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Today is a daily devotional that helps God"s people refresh, refocus and renew their faith through Bible reading, reflection, and prayer.

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Rocky

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/08/01

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon. . . . You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter). — John 1:42 “Buster,” “Scout,” “Ace,” and “Sunshine” are all great nicknames. Some nicknames are humorous, some are affectionate, and some reveal character traits. Jesus gave Simon a nickname that we could translate as “Rocky.” In the book of John we meet Andrew, who began following Jesus after John the Baptist called him “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John

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Confident Sheep

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/31

The Lord is my shepherd. . . . — Psalm 23:1 When the psalm writer wrote this beautiful song, he may well have been thinking of the Lord’s guiding hand throughout the history of his people Israel. God had called the people’s forefathers, promising to be their God and to bless them and their descendants (Genesis 12-35). God had freed the people from slavery in Egypt, guiding them faithfully through desert wastelands to the promised land of Canaan (Exodus 3 - Joshua 24), where they became established

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Homegoing Sheep

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2025/07/30

I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. — Psalm 23:6 Forever is a long time. And most of us are not fans of waiting. Sometimes even TV ads between our favorite shows can seem unending. When we think about it, forever can seem intimidating or overwhelming. So it can help to think about this in connection with relationships. Relationships with family members often stand the test of time, and yet today a 35-year marriage can seem like a rare treasure. In our mobile and divisive culture today,

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Homebody Sheep

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/29

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. — Psalm 23:6 Most cultures have a word for that feeling we all get when we experience being home. It includes a sense of safety and warmth and even coziness and intimacy. We all long for these things. If we didn’t have these in the setting we grew up in, perhaps we could find them in the home of a friend or in a group of caring friends or in the wonder of God’s creation. Home is

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Fruitful Sheep

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/28

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. — Galatians 5:22-23 My mother used to advise me and my sisters to leave a place better than we found it. What might that look like for followers of the good shepherd? What evidence might there be that one of Jesus’ sheep has been in the area? Paul, who wrote Galatians, lists some attributes and behaviors that ought to be noticeable in Jesus’ sheep. As the Holy Spirit shepherds

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Grace-filled Sheep

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2025/07/27

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.— Psalm 23:6 Looking again at Psalm 23, we can see that the Lord our shepherd is not like a cowboy chasing us to move us along or dragging us along by a rope. Our shepherd walks ahead of us and among us—and if we are wandering, he goes out searching for us to draw us back in. His love, goodness, grace, and mercy surround us. We don’t have to go chasing after the shepherd’s love

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Spirit-led Sheep

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/26

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” — John 14:18 One of the hardest things for the disciples to grasp was how Jesus could continue to shepherd them after he returned to be with the Father. So Jesus prepared them ahead of time for that transition. He told them that the Father would send the Holy Spirit to be in each one of them. They would always have a comforter and advocate to guide them, reminding them of Jesus’ teachings and giving them peace. Jesus tells us that “the Spirit

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Hope-filled Sheep

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/25

“It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” — Luke 24:34 Buoyed by a renewed understanding of Jesus’ mission and their calling to tell others, all of the disciples found renewed hope. They shared stories among themselves of other encounters with the risen Lord, and their joy and confidence grew. Hope was the very thing these sheep needed, and Jesus provided it in abundance (see also vv. 36-49). Hope is powerful. It sustained the disciples well into the future. It comforted them

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Sheep on a Mission

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/24

They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. . . . Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread. — Luke 24:33-35 The news about Jesus was too important for the disciples in Emmaus to keep to themselves! Isn’t it interesting that these disciples “returned at once to Jerusalem” to tell the others about their meeting with Jesus? A little while earlier, they had urged Jesus to stay with them because it would soon be dark—and generally

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Lost Sheep Re-educated

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2025/07/23

Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. — Luke 24:27 The two disciples from Emmaus needed to be reminded that they belonged to Jesus. They were like lost and confused sheep that couldn’t articulate what they were feeling. They also needed to hear the Lord’s story again in all of its beautiful simplicity and complexity. Like a good teacher, Jesus retaught his students so that they would be well prepared to tell his

