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Today's Devotional

January 15, 2026

The Table Is Set

I remember one time when I was at my great-grandmother’s house for supper. She stood next to her old table, which consumed the kitchen and was filled with favorite foods and...

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Change

You know what I like about fall? It is the season of change. The hot season starts cooling, and we can feel a change in ourselves as well. Sometimes the change...

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December 31, 2022

Renew Our Strength

In January 2020, our city faced the biggest flood in its history. A newly renovated church in the community had just invested in quality equipment and furniture, but floodwaters hit the...

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December 30, 2022

Our Shield

Years ago, my family moved to Mozambique to do mission work. The poverty we witnessed often broke our hearts, but singing with our neighbors in church always moved us from worry...

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December 29, 2022

Jesus’ Compassion

In the Gospel of Luke, Jairus, a leader of the synagogue, begged Jesus to come heal his very sick daughter. (See Luke 8:40-56.) Jairus demonstrated great faith, believing that Jesus could...

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December 28, 2022

All of Creation

My mother has a small garden in our backyard where she grows several kinds of flowering plants. One particular plant with purple flowers stands out from the rest. Every morning, the...

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December 27, 2022

Finding Our Balance

When my husband was a child, his elderly neighbor owned a Model A Ford. Every so often, Mr. Reeves would take his car for a test drive. One part of his...

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December 26, 2022

Preparing the Altar

For several years it has been my responsibility and joy to prepare my church’s altar for the Sunday morning worship service. Rather than use traditional floral arrangements, I draw inspiration from...

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December 25, 2022

Christmas Day

As a young girl, I found the Christmas season to be tremendously exciting. It was a season for singing and celebrating. And almost everyone in the village would buy new clothes....

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December 24, 2022

God Is with Us

As worship leader in my church, I always planned the Christmas worship services with great care and excitement. One year I asked a soprano named Rebecca to sing “O Holy Night”...

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December 23, 2022

The Light of God

I oversee a church program that teaches people the art of solar cooking. On one memorable mission trip, we were scheduled to leave early in the morning because the mission site...

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