Weekly Lay Devotion 3-31-21
This week's lay devotion was written by Joyce Dantzler: Early spring in yards across the country, parents, grandparents, and guardians get busy hiding Easter eggs. Eggs that have been beautifully
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Weekly Lay Devotion 3-24-21
Philippians 2:1-11 During Lent I have been reading “Lent in Plain Sight” by Jill Duffield. One of the recent devotions was based on these verses where in verse 5 we
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Weekly Lay Devotion 3-17-21
“Lord, if you aren’t going to change this situation right now, please change me so I can handle it better.” After a long season of unanswered prayer, of feeling weary
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Weekly Lay Devotion 3-10-21
Do you ever wonder about all the times God has saved you from something? I’m not talking about those situations when you felt your back was up against a wall
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Weekly Lay Devotion 3-3-21
Do you feel the nearness of Christ? In Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he tells them, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness
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Weekly Lay Devotion 2-24-21
“We are unable to run from God without also running into God.” Steve Harper, in his book, “Five Marks of a Methodist”, wrote this sentence as a way of explaining
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Weekly Lay Devotion 2-17-21
The story of the two pockets is one I am thinking about on this Ash Wednesday. It is attributed to Rabbi Simcha Bunim, and goes something like this: "Everyone must
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Weekly Lay Devotion 2-10-21
It’s hard to face our own hypocrisy. We feel justified in our anger; even righteous about it. The other person? They hurt us or betrayed us. And we harden our
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Weekly Lay Devotion 02-04-21
“You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything—as long as
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Weekly Lay Devotion 01-27-21
Today's lay devotion was written by Kim Wu: In his speech at the 2020 National Prayer Breakfast, Arthur C. Brooks said America is in a “crisis of contempt.” We have
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