Rain rain rain…at least our world is watered! Today’s reading: John 12:1–7 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a…

Good morning! Liquid sunshine is pouring down! Today’s Reading: Philippians 1:3-11 Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with…

Today’s Reading: John 10:1-6 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear…

Today’s reading: 1 Peter 1:13-16 13Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. 14Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. 15Instead, as he who called you is holy, be…

Today’s Reading: Acts 20:7-12  Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas   On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.  There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were…

Today’s Reading: Matthew 16:24-25 (New Revised Standard Version) Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.”…

Good morning! Today’s Reading:   Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley,…

Hey there! Today’s Reading: Romans 8:35-39  Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written,      “For your sake we are being killed all day long;           we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these…

Today’s Reading: Ezekiel 2:8-3:3 But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.” Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll,  which he unrolled before me. On…

Good morning on this rainy Wednesday! Today’s Reading: Jeremiah 18:1-4 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. The vessel he was…