DEVOTIONS – WHAT DO YOU WANT?

Today’s Bible readings can be found here: Psalm 76:1-12 and Matthew 20:17-34. Matthew 20:32  “Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” He asked.” (NIV)             In today’s Gospel story (Matthew 20:29-34), Jesus heals two blind...

DEVOTIONS – QUIET TIME

Today’s Bible readings can be found here: Psalm 71:1-11 and Matthew 16:1-12. Psalm 71:1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. (NIV)             The older I get, the more I understand my need for introversion. The world has become a frenzied,...

DEVOTIONS – DEEP WATERS

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Psalm 69:1-18 and Matthew 14:22-36. Psalm 69:1-2 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me....

DEVOTIONS – BOYHOOD BLISS

Today’s Bible readings can be found here: Psalm 68:1-16 and Matthew 13:36-58. Matthew 13:47  “Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.” (NIV) Growing up in Scotland, one of the joys of...

DEVOTIONS – ONLY THE LONELY

(Today’s devotion is taken from the front page of this month’s Church newsletter) Psalm 148:18  “The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.”  (NIV) Like everyone else, I experience from loneliness from time to...