Day 1: Can You Trust the Father? Devotional Jesus’ invitation to ask, seek, and knock raises a deeper question: Can you trust the Father you are approaching? Prayer can feel difficult when you are uncertain that God is good, available, or willing to respond. But Jesus presents God as a Father who welcomes His children….
Kingdom Wisdom | Part 5 The Golden Rule Matthew 7:9–12 From Pastor Steve We are in a series called Kingdom Wisdom, looking at the wisdom Jesus gives us for living in the Kingdom of God. Last week we talked about trusting God and knowing that He is good. Jesus told us to ask, seek, and…
Kingdom wisdom is lived through dependence on the Father. In Matthew 7:7–8, Jesus invites us to ask, seek, knock, and repeat—not because prayer controls outcomes, but because God welcomes us into an ongoing relationship of trust. Day 1: Begin by Asking Devotional Jesus begins with a simple invitation: ask. When you do not know what…
Day 1: From Judgment to Discernment Devotional Kingdom wisdom begins with humility. In Matthew 7, Jesus first tells us to deal with the plank in our own eye before focusing on someone else’s speck. Then He teaches about what is sacred and valuable. These teachings belong together: humility keeps us from condemning people, while discernment…
Day 1: Kingdom Wisdom Begins with Humility Devotional Kingdom wisdom is not merely knowing what is right. It is allowing Jesus to shape how we live and how we respond to people. As Jesus moves from Matthew 5 and 6 into Matthew 7, He shows what a heart aligned with the Father looks like in…
Day 1: Where Does Your Heart Run? Devotional Worry has a way of sneaking up on us. One moment we are fine, and the next we are mentally rehearsing every worst-case scenario. Sound familiar? You are not alone in this. Here is something worth sitting with: worry is rarely just about our circumstances. It is…
Day 1: Learning to Look Again Devotional Worry has a way of narrowing our vision. When anxiety takes hold, we stop noticing the world around us and start fixating on everything that could go wrong. But Jesus does something unexpected with anxious people. He does not hand them a strategy or a to-do list. He…
Day 1: Carrying What Was Never Yours Devotional Have you ever packed for a trip and brought way too much? By the time you are dragging your bags through the airport, you are exhausted before the journey even begins. Many of us live emotionally the same way. We carry today’s responsibilities alongside tomorrow’s uncertainties and…
Day 1: The Honest Prayer That Changes Everything Devotional Most of us are familiar with the feeling of being stretched thin. Work pulls one way, relationships pull another, and somewhere in the middle, faith gets squeezed into whatever space is left. We try harder, do more, and still feel like something is off. Here is…
Day 1: More Than Money Devotional Most of us have a complicated relationship with money. We work hard for it, worry about it, and sometimes let it quietly run our lives without even realizing it. But here is something worth sitting with today: money is not the real issue. The real issue is what we…