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Grace for All

Jim Stovall, Greta Smith, First United Methodist Church, Maryville, TN

"Grace for All" is a daily devotional podcast from the laity of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. Each episode presents a verse of scripture and a brief reflection on that verse written and recorded by members of our church. These short episodes are meant to inspire you and help you in your journey of understanding and faith. We believe the central message of Jesus is one of grace. Grace for all human beings. Grace for All is a podcast ministry of First United Methodist

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05:43

There was Darkness

Grace for All ·

2025/05/28

Genesis 1:1 (KJV) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.In the verse following Genesis 1:1, we read that the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Then He created light, saw that it was good, and separated the light from the darkness. Creation is bringing something into existence, and God’s first creation is light.A few years ago, my daughters and granddaughters and I visited the Lost Sea in Monroe

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04:11

A Place in the Kingdom

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2025/05/27

Luke 5: 8-11 (NIV) When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.”So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Have you ever been in a place where you knew you didn’t belong? Maybe you

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06:35

Blessed are the Meek

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2025/05/26

Matthew 5:5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Merriam-Webster.com defines meek as enduring injury with patience, and without resentment. The Bible offers meekness as a virtue that means to be humble, gentle, and submissive to God’s will. It is often associated with patience and putting aside one’s own desires, to follow God. Jesus was meek while the soldiers arrested him in the garden, where he was only praying. Jesus was meek while Herod and the soldiers mocked and ridiculed

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05:16

Clap and Sing for Joy!

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2025/05/25

Psalm 98:7-8 (NIV)Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy.I love the imagery of this Psalm. It includes three of my favorite things in nature: the ocean, the rivers, and the mountains. I have often heard people ask others which they prefer, the seaside or the mountains. How could we possibly choose? Both are beautiful and unique! I try to make at least one trip to the beach each year. My

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Scripture Saturday (May 24, 2025)

Grace for All ·

2025/05/24

This is Grace for All, a daily devotional podcast produced by the people of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. This episode is Scripture Saturday, a time when we pause and reflect on the scriptures we have read throughout the week. If you missed any of our devotionals on these passages, you can find them on our website at 1stChurch.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Now, we invite you to listen and receive Grace. Welcome and thank you for joining us. Grace for All is a daily

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05:22

Kindness in the Face of Need

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2025/05/23

1 Corinthians 10:24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others. Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. Several years ago, I was heading up a USAID project in Southern Africa and I found myself in Mozambique at an agricultural experiment station. The grant I had contained little room for unplanned expenses. But with that grant, we trained more than 15,000 farmers in Lesotho, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe and greatly improved

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05:39

Seeing God's Glory

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2025/05/22

Psalm 19:1 The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. As I write this, it is the morning after the total lunar eclipse of March 2025. I stayed up all night watching and photographing it. I have photographed astronomical phenomena over the years, and my pictures have one thing in common: They rarely adequately represent the actual event. Technically, the images are fine, but they seldom have the impact of what I saw with my own eyes. In addition, I often

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04:04

Creation sings with us

Grace for All ·

2025/05/21

Hello, and welcome to Grace for All, a daily devotional podcast produced by members of the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. I’m Grace Jonas, the reader and writer of today’s devotional, which I’ve entitled “Let Heaven and Nature Sing”. Thank you so much for joining me today! Psalm 96:11-12 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad, let the sea resound, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. When I was younger, I

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06:11

Why God?

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2025/05/20

Isaiah 40:27-31 (CEB) Why do you say, Jacob, and declare, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, my God ignores my predicament?” Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth. He doesn’t grow tired or weary. His understanding is beyond human reach, giving power to the tired and reviving the exhausted. Youths will become tired and weary, young men will certainly stumble; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength; they will

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05:35

A Show of Strength

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2025/05/19

Psalm 37:11 (KJV) "But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace." The advice we receive throughout our lives follows a pattern of stay strong, be independent, be resilient, fix your problems, and be proud of your accomplishments. The advice in scripture in dozens and dozens of places throughout the old and new testaments is to be meek. In the modern world, we rarely hear people advise us to be humble. We strut and brag. We go around pointing out what

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06:20

Everything is New

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2025/05/18

Revelations 21:1 – NIV and The VoiceThen I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away and there was no longer any sea.Let's listen to that verse again from The Voice – “I looked again and could hardly believe my eyes. Everything above me was new. Everything below me was new. Everything around me was new, because the heaven and the earth that had been, passed away and the sea was gone completely.” Some days the news of the world is so filled with

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Scripture Saturday (May 17, 2025)

Grace for All ·

2025/05/17

Welcome to the Saturday episode of the Grace for All podcast. Thank you for joining us today. Saturday is a special time when we take a few moments to review the scriptures that we have cited in the episodes this week. If you missed any of those episodes, you might want to consider listening to them today. And even if you heard them all, there may be one that you might want to listen to again. We hope that each of these scriptures and podcasts will bring you a full measure of joy, peace, and love

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05:23

When rivers clap their hands

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2025/05/16

Psalm 98:8-9“Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.”The creek had been buried by overgrown brush and debris for fifty years until the neighborhood coalition worked to “daylight” it. Now children gather at its restored banks, learning the names of native plants from elders who remember when fish were plentiful. “This creek carries stories,” explains Rita, who helped lead the restoration. “When we heal

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06:19

The glorious freedom of God’s children

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2025/05/15

Romans 8:18-25 I believe that the present suffering is nothing compared to the coming glory that is going to be revealed to us. The whole creation waits breathless with anticipation for the revelation of God’s sons and daughters. Creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice—it was the choice of the one who subjected it—but in the hope that the creation itself will be set free from slavery to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of God’s children. We know that the whole

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06:55

Hearing No

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2025/05/14

1 Chronicles 29:10-12 Then David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly; David said, “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. I am sure we have all been in this situation. You had a dream, a plan that you wanted to accomplish, and then you

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04:39

Why were you created?

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2025/05/13

In the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, the author is given a number of visions.Chapter Four has a vision of heaven revealing the heavenly creatures who are praising and worshipping God and I particularly like verse 11 from the Common English Version where it describes the twenty-four elders crying out... Revelation 4:11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, because you created all things. It is by your will that they existed and were created.”

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06:09

Forgetting the Past

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2025/05/12

Scripture Isaiah 43.18 Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. Luke 9:62 Jesus replied, no one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the Kingdon of God. NIV On April 8, 1964, my life changed. I was two months from graduation from college in june, ready for a summer job with Virginia Tech extension, preparing for marriage in august and starting graduate school in September. While studying between classes, a secretary said i needed to call home. I was told my

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04:03

Exclusion or Inclusion

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2025/05/11

Mark 9:38-41 “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, 40 for whoever is not against us is for us. 41 Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward. This short passage is enigmatic and raises more questions

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Scripture Saturday (May 10, 2024)

Grace for All ·

2025/05/10

You are listening to Grace for All, a daily devotional podcast produced by the people of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. This is Scripture Saturday, a time when we pause and reflect on the scriptures we have read throughout the week. If you missed any of our devotionals on these passages, you can find them on our website at 1stChurch.org or wherever you get your podcasts. We invite you to listen and receive Grace. Welcome and thank you for joining us. Grace for All is a daily

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05:46

Beware Pride and Arrogance

Grace for All ·

2025/05/09

Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: ‘what have you done?’ Daniel 4:37 And those who walk in pride, he is able to humble. The book of Daniel also tells us the story of King Nebuchadnezzar II, an extremely powerful King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for conquering Judah, destroying Jerusalem, and exiling many Israelites to Babylon. He was a

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