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

The Gift of Temptation for Jesus and the Rest of Us
Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart. (Ephesians 5:19)

God is a Better Composer than Brahms, Beethoven, or Elton John!
Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart. (Ephesians 5:19)

Building a Lasting Foundation
According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it.
(1 Corinthians 3:10)

Honoring God’s Wrath
Look, the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
(Jeremiah 30:23)

The Power of Vulnerability
“My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
(2 Corinthians 12:9-10)

Do Miracles Still Exist?
And she said, “Who would ever have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” (Genesis 21:7)

Hope For Our World This Easter
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be make for everyone, for kings [political leaders] and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

Do Not Let Others Create You
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1)

We Are in An Uproar
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1)

I Wonder Whatever Happened to Them
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17)

You Are a Spiritual Artist
For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. (Ephesians 2:10)

Hockey and Spirituality Have Much in Common
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. (Romans 12:1)

Reclaiming Christian Integrity
Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed.” (John 20:29)

Healing Family Trauma
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18)

Faith Is Grasping Our Place in God’s Crocheted Tapestry
But he [Jesus] said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.’ So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Naked Spirituality Is the Spirit’s Way
Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people. (Proverbs 11:3)

Learning from Socrates and Jesus
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13)

Cheap Pleasure or Faithful Meaning
Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want. (Proverbs 21:17)

More Than a Name
You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. (Exodus 20:7)
