Commendable suffering?
For it is a commendable thing if, being aware of God, a person endures pain while suffering unjustly. If you endure when you are beaten...
Begin your morning with a devotional dive into scripture. I hope that they have meaning for you on your daily journey. Unless otherwise noted, all passages are from The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible
For it is a commendable thing if, being aware of God, a person endures pain while suffering unjustly. If you endure when you are beaten...
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul....
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone...
One of my favorite hymns about the promise we receive from our baptism,
Now on that same day (when Jesus had appeared to Mary Magdalene,) two (disciples)were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles...
If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your...
I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as...
Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed (the crowd), “Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with...
One of my favorite shows was the series LOST, which ran from 2004 to 2010. It was a show full of spiritual themes of faith, love, hope,...
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear...
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the...
Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” As for the holy ones in...
Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed (the crowd), “You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say:...
If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on...
Give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord is good; God’s mercy endures forever. Let Israel | now declare, “God’s mercy endures forever.”...
Peter began to speak to [the people]: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does...
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there...
"Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." - Luke 23:46 The backdrop for these, Jesus' final words, is dramatic. Darkness has come...
"It is finished." - John 19:30 I like movies with heroes. Superheroes, or even regular person heroes. I like movies where the heroes set...