Carry It Home | Worship in Spirit & Truth
Scripture: John 4:23-24 (ESV)
"But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
A courtier can bow at exactly the right moment and say exactly the right words. You still can't tell if she loves the king.
The Elements of Worship | Acts 2:42-47 & Colossians 3:16-17 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's devotions follow up on Sunday's message from Acts 2:42-47 and Colossians 3:16-17, the second study in our series Worship by the Book. Each day looks at a different piece of what God has actually given the church to gather around: the Word, the Table, the prayers, and singing. These aren't decorations added over the centuries, they're the substance of what makes worship worship. Take one devotion each day, read the passage slowly, and sit with the questions that follow.
The God Who Commands Our Worship | Deuteronomy 12:29-32 & Leviticus 10:1-3 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's devotions follow up on Sunday's message from Deuteronomy 12:29-32 and Leviticus 10:1-3, the opening study in our series Worship by the Book. Each day walks through a different passage of Scripture, tracing the same question from a new angle: who has the right to decide how God is worshiped? From Israel poised at the edge of the Promised Land, to the second commandment, to Nadab and Abihu's unauthorized fire, to David's misstep with the ark, to Jesus confronting the Pharisees, these five days aren't meant to be rushed through. Take one each day, read the passage slowly, and sit with the questions that follow.
The Certainty of Eternal Life | 1 John 5:13-21 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's devotional closes out our thirteen-week journey through 1 John, walking alongside the final sermon in our "Walking in the Light" series, "The Certainty of Eternal Life," from 1 John 5:13-21. Over five days, we'll sit with the certainties John gives every believer: certainty of eternal life, confidence in prayer, the call to intercede for one another, three "we know" statements that anchor our faith in God's revealed truth rather than our own feelings, and John's closing charge to guard our hearts from every false god. If you've walked through 1 John with us since early summer, this is the landing point all of it has been building toward. If you're just joining, there's no better place to end than where certainty itself begins.
The Threefold Witness | 1 John 5:6-12 | This Week’s Devotions
This week we dig deeper into 1 John 5:6-12 and the threefold witness John gives us to who Jesus is. Over five days we'll walk through the water and the blood, the testimony of the Spirit, the legal weight of three witnesses in agreement, and the greater testimony of God himself. We'll close the week where John does, with the simple, weighty truth that whoever has the Son has life.
The Visible Evidence of the Invisible God | 1 John 4:7-21 | This Week’s Devotions
Sunday's sermon asked a simple but staggering question: how does an invisible God become known? This week's devotions follow that thread through five days of Scripture. We'll see God declare his own character to Moses, watch Paul ground love in the historical fact of the cross, sit with Philip's request to see the Father, learn how perfect love casts out fear, and land on John's challenge that love for God must show up as love for the brother or sister right in front of us.
Listening to the Voice of Truth | 1 John 4:1-6 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's devotions dig deeper into Sunday's message, "Listening to the Voice of Truth", from 1 John 4:1-6. John tells the church not to believe every spirit but to test them, and he gives a simple way to do it: does the teaching confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh? That test carried real weight in the first century, and it still does now, in a world with more voices competing for our attention than John could have imagined.
The Message from the Beginning | 1 John 3:11-24 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's devotions follow up on Sunday's message from 1 John 3:11-24, where John points believers back to the oldest command there is: love one another. Each day works through a different angle of that call, starting with Cain's warning, moving through what it means to have passed from death to life, and landing on the confidence that belongs to those who love in deed and truth rather than word alone. The readings pair 1 John with passages from across Scripture, Genesis, the Gospels, Romans, Hebrews, to help you see how deep this thread runs. If you missed Sunday's sermon or want to revisit it before diving into this week's devotions, you can watch it here.
Purifying Hope | 1 John 2:28-3:10 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's devotional walks alongside the sermon Purifying Hope from 1 John 2:28–3:10, tracing the thread John lays down across five days: adoption, hope, purification, sin, and the mission of Christ. Day one sits with the wonder of being called children of God, drawing on Romans 8 and Galatians 4 to explore what that adoption actually means. Day two turns to the groaning anticipation of what we will one day be. Day three lands on the hinge of the whole passage, the hope that purifies. Days four and five work through what sin really is and why the Son of God appeared to destroy it. Each day's Scripture reading and reflection questions are meant to be worked through slowly, ideally alongside this week's sermon, which walks through the full passage in more depth. Take your time with the questions below. They're meant to search, not just inform.
