I declare to you this very day that you will certainly perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. Deuteronomy 30:17-18  

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Lasting Treasures

“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and devouring insect do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there

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Jesus is the True Vine, and God Is Our Gardener

I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. John 15:1   Into the Text I’ll be honest. I’m not much of a gardener. I wish I were! But I can tell the difference right away between a garden that’s lovingly tended and one that’s been left to

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God’s Design

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it…” Genesis 1:28   Into the Text Sweet sister, YOU are part of God’s incredible design. A design that calls us to love, protect, and guide our children, helping them cultivate a heart that

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For the Gospel

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and

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The Potter’s Hand

“I, the Lord, say: ‘O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter’s hand.’ Jeremiah 18:6   Into the Text Before we start our study of

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