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"I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten . . . You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of...

"The Lord is King! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!" (Psalm 97:1). As I write this devotional on the morning of...

"It is in pardoning that we are pardoned." In November 1945, ten Polish prisoners of war broke into the home of the Hamelmann family in...

"O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to...

"Where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope." The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened more than just our physical health. The...

"Where there is injury, pardon." The prayer on which we're meditating in this season is called the "Prayer of St. Francis,", though...

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace . . ." So begins the famous prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, a prayer which speaks...

This week's devotional was provided by Earl Fashbaugh. Scripture References: Acts 6:13-15 (Stephen's Accusers); Acts 7:1-53 (Stephen's...

This week's devotional was provided by Dorothy Kurlander. "While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of...

"She said to the bystanders, 'This man was with Jesus of Nazareth. Again [Peter] denied it with an oath, 'I do not know the man'"...

"We felt we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves, but on God who raises the dead" (2 Corinthians...

Then the Israelite supervisors came to Pharaoh and cried, "Why do you treat your servants like this? No straw is given to your servants,...

"It was not you who sent me here, but God" (Genesis 45:8). As our world is awash in anxiety over the spread of the novel coronavirus and...

"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me on a level path" (Psalm 143:10). A few days ago, I started...

"Jesus said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Simon Peter responded, 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God'" (Matthew...

"Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts" (Zechariah 4:6). The Lord said this through the prophet Zechariah...

"Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all...

"Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them" (John 14:23)....

The threat of COVID-19 has alerted our world to a new level of concern for physical health. Two weeks ago, we were being reminded to wash...

Christ is risen! This week's devotional was written by Earl Fashbaugh: It was an Easter that we will not forget. There was not the usual...