Devotionals

What does it really mean to follow Jesus? Jesus demands our wholehearted commitment and devotion. He calls us to deny ourselves daily, take up our cross, and follow him wherever he may lead. We must proclaim the good news of Christ in the way that we live, love, work, speak, and give—in everything…

“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” Jesus says that there is a whole world out there that needs Jesus in their lives. He says we are his representatives and His workers. He commands us to proclaim the Kingdom of God in order to bring people to him. Jesus wants us to focus not on…

How do you know that you love God? Because you love people. And how do you love those around you? By showing mercy to others regardless of political ideology, gender identity, race or ethnicity; regardless of differing opinions or beliefs. To love God is to love people despite your differences, to…

What does it mean to live a Christian life? It’s to make Jesus the center and decision-maker of your faith and all that you do. It’s to pursue a relationship with God out of love for Him. Not out of fear of condemnation in hell or so that He can bless your obedience, but driven by the desire to be…

In world full of distraction and short attention spans, God wants us to get away and practice what Jesus did. The practice: Jesus going away to a solitary place to pray. “Jesus is beyond famous, everyone comes to Him, everyone needs him. This is the time when He decides to have a time of prayer…

Does God have a mission for his people? Who we are, why we exist and what it means to be human is attached to his mission. This week, we explored the story of the Bible and focused on the role God plays in his mission and how he has called us into his mission as well.

This healing in John 9 is prophetic: the Old Testament speaks of the Promised One healing blindness (Isaiah 29:18; 35:5; 42:7). In all of Scripture, only Jesus is credited with miracles which give sight to the blind. This is not only proof of His identity, it symbolizes the unique way in which the…

When Jesus was on earth, he taught his disciples to pray the well-known and ancient prayer we have come to call “The Lord’s Prayer.” When Jesus taught his disciples about prayer, he didn’t tell them to pray more or to pray harder, but to pray differently. In doing so, he was showing them how to…

“What should come first? What proceeds everything in our lives?” When it comes to our faith there is one thing that comes before everything, one thing that’s actually the priority, and that’s Jesus. When Jesus came to a Village and Martha let him into her home, she was busy preparing things that…

Are you selective with your compassion, like the Pharisees? Do you prefer to be compassionate on your own terms or only when it benefits you? It’s easy—and tempting—to only show compassion to those who you like (and who like you), to those who look, think, or act like you. It’s hard to show…