Daily Devotionals

(Taken from Monday Morning Musings – St Stephen Reformed Church  New Holland PA) God taught us that He is the God of our hope and has the right to direct our lives according to His purposes and they are always for our good. Life isn’t always spring and sunshine. We face all the seasons, especially winter. Winter is necessary—to preserve, to str…

(A double verse day and a little bit longer devotional) This past week, before I prepped for this devo, I felt the Lord asking me to stop reacting negatively to others. It has been difficult. I am a taxi driver for the Amish community, which results in driving a lot of early mornings/nights when it is quite dark along narrow country …

How many times have we all wanted to be another part of the Body? Too many times I think we’ve all looked at another person and wished we had their gifts and abilities. We fail to recognize our own gifts and abilities when we are envying another person. Psalm 139 was a chapter that helped me a lot as a teenager – especially these 2 ve…

I know I feel convicted by it. The need to recognize and remember God. Sometimes this conviction shows up in the small sense. The need to take moments from my day to stop and reflect on the Lord. It can be reminding myself to pray or have a daily devotion or even staring out my window and feeling heartfelt admiration to my Lord. …

Happy Birthday. Birthdays elicit a lot of different reactions. Some people get excited to celebrate their birthday, some just can’t wait till it is over. I (an introvert) personally enjoy celebrating my family’s birthdays much more than my own. Happy birthday to our youngest daughter – we love you!   Hopefully, everyone…

As a missionary in Costa Rica, my work gives me the opportunity to work with many different cultures. Something that I have learned through both personal experience and the experiences of others who have lived here longer is not to make assumptions. Some of the biggest mistakes are made from assuming that we understand something solely based on…

This is the time of year that most of us look forward to with family and friends. It is also a time to get ready for Christmas. The celebration of the birth of Jesus has been ongoing for, well since He was born. Somehow over the years the time to celebrate Jesus coming to earth has turned into a secular competition for giving and getting presen…

Just like today, it was not the norm in the early church to see children working to pay for their parents’ needs but instead, parents worked to provide for their kids. In this passage Paul is writing to the church in Corinth.  This church was started by Paul, so he considers the people there his children and he is coming to visit them (for the …

Happy Birthday.  Has there been a time in your life that you knew you had to trust in God? It did not make sense at the time, but now it is a vital part of your life. When I chose my college, I just trusted in God to lead me in that direction. I did not understand why I was getting pulled to this school. The first time I got something from them…

December is an important month for at least two reasons. Of course, the obvious one is that this is the month that we celebrate the birth of God’s Son, Jesus. And because God chose you to be born in the same month as His Son, we celebrate your birthday in December as well! The Apostle Paul writes to the Christians in Rome… “Be joyful in hope…