Posts with the category “newsletter-devotionals”

Greetings everyone! I have been looking at the Lord's Prayer, sometimes referred to The Our Father. At the church I grew up in, we memorized this prayer at a very young age, so I've known this prayer ...  Read More

This week's devotional comes from Randy Simonson: Daily meditations are often spent looking horizontally at life. Moving from the horizontal to the vertical in our thinking involves change. An example...  Read More

"I am going to share some thoughts on what God is doing in my life as I have recently finished a class with Sioux Falls seminary called VantagePoint3. Along with four others from LakeSide Church we we...  Read More

Today's devotional is from Jerry Johnson:Ezekiel 37:1-10The Valley of Dry BonesThe hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the va...  Read More

Recently I’ve been spending some time in Luke’s Gospel. The last couple of weeks have made me pause as I’ve considered the words in chapter 12 and the Parable of the Rich Fool. Jesus’ words right befo...  Read More

Psalm 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God!”Jesus regularly took time to withdraw to lonely places to be still and pray. Moses, Elijah, and John the Baptist spent decades alone with God before launc...  Read More

Ephesians 6:10-18Many are knowledgeable about the verses in Ephesians that discuss being strong in the Lord and putting on the armor of God! I think sometimes we think of eternal things in the future ...  Read More

This weekly devotional comes from Jerry Johnson!...  Read More

Last week we began a new devotional series through the book of Ruth. We will be reading one chapter each week. Since our passages are longer, you will need your Bible. The main idea in this series is ...  Read More

We are beginning a new devotional series over the next 4 weeks through the book of Ruth. We will be reading one chapter each week. Since our passages will be bigger, you will need your Bible. The main...  Read More

1   Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,who stand by night in the house of the Lord!2   Lift up your hands to the holy placeand bless the Lord!3   May the Lord bless you from Zion,he wh...  Read More

A song of ascents. Of David.1 Behold, how good and pleasant it iswhen brothers dwell in unity!2 It is like the precious oil on the head,running down on the beard,on the beard of Aaron,running down on ...  Read More

1   Remember, O Lord, in David's favor,all the hardships he endured,2   how he swore to the Lordand vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,3   “I will not enter my houseor get into my bed,4   I will not giv...  Read More

1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;my eyes are not raised too high;I do not occupy myself with thingstoo great and too marvelous for me.2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child wi...  Read More

1   Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!2   O Lord, hear my voice!Let your ears be attentiveto the voice of my pleas for mercy!3   If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,O Lord, who could stand?4  ...  Read More

1   “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”—let Israel now say—2   “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,yet they have not prevailed against me.3   The plowers plowed upon my back;they ...  Read More

1   Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,who walks in his ways!2   You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.3   Your wife will be like a...  Read More

1   Unless the Lord builds the house,those who build it labor in vain.Unless the Lord watches over the city,the watchman stays awake in vain.2   It is in vain that you rise up earlyand go late to rest...  Read More

1   When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,we were like those who dream.2   Then our mouth was filled with laughter,and our tongue with shouts of joy;then they said among the nations,“The Lord ha...  Read More

1   Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,which cannot be moved, but abides forever.2   As the mountains surround Jerusalem,so the Lord surrounds his people,from this time forth and foreverm...  Read More

1  If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—let Israel now say—2  if it had not been the Lord who was on our sidewhen people rose up against us,3  then they would have swallowed us up alive,whe...  Read More

Psalm 1231   To you I lift up my eyes,O you who are enthroned in the heavens!2   Behold, as the eyes of servantslook to the hand of their master,as the eyes of a maidservant/to the hand of her mistres...  Read More

1  I was glad when they said to me,/“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”2  Our feet have been standing/within your gates, O Jerusalem!3  Jerusalem—built as a city/that is bound firmly together,4  to ...  Read More

Last week, we began a new devotional series through the Psalms of Ascent. They consist of 15 songs (Psalms 120-134) that were sung by the people of Israel as they traveled to the city of Jerusalem thr...  Read More

We are beginning a new devotional series through the Psalms of Ascent. They consist of 15 songs (Psalms 120-134) that were sung by the people of Israel as they traveled to the city of Jerusalem three ...  Read More

“Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and other...  Read More

And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots. Then they sat down and kept watch over him there. And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, ...  Read More

“And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.” (John 1:34)“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)Je...  Read More

“For to us a child is born,to us a son is given;and the government shall be upon his shoulder,and his name shall be calledWonderful Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace”(Isaiah 9:...  Read More

“Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with ou...  Read More

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:11)The verse above is simple and yet utterly life changing. Jesus declares himself to be the good shepherd. Most ...  Read More

When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, bu...  Read More

"As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or...  Read More

"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14)Immanuel as a name for Jesus first appears in the pr...  Read More

It's a name known around the world, the most famous name of all time. By the mention of this name demons flee, people are healed, and lives are changed. There is power in this name: Jesus. But what do...  Read More

This will be the final devotional in our Lessons from Hymns series.When peace like a river attendeth my wayWhen sorrows like sea billows rollWhatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to sayIt is well, it i...  Read More

What a friend we have in JesusAll our sins and griefs to bearWhat a privilege to carryEverything to God in prayerO what peace we often forfeitO what needless pain we bearAll because we do not carryEve...  Read More

Sometimes we sing the words to a song so many times that they begin to lose their meaning. That’s certainly the case for me with the hymn, “Jesus Paid it All.” It’s possible that it’s the song I’ve su...  Read More

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almightyEarly in the morning our song shall rise to theeHoly, holy, holy, merciful and mightyGod in three persons, blessed TrinityThe hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy” is one of the m...  Read More

As I was preparing to write this devotional, I listened to “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” a few times. And though I’ve heard it about a million times, this time it hit me differently. I stopped writing, ...  Read More