by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Feb 10, 2021 | Devotionals
2 Timothy 1:15-2:13 “You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain…” (2 Timothy 1:15-16) One...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Feb 3, 2021 | Devotionals
Mark 8:11-26 “Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again…” (Mark 8:25) Listen. I’m preaching this to myself as much as anyone reading this because it is a hard lesson to learn – especially if you have even the faintest streak of perfectionism in your soul....
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jan 27, 2021 | Devotionals
Isaiah 49:1-12 “Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The LORD called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me. He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jan 20, 2021 | Devotionals
Ephesians 5:1-14 “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them” (Ephesians 5:11) Near the end of Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus, he does what Paul almost always does – he gives a quick series of ethical injunctions. I suspect that...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jan 13, 2021 | Devotionals
Mark 1:29-45 “Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them. That evening, at sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons” (Mark 1:31-32) This early healing in Mark’s gospel of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law has always been a favorite of...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jan 6, 2021 | Devotionals
Matthew 12:14-21 “But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him. When Jesus became aware of this, he departed” (Matthew 12:14-15) What do we do with nay-sayers in our lives? Answering this question is probably a fair bit contextual – that...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Dec 30, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 89:1-2 “I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens” (Psalm 89:1-2) Friends, it’s...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Dec 23, 2020 | Devotionals
Luke 1:57-66 “He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, ‘His name is John.’ And all of them were amazed. Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began to speak, praising God” (Luke 1:63-64) I’ve always loved this story, but it has a particular...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Dec 16, 2020 | Devotionals
Mark 1:1-8 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Dec 9, 2020 | Devotionals
2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 “For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels 8in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on...
