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.
“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
Clothes say a lot about us. At my high school, the clothes people wore were a giveaway for whether they were a band kid, theater kid, athlete, class officer, and so on. Grownups are no different. The clothes we wear are cues for the jobs we work, the events we attend, or the teams we… Read more
Everybody’s favorite football team knows the feeling – three seconds to go, down by two, and the kicker misses an easy field goal. “I can’t believe he missed that!” everyone laments. We say the same thing about ourselves all the time. We lose our temper, forget an assignment, miss a deadline, return to an unhealthy… Read more
“Don’t worry, God has a plan.” Christians say that a lot, and we should! When people are hurting, disappointed, or confused, “God has a plan,” is a true and comforting promise. It’s just that when we say it, we mostly associate “God’s plan” with future, unknown circumstances. If someone is grieving a breakup, we say,… Read more
