Posts Categorized: Devotional

Approaching the Throne

Posted November 23, 2020 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Hebrews 4:16 CEB

Finally, let’s draw near to the throne of favor with confidence so that we can receive mercy and find grace when we need help.

Consider

When someone has wronged us, God stands ready to help us deal with our injury in righteous ways. Rather than approach God’s throne, however, we may be inclined to run the other way, away from God and the help we need. Why do we do that?

Perhaps we want to hold onto our anger and righteous indignation a little longer, before God “makes” us forgive. For the time being, the world’s ways may seem more appealing

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Debt Relief

Posted November 16, 2020 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Job 41:11 NLT

[Then the LORD said to Job] “Who has given me anything that I need to pay back? Everything under heaven is mine.”

Consider

Especially in our Western culture, we like to pay our own way. We don’t like accepting gifts if we cannot reciprocate. We establish elaborate scales to balance debt and social obligations, keeping track of who owes what to whom and how much. This policy of social balance can make it difficult for us to accept God’s gift of grace because we cannot pay for it. There is nothing we can offer God that God needs.

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Prayer for Our Country

Posted November 9, 2020 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Psalm 33:12 ESV

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

Consider

In the aftermath of a bitterly contested election season, we remember that we are citizens of God’s kingdom first, and we recommit our allegiance to God’s rule of love, justice, and mercy. We pray together for our nation’s healing and illumination from God’s Word to help us find the best ways forward as a united people.

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Prayer for Election Day

Posted November 2, 2020 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Psalm 47:7-9 NIV

For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted.

Prayer

Most Holy God, my Savior and my King:

With the very breath you give me, I bless your Name. I thank you for the privilege of living in the United States of America. I thank you for your abundant graces and help to America’s people and leaders.

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Abide In Me

Posted October 26, 2020 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

John 15:5, 7-8 NRSV

“I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.…If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”

Consider

Forgiveness is divine fruit from the vine of Christ that we bear in our lives. Such fruit glorifies God because it makes God’s love and mercy visible to those around us.

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