Read devotions written by Hope pastors and staff every weekday that align with our daily Bible readings! We hope you use these devotions as a way to dig deeper into Scripture during the weekdays and join us for worship on the weekends to continue growing in your faith.
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The apostle Paul found immediately that in the new church in Thessalonica there was no vision, no structure, no staffing. Proverbs 29 tells us that without a vision, people perish. Congregations have experimented with a wide variety of structures. I heard of one church where they decided to govern by consensus. In other words, every… Read more
Welcome to two of the least-known books of the Bible, 1 and 2 Thessalonians. We hope during these next five devotionals to change that narrative, encouraging you to read these short books several times. Our introduction to this new congregation being formed in the city of Thessalonica comes from Acts 16, where Paul has a… Read more
Actions speak louder than words … but words matter too. Before we had email and telephones, letters were the best way to communicate over long distances. In Paul’s time, there was no post office, regular mail, stamps, card shops, or stationery stores—not even street signs or house numbers! Handwritten letters were special, treasured communications from… Read more
“Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything you do … Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ” (Colossians 3:22, 24). It’s one of the most controversial Bible passages for modern readers, and it was equally controversial for the earliest readers, but… Read more
