Daily Devotional from James 3--Verse 5How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!In the fall of 2017, a 15-year-old boy was lighting some firecrackers and accidentally sparked a wildfire that destroyed 50,000 acres along the Columbia River Gorge. It burned for more than 3 months before it was fully contained. And, more than 6 months later, the fires were still found to be smoldering. Su...  Read More

Daily Devotional from James 2--Verse 26For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.Faith is empty if it doesn’t truly impact our actions. James was deeply concerned about believers having compassion for others because of their faith in Jesus Christ. This whole passage, he talks about treating the poor and the rich equally as well as caring for those in nee...  Read More

Daily Devotional from James 1--Verses 19-20Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;  for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.We should always endeavor to let grace precede our criticism. It is important that we listen to one another even if we have different opinions and that we respond in love and kindness to one anoth...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 13--Verse 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.It is so comforting that Jesus never changes. He isn’t loving one day and angry the next. He is faithful to remain gentle and lowly, loving and compassionate, a King of Kings. We can trust Jesus because he is the same yesterday, today and forever. We can count on him in peaceful times and turbulent ti...  Read More

Here is November's reading plan: NOVEMBERJust two months left! If you have stayed on track this year, you will have read the entire New Testament, plus a good chunk of the Psalms and Proverbs - that is quite an accomplishment! Keep going! Continue to hide God's Word in your heart!...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 12--Verses 1-2Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Psalm 128—Verse 1Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!To “fear the Lord” doesn’t necessarily mean to be afraid of him. It’s more like to reverence and respect him and be in awe of his power, his grace, his greatness – his work on a macro and micro level.To walk in his ways, we have to study his ways, understand how they apply in our culture today, and...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 11--Verse 10[Abraham] was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.Abraham is known as the father of our faith. He’s a pretty significant guy. However, if you think about it, what did the man do? He basically walked around looking for a city. Doesn’t seem all that striking. But we honor him today, not for his triumphs, but fo...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 10--Verse 10And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all. It’s so amazing that Jesus has fulfilled the Law through His death and resurrection! This passage also states that “…it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” Aren’t you glad that Jesus was the perfect sacrifice? That he h...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 9--Verse 28So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.Man, I’m so thankful for Jesus’ sacrifice. Could you imagine if we still had to sacrifice animals and sprinkle blood and do all the things the Israelites used to do? Because of Jesus, we don’t have t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 8--Verse 12For I will forgive their wrongdoing, and I will never again remember their sins.Isn’t it so deeply wonderful that God is faithful? He forgives our sins. He can’t even recall them. Through our faith in the work of Jesus, his death and resurrection, our sins cannot be counted against us. They are forgotten, dismissed, as if they had never happened. Because of...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hebrews 7--Verse 25Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.Jesus is our great High Priest forever.High priests intercede and offer sacrifices for sinful people to a holy God. Unlike human high priests of the Jewish nation, Jesus’s sacrifice was once for all and does not need ...  Read More