Beauty from Ashes

Beauty from Ashes

by Kala Loptien Penitential Posture You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking this SoundCloud link. To grant those who mourn in Zion, to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of […]

Humility

Humility

By: Elizabeth Haarberg Have Mercy You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking this SoundCloud link. It’s so easy to become defensive when someone is hitting us with comments that hurt, especially if it feels like an attack, insult, diminishing, or questions our decisions. How we respond next will determine our emotional outcome from the […]

Take Up Your Cross

Take Up Your Cross

by Kala Loptien Lord Of My Life You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking this SoundCloud link. “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’” Luke 9:23, ESV I listened to an awesomely-convicting message recently at an all-school […]