Pastor Scott’s Daily Devotions
a daily prayer resource to inspire, encourage, and inform

“Well, it takes all kinds.”
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,…”
(Colossians 3:12)

Finding the Irony!
And above his [Jesus] head they put up the charge against him which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
(Matthew 27:37)

Learning to Read is More than Just Pronouncing Words!
“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
(Romans 15:4)

Overcoming a Toxic Christmas
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4)

The Quest for Spiritual 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)

Talking Through Tough Emotions with Your Child
“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” (Philippians 2:4)

Deciding to Live
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10)

Manage Your Energy
“For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.” (Colossians 1:29)

Baptismal Gifts
“For by grace you have been saved through faith,…[it is] not the result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)

What in the world are “counterfactuals?”
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” (Philippians 4:8)

Does Raising Children Make Us Blissfully Happy?
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters [sons and daughters].” (1 John 3:16)

Looking for Absolutes
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters [sons and daughters].” (1 John 3:16)

“I have a System for Brushing My Teeth and Going to Church”
“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22)

Nicola Tesla, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Phelps, or Me?
“Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.”
(Colossians 3:11)

Albert Einstein, a Calm and Modest Man
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. (1 John 2:16)

From Limited to Limitless
“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” (Proverbs 16:9)

The Time Crunch Doesn’t Stop
“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12)

Can You be Too Competitive?
“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” (Philippians 2:3)


Self-Sabotage No More!
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)