by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 17, 2021 | Devotionals
Ezra 10:1-17 “While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him out of Israel; the people also wept bitterly. 2Shecaniah son of Jehiel, of the descendants...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 10, 2021 | Devotionals
Nehemiah 5:1-19 “And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. 6Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 3, 2021 | Devotionals
Nehemiah 13:4-22 “In those days I saw in Judah people treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys; and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Oct 27, 2021 | Devotionals
Lamentations 2:8-15 Revelation 5:1-10 The LORD determined to lay in ruins the wall of daughter Zion; he stretched the line; he did not withhold his hand from destroying; he caused rampart and wall to lament; they languish together… All who pass along the way clap...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Oct 20, 2021 | Devotionals
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, 52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Oct 13, 2021 | Devotionals
Jeremiah 37:3-21 “Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison. 5Meanwhile, the army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Oct 6, 2021 | Devotionals
2 Kings 22:14-23:3 “Then the king directed that all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem should be gathered to him. The king went up to the house of the LORD, and with him went all the people of Judah, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the prophets, and all...
by Kathleen Kinney | Sep 29, 2021 | Devotionals
Matthew 7:13-21 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Matthew 7:13, 14). The broad road is...
by Nathan Carbonara | Sep 22, 2021 | Devotionals
Matthew 5:38-48 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give...
by Haley Van Duzen | Sep 15, 2021 | Devotionals
Matthew 4:18-25 “As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you...