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...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Dec 2, 2020 | Devotionals
Isaiah 2:1-4 Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 25, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 132 O LORD, remember in David’s favor all the hardships he endured; how he swore to the LORD and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, “I will not enter my house or get into my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place for...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 18, 2020 | Devotionals
James 3:13-4:12 “Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?” (James 4:4) Given the negative tone of the above verse, it would be odd for me to say that it is one of my “favorite” verses. Favorite verses, after all, should be reserved for...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 11, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 48 “Walk about Zion, go all around it, count its towers, consider well its ramparts; go through its citadels, that you may tell the next generation that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will be our guide forever” (Psalm 48:12-14) The psalmist delights...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 4, 2020 | Devotionals
Zephaniah 2:1-15 “Gather together, gather, O shameless nation, 2before you are driven away like the drifting chaff, before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the Lord’s wrath. 3Seek the Lord, all you humble of the...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Oct 28, 2020 | Devotionals
Luke 11:37-52 “Woe also to you lawyers!… from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation” (Luke 11:46, 51) Over the last half-year or so, there’s been...
