Pastor Scott’s Daily Devotions
a daily prayer resource to inspire, encourage, and inform
50 Bucks Says My Daughter Beats Your Daughter
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
(Philippians 2:3-4)
A Strong Inner Life
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. (Hebrews 11:3)
Stuck With our Kids
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. (Hebrews 11:3)
Let the Bad Slide on By
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. (Hebrews 11:3)
Friendly in the Age of Covid
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. (Hebrews 11:3)
Stop Double Dribbling
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
(1 Corinthians 3:16)
A Faithful Response to Anti-Vaccine People
Jesus drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. (John 2:15)
Can a Physicist Learn Faith?
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. (Hebrews 11:3)
No Moral High Ground
God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. — Genesis 1:29-30
Jesus Had a Cross, We Can Have a Lawn Chair
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. (Hebrews 13:16)
Never Too Old to Make a Difference
“For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who have compassion for you. (Isaiah 54:10)
Alternate Routes
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
A Cry for the Sacred to be Honored
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ‘Blessed indeed,’ says the Spirit, ‘that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!’” Revelation 14:13 (NRSV)
The Sacred Value of a Magnificent Sanctuary
Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord. Haggai 1:8 (NRSV)
Finding Your Story in God’s Story
That is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. Romans 1:12 (NRSV)
When You’re Not Liked
Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10 (NRSV)
Could I Use One Hundred Million Dollars?
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21 (NRSV)