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. You may download and print our daily Bible readings checklist to track your progress as you read through the Bible.
The Psalms are often known as Jesus’ Prayer Book. When we look at how Jesus prayed (and taught!) we see that his life was saturated in the book of the Psalms. Today’s Scripture readings are from Psalms 59-62. In these texts, we see some BIG emotions and POWERFUL declarations: “Rescue me from my enemies.” ~… Read more
Psalms 55-58 have something in common. They are all written for “the director of music.” They assumed a worshiping community, where someone was in charge of picking and leading the music. In Ephesians, we are told that we should “Sing Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.” Peter Marty, editor of the “Christian Century,” recently wrote an… Read more
Have you ever gotten a stain on your favorite shirt? It was Christmas day and I had received a sweatshirt that I was super excited about, so naturally, I had to wear it the rest of the day! I am getting ready for the day to head to my grandparents’ house when I look down… Read more
In reading the Psalms, have you noticed that one-third of the Psalms are what we might call “praise” Psalms and two-thirds of the Psalms are what we might call “laments” or “complaints before God?” God wants us to have an honest faith and he even gives us the script in the Psalms. God is good. Read more