Abide in Him | 1 John 2:18-27 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's devotional turns to a passage that names something believers have always had to reckon with: opposition to the truth does not only come from outside the church, it can rise up from within it. John's readers had already watched people walk away from the faith, and he doesn't soften what that departure revealed. But he doesn't leave them there either. He reminds them of what they already possess, the anointing of the Spirit and the truth they were taught from the beginning, and calls them to a single, steady response: abide.
Wrath Turned Aside | 1 John 2:1-6 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's devotions grow out of our sermon on 1 John 2:1-6, Wrath Turned Aside, where we considered two words at the heart of the gospel: advocate and propitiation. Sin rightly deserves the wrath of God, and the question every person must face is where that wrath will land. Over the next five days, we'll trace that question through Scripture, beginning with the holiness and wrath of God, moving through the advocacy and propitiating work of Christ, and ending with what it means to keep his commands and walk as he walked. Each day includes a short reflection and questions meant to help you sit with the text, not just read past it. Watch the sermon first if you haven't already, then work through these devotions at whatever pace lets the truth settle in.
God is Light | 1 John 1:5-10 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's sermon from 1 John 1:5–10 confronts us with a truth we are tempted to soften: God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. That declaration is not background theology — it is the foundation of everything John says about sin, confession, and forgiveness. The five devotions below are designed to help you sit with that passage through the week, drawing on the broader witness of Scripture to deepen what you heard on Sunday. If you missed the sermon or want to revisit it before you begin, you can watch or listen here.
Psalm 7: The Pit We Dig for Ourselves | Psalm Devotional
Psalm 7 is a long prayer, and there was no good place to break it, so we read the whole thing. David begins in trouble again, calling out to God for refuge. This episode of Morning Psalms and Prayers focuses on verses 1 and 2 and verses 14 through 16.
Psalm 6: God Hears Our Weary Prayers | Psalm Devotion
Psalm 6 is the prayer of a worn-out man. David is languishing, and he asks the Lord not to rebuke him in anger or discipline him in wrath. In this episode of Morning Psalms and Prayers, we read the whole psalm and look at verses 1 and 2, verses 6 and 7, and verse 9.
On this side of the cross, we can pray those opening words with a certainty David did not have. Christ bore the wrath we deserved, so we will not face his wrath.
Psalm 5: Take Refuge and Rejoice | Psalm Devotional
Psalm 5 is a morning prayer, and it contains some hard words: God hates all evildoers. In this episode of Morning Psalms and Prayers, we read the whole psalm and spend our time on verses 4 and 5 and verse 11.
It is easy to read those verses and point at the wickedness around us. The devotional asks us to look at our own hearts first. Every day we are sinners, and the evil we see in the world is the same problem we carry. That keeps us from boasting and sends us to repentance.
Psalm 3: Salvation Belongs to the Lord | Psalm Devotional
Psalm 3 is a psalm of David, written as his son Absalom moves to overthrow him. It includes language that can make us uncomfortable, like praying for the teeth of the wicked to be broken, so this episode of Morning Psalms and Prayers starts by setting the scene. David has enemies on every side, and he feels like he is losing.
Psalm 2: Kiss the Son and Take Refuge | Psalm Devotional
Psalm 2 asks a question many of us know by heart: why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? In this episode of Morning Psalms and Prayers, we read the whole psalm and see it as a Messianic song that points past David to Christ, the King God has set on Zion.
Family Foundations | 5 Day Devotional on Genesis 2:4-25
This 5-day devotional is based on our message Family Foundations from Genesis 2:4–25. These readings are designed to help you reflect on God’s design for life, His provision for His people, and the foundation He has established for the family.
Creation or Chaos? | 5 Day Devotional on Genesis 1:1-2:3
This 5-day devotional is based on the message Creation or Chaos? from Genesis 1:1–2:3. In this passage, we see that God is, that He creates by the power of His word, and that His creation is marked by order, not chaos.
These readings are designed to help you reflect on God as Creator, the meaning of being made in His image, and the hope of new creation in Jesus Christ.