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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In our reading, we find Jesus talking to his disciples about what is to come, preparing them for what is about to happen. Jesus is telling his disciples—his friends—he is about to leave, and where he is going, they cannot follow, but he is leaving them with one final job … “Love each other. Just… Read more
“Now Jesus was deeply troubled …” (John 13:21). How can God in the flesh be troubled? In the opening chapter of John’s Gospel account, we read, “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never extinguish it” (John 1:5). It is a declaration of victory, but just 12 chapters later, during Jesus’ Last… Read more
The disciples get a bad rap. We make jokes about the way they acted without thinking (Peter cut a guy’s ear off), and we denounce their lack of faith (after Jesus calmed the storm, and Thomas after Jesus rose from the dead), but can we blame them? It’s hard to follow Jesus today. Imagine how… Read more
“Jesus wept” (John 11:35). It’s the shortest verse in the Bible, but it’s among the most shocking. God cried. Crying isn’t unusual. Kids might cry when they lose a game. Teens will cry over a breakup or a fight with a friend. Parents cry over their children. We all cry when we lose someone or… Read more
