God shows His mercy and compassion on Jonah and on Nineveh (the enemy of Israel). He calls for us to extend His offer of forgiveness and salvation even to those we may consider to be our enemies.

It is 3:00 a.m. and my wife has started to cough.  Just a little dry mouth.  Nothing major.  I get up.  I bring the water. 

Service is easy when you feel like it.  Harder when you do not.  Hardest when the person you are serving is the same one who told you to get your own phone earlier that evening. 

This week's devotion sits with Mark 10:45 ("the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve") and the quiet truth that small obediences are what God uses to change us. 

It is 3:00 a.m.  My wife has started to cough.  She says she does not need water.  After forty years, I know that means she does. 

The best gifts are the ones no one sees us give. In a Sunday morning moment at a breakfast spot, I learned why Paul tied humility to joy and why Jesus told us to give in secret.  Today’s devotion is about some quiet thoughts on the kind of generosity that cannot become a transaction, and the grace we are really passing along when we give.

We've all been there. The moment emotion moved faster than wisdom, and something came out of our mouths that we can't take back. James warned us that the tongue is untamable. But what if that wasn't an excuse? It was a challenge?

Today's devotion digs into the call not just to be polite, but to carry the very character of Christ into every conversation. That's a different standard entirely. And it's hardest to meet in the exact moments we feel most justified in our anger.

There's a space between what you feel and what you say. It's small. It's easy to skip. But that's where grace lives.

What if responsibility isn’t just “being a good person,” but part of God’s quiet formation in you? From sobering words about unintentional sin to the paradox of freedom as Christ’s servant, today's devotion traces how grace doesn’t erase accountability.  It restores it.  Consider what your faith looks like midweek, and what God may be calling you to pick up again with honesty and humility.

What if God meets you in the middle of your consequences.  Not after you've cleaned yourself up, but right there?  Micah 4:10 says He will rescue you there, in exile.  This week's devotion is about the painful path of punishment and the grace of restoration. I think it will meet you where you are. 

What does Jesus actually do when someone society has written off reaches out to Him?  Not what the religious crowd expects. A woman who has been untouchable for twelve years doesn't ask for a sermon or a verdict.  She just reaches.  And Jesus, in one word, undoes twelve years of shame. Today's devotion will challenge you to ask: are you more focused on who belongs or on moving toward the ones trembling at the edge of the crowd?

What was God feeling the moment you were baptized? Not watching from a distance, not tallying your failures — but genuinely, deeply moved. Before Jesus preached a single sermon or performed a single miracle, the Father's voice broke through the heavens with delight. If you've ever quietly wondered whether God merely tolerates you rather than celebrates you, today's devotion will challenge everything you assumed about where you stand with Him.

Jesus said the world would recognize His followers by one unmistakable sign—not knowledge, not tradition, but love. In today's devotion, we are reminded that living out Christ’s love is the clearest testimony of a transformed heart. 

We all have moments in our lives where we are challenged to be something we believe we are not.  Furthermore, we may have moments where we push for individuals to live up to the morals and principles we most value.  Today's devotion is a fresh new look on how we can be Christ-like in shepherding others and ourselves to a better path.