Pastor Scott’s Daily Devotions

a daily prayer resource to inspire, encourage, and inform

What is Non-Binary?
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

What is Non-Binary?

Love one another with affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Romans 12:10 (NRSV)

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Pray for Christina Applegate
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

Pray for Christina Applegate

Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of humans. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:6-8 (NRSV)

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No One is Above the Law
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

No One is Above the Law

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. Isaiah 1:17 (NRSV)

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A Renewed Mainline
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

A Renewed Mainline

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25 (NRSV)

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This Shot at Meditation Just Might Work
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

This Shot at Meditation Just Might Work

“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Parent who is in secret. And your Parent who sees in secret will reward you.” Matthew 6:6 (NRSV)

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Biblical Interpretation with a Tad Bit of Sarcasm
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

Biblical Interpretation with a Tad Bit of Sarcasm

So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures. 2 Peter 3:15b-16) (NRSV)

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The Sacredness of Parenting
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

The Sacredness of Parenting

And I will not be a burden, because I do not want what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children. 2 Corinthians 12:14 (NRSV)

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The Power of Endurance
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

The Power of Endurance

And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. Romans 5:3-4 (NRSV)

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Throw Down Your Whip
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

Throw Down Your Whip

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3:17 (NRSV)

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Uncomfortable Truths
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

Uncomfortable Truths

So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Ephesians 4:25 (NRSV)

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Overcoming Compartmentalization
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

Overcoming Compartmentalization

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be a healing for your flesh and a refreshment for your body. Proverbs 3:7-8 (NRSV)

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Overcoming the Fear
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

Overcoming the Fear

Do not fear, I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine Isaiah 43:1 (NRSV)

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True Intellect Requires Emotional Maturity
Laura Sherlock Laura Sherlock

True Intellect Requires Emotional Maturity

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 (NRSV)

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