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Lost Sheep Blinded

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2025/07/22

. . . Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him. — Luke 24:15-16 Does it seem unfair that these disciples were kept from seeing Jesus? I have heard people say that it seems Jesus was being tricky here. While Jesus walks along with them, the disciples think he is an out-of-touch stranger who has no idea what happened recently in Jerusalem. But let’s look at this from a different angle. From a teaching and learning perspective, Jesus makes a brilliant

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Lost Sheep Retrieved

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2025/07/21

As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them. . . . — Luke 24:15 One of the more poignant places where Jesus shows up as the good shepherd is when he goes after two despondent, lost sheep on the road to Emmaus. Jesus meets these two followers in their grief and invites them to tell their story, processing their disappointment. Jesus’ very presence with them reminds them that they still belong to him and are part of his sheepfold, in

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Caring Through the End

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/20

When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”— John 19:26-27 Here we see the good shepherd so near to the end of his life and in so much pain that we would certainly understand if he focused only on his own suffering. But he doesn’t resign from his duties. In our reading for today the gentle shepherd is moved by compassion for his mother, Mary. In a final act of honor for her

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In the Presence of His Enemies

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/19

While they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” — Matthew 26:21 The patience and generosity Jesus shows as he prepares for his last supper with his disciples is really awe inspiring. Without anger or malice he tells the truth of what is about to happen. He not only sets a table in front of an enemy but also serves that enemy. This too is amazing grace. The good shepherd feeds his sheep both physically and spiritually with a meal (the Lord’s Supper) that the flock

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Jesus, the Good Shepherd

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/18

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”— John 10:11 Jesus makes clear that his work is much more than a job to do. He has real skin in the game. He is not playing at caring for the Lord’s sheep until something better comes along. Jesus is the gate that any poacher or corrupting force would have to pass through to get to the Lord’s sheep—and because of his deep love for us, he is willing to die on our behalf in order to bring us back home to his Father. This

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Jesus is the Good Shepherd

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/17

“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me. . . .”— John 10:14 When Jesus, the Son of God, came to live and teach among us, he picked up on the imagery of Psalm 23 and told all who would hear, “I am the good shepherd.” Jesus came to us as the Lord God in the flesh, declaring that he was there to shepherd God’s people and lead them home to the Father. He moved into our world, our neighborhood, and reminded everyone of what the Lord our shepherd had been doing all along: guiding

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Anointed Sheep

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/16

You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession. . . .— 1 Peter 2:9 Remembering that priests and prophets and kings were anointed as confirmation of their special callings, we need to take our calling as God’s sheep seriously. The apostle Peter points out the high calling that is on our lives as “the people of God.” We are “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, . . . God’s special possession.” Called to kingly and queenly service, we are to lead in the same

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Elevated Sheep

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/15

You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. — Psalm 8:5 Earlier this month (July 2) I mentioned that I wasn’t so sure I liked being compared to a sheep, as in Psalm 23. But even though it’s not very flattering for us to be called sheep, we can be assured that the Lord our shepherd dearly loves and treasures us. Psalm 8, which is also attributed to David, reminds us that God values us human beings so highly that he has “crowned [us] with glory and

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Well-Oiled Sheep

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/14

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. — Psalm 23:5 This line in Psalm 23 picks up on an interesting tidbit about the shepherd’s care for his sheep. Shepherds will use oil on a sheep’s head to keep pesky bugs away and to help protect the animal’s skin from the sun. The psalmist David’s phrasing here also points symbolically to anointing as a calling or commissioning that comes from God. Anointing a person’s head with oil was very significant in ancient Israel. David himself was anointed

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Guarded Sheep

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/07/13

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.— Psalm 23:5 One of my favorite sights is to see pets and other animals playing in the spring when plants and trees are blossoming and green again. I imagine this is also the case for sheep after a long hike from a well-grazed pasture to a fresh one with lots of lush, green grass. I have read that before the sheep can frolic in a new space, their shepherds must check through the pasture in case there might be holes that could cause a

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