Daily Devotionals

As we look at the previous verses we are taught to pray with the right motives. How many times do we pray and tell God what we want or think that we need? I’m often guilty of this myself! I think my motives are good but am I truly asking in humility before God? He knows all things, obviously, so who am I to assume I know better than the Al…

(Taken from Monday Morning Musings – St Stephen Reformed Church – New Holland PA) This week I have been thinking about some words I should have included in the ‘missing words’ list.  But maybe they belong in another category.  Words like Mother and Father may soon be missing words. The words that replace them probably belong in an …

     For 26 miles… The runners facing down driving rain, blowing wind, and generally miserable, weird weather weren’t the only odd story out of the 122nd Boston Marathon.      Of the 30,087 entrants, 27,362 picked up their bib numbers, 27,042 of them started, and 25,822 completed the course.  That…

In this day and age, it seems like everyone is trying to get more. More time to fill our calendars. More money to fill our bank accounts. More information to fill our heads. This pursuit of more is further fueled by our advances in technology. Most of us have access to a device that constantly reminds us that we don’t have enough. This constant…

(Taken from Monday Morning Musings – St Stephen Reformed Church – New Holland PA) Good Morning, Ladies.      This week I felt overwhelmed.  Our new computer crashed, and I had no idea how to fix it.  Following the manufacturer’s support advice seemed questionable.  But a friend took time to come over and…

When the Apostle Paul was nearing his 70th birthday, he was composing one of his last letters (to the Philippians) while sitting in front of a roughhewn desk, chains on his feet, and a Roman soldier at his side.  While he is awaiting a court hearing from the highest Roman court, he is confined here, hoping to be released but believing that…

Living in Florida we spend most of the summers either in a pool, beach or at a lake. Have you ever been at a pool and gone under water and heard people talking above the surface of the water? It is a very muffled sound. You can hear garbled sounds but not really make out the words. My husband started having that same feeling about a year a…

     In Philippians 4:2-3, Paul addresses a specific situation within the Philippian church, urging two women, Euodia and Syntyche, to reconcile their differences and be of the same mind in the Lord. This verse serves as a timeless reminder of the vital importance of unity within the body of believers. Paul’s words emphasize the need for harmon…

Have you ever felt in your life that you were being tempted by the devil? Well, Jesus can surely relate. The devil came up to the Son of God and presented Him some options; to get him to change his allegiance, join the other team and leave God.      This idea has been in my head a lot recently. Jesus was tempted far …

Almost 2000 years ago this was the exact same thing the disciples of Jesus were doing. The ones who had followed Christ for His years of ministry were saddened that their master was dead. He had been such an encouragement to them, a rock for them, a stronghold and now gone they had to mourn. We see in scripture that some of the disciples w…