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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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God’s Mission Has a Church

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/30

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. — Psalm 96:3 As we wrap up our month together, let’s return to our theme passage, Psalm 96. As I read this psalm, I notice something remarkable. It assumes that God is at work at all times in creation and among all the peoples and nations of the world. Sometimes it can be tempting for us to believe that we are responsible to bring God into places where he is not. But the truth is that God is already present wherever we may

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God’s Mission Has Disciples

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/29

The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”— Luke 10:17 Wally was a church member who had a big heart for mission. He and I led a course for several years about the basics of Christian faith, and we saw a lot of good change in people’s lives during that time. I remember thinking sometimes as I drove home, “It doesn’t get any better than this!” It seems that Jesus’ disciples sensed something like that in their own context when he sent them out in

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Sabbath: Peace

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/28

“. . . the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” — Numbers 6:26 Last year, my wife and I completed a 900-kilometer (560-mile) hiking trail that stretches from Niagara Falls to Lake Huron in Canada. It took us about 60 hikes over five summers to finish it. One of the things we noticed whenever we would start a new hike was the immediate sense of peace and calm we felt as we followed a path into the woods. We were soon immersed in the beauty of nature. It was our happy place. Some of

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Intercultural: All Nations

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/27

Before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. — Revelation 7:9 This passage is one of the most powerful pictures of heaven in the Bible. John sees a vast crowd of people from every nation and language, and all are celebrating and worshiping Jesus with all their heart. Everyone is dressed in white robes, waving palm branches, and praising God. What a vision! It seems that John himself is so

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Intercultural: Learning from Mistakes

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/26

I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. — 1 Corinthians 10:33 About 15 years ago my wife and I spent time with a small team in a West African country. One day we enjoyed a meal of rice and chicken served on a large platter. We gathered around the food, and each person took a portion with their hand. I did the same, but then I heard a shout and saw fingers pointing at me! I jumped back in shock, wondering what I had done wrong. Then my hosts burst out laughing

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Intercultural: Reaching Remote Places

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/25

This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. — 2 Corinthians 9:12 The countries of Sudan and South Sudan are among the world’s most difficult places to live in today. Millions of people in these countries have been displaced by civil war, political unrest, and disasters. Yet Jesus continues to be at work. The mission agency I serve provides a training program for pastors and church leaders called

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Intercultural: Following God’s Direction

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/24

After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia. . . . — Acts 16:10 Looking back on my life’s journey, I see a series of doors that God opened and closed to bring me where I am today. Along the way, I experienced not only disappointments but also some great surprises. Though I didn’t always see it at the time, I can see more clearly now how God was guiding me. As you reflect on your life, I wonder if you can see God’s direction in similar ways? We can see God’s

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Intercultural: I Am With You

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/23

“Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” — Matthew 28:20 Many years ago on a mission trip to Central America, I experienced for the first time a culture that was very different from my own. Our team landed at the airport, went through customs, and discovered that our host had not yet arrived to pick us up. In the unfamiliar surroundings we felt alone and anxious. None of us spoke Spanish or knew where we were supposed to go. I remember pacing back and forth in the airport with

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Intercultural: To the Whole World

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/22

All except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. — Acts 8:1 This week let’s focus on another important mission word: intercultural. To be intercultural followers of Jesus means that we engage with people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds to join in God’s mission to the whole world. If we look closely at the early church in the book of Acts, we can see this principle in action. Jesus spent most of his teaching ministry among his own (Jewish) people, but he gave many

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Sabbath: Listen

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/21

Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God. . . . — Deuteronomy 6:4-5 I worked in a grocery store when I was in high school. Back then, the prices of products were on stickers, and a cashier had to key the numbers in. Sometimes the sticker would be missing, and the cashier would call for a price check. It was part of my job to run to the shelf where the product came from and find the price. On busy Saturdays with lots of customers and cashiers, it often happened that

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Holistic: A Beautiful Neighborhood

