Daily Devotions

Today's Scripture: "From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to utter shame, as it is today." Ezra 9:7, ESV 

Theme: Habitual sin has dire consequences: not always the punishment of God, but the result of life without Him. 

Today’s Scripture: “Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.” Proverbs 26:11, ESV 

Theme: People are prone to repeat “favorite” sins, yet those patterns are not beneficial to us and when we capitulate to the same repeated sins, we harm ourselves and behave foolishly. 

Today's Scripture: “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth” Philippians 2:9-10, ESV 

Theme: Developing the mind of Christ, while truly difficult to both attain and maintain, is ultimately rewarded by God. 

Today's Scripture: “And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” Philippians 2:8, ESV  

Theme: Become obedient to God ... without limits.  

Today's Scripture: “...but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.” Philippians 2:7, ESV  

Theme: We follow the Jesus Mindset when we willingly take the place of a servant rather than grabbing for power and honor.