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/20

The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. (The Message)— John 1:14 On a cool but beautiful fall day, several colleagues and I gathered with Mark, one of our missionaries, in a small house in a struggling neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan. This neighborhood has a history of being overlooked, and signs of decay are all around. Every third property is a vacant lot, and many of the remaining houses are in poor condition. For all of the external signs of stress, though, the

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Holistic: Service Worship

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2025/09/19

“Love the Lord your God with all your . . . strength.” — Mark 12:30 In many Christian traditions like my own, the Sunday worship service is the high point of the week. We gather to bring God our praise, offer our prayers, engage with God’s Word, be nourished by the sacraments, and find renewal in our walk with Jesus. A few years ago a diaconal leader challenged our congregation to think about our Sunday gathering from a different point of view. What if, instead of thinking about our Sunday

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Holistic: Reconciled and Reconciling

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/18

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. — 2 Corinthians 5:18 My wife and I stood silently together, staring up at a small window in the top corner of a large and ominous residential school building. For 140 years this building housed about 150 Indigenous children from a nearby reserve. We had just heard some of the heart-wrenching stories of the children who were forced to live in that school. When they arrived, their hair was

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Holistic: Caring for the Whole Person

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/17

Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. — Hebrews 13:2 Krystal entered our lives many years ago when her life was at rock bottom. With nowhere else to turn, she came to our church, hoping to reconnect with Jesus, who had been a big part of her life when she was younger. As I and a few others began to learn her story, we discovered many layers of brokenness. I was amazed as members of our church embraced

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Holistic: Our Servant-God

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/16

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve. . . .” — Mark 10:45 Last year I took a course with mission leaders from around the world. On the first day, we were asked this question: How would you describe the central, gospel message of the Bible? I spoke up with an answer that reflects my church tradition. A few others chimed in with their answers. After several people had spoken, a classmate from Ethiopia gave an answer that many of us did not expect. She said, “I think the

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Holistic: A Definition in Action

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/15

Jesus went throughout Galilee . . . healing every disease and sickness among the people. — Matthew 4:23 This week let’s reflect on a word we might not hear very often: holistic. In mission work we generally define holistic in terms of people’s whole lives. We minister with our whole lives, and we care about the whole lives of the people we minister with. It’s one thing to think about a definition. It’s a whole other thing to see it in action. That’s what we read about as Matthew 4 describes the

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Sabbath: Contentment

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/14

Like a weaned child I am content.— Psalm 131:2 The actor Jim Carrey once introduced himself at a Golden Globe awards show as a two-time winner of the award. Half-joking, he made a big deal of winning the award twice. Then he said, with a big smile, “When I go to sleep at night . . . I don’t just dream any old dream. No, sir. I dream about being three-time Golden Globe-winning actor Jim Carrey.” Then he paused, looking at the audience of famous actors and celebrities, and declared, “Because then I

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Witness: Noticing God

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/13

My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long. — Psalm 71:15 This week we have reflected on what it means to be a witness to God’s saving work. To be a witness is to simply tell about what you have seen and heard. As Christians, we believe that God is always at work around us, so our role is to bear witness to his presence and goodness. I have an older soccer friend who grew up with a negative view of religion and has often sparred with me about my faith. Several

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Witness: God Speaking Through You

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/12

“At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.”— Matthew 10:19-20 Someone told me recently about an illustration that I used in a sermon several years ago. They said it made a helpful point that they have often shared with their kids through the years. It had to do with the consequences of our actions—if you pick up one end of a stick, you also pick up the other. They said I also used an actual stick to help make

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Witness: Compel Everyone to Join!

Today Daily Devotional ·

2025/09/11

“The master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.’”— Luke 14:23 Let’s return to a parable we looked at last week (Sept. 6). We can reflect on this story through the lens of our call to witness. We are reminded in Jesus’ parable that one of the most compelling pictures of the kingdom of God is that of a great feast. In fact, the Bible closes with a picture of a wedding feast. Jesus will return one day, and everything

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