Posts by GSUMC Devotional (Page 9)
Daily Devotional: December 28th, 2019
Less Stress Stress can cause a ton of issues in our lives, within our family, our work, and our relationship with God. As we let stress overcome our lives it becomes the central focus for us. How do you get yourself out of the throws of stress and leverage your relationship with God to carry the weight of that stress? Why do the nations conspireand the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth rise upand the rulers band togetheragainst the Lord and against…
Daily Devotional: December 27th, 2019
Trust in God And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.” Hebrews 2:13 In whom do we trust? As a church we must not trust in ourselves, not in the building on New Shackle Island Road, not in the United Methodist Church, but in the Lord. We must put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ. He is the only one worthy of our trust.…
Daily Devotional: December 26th, 2019
God’s Will Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 How can we as a church find God’s will? We must depend on the Lord with all our hearts to find His will. As we look to the future as a church, let us pray and wait for His answers. It is only through prayer and meditation that we can know what is from the Lord and what is from our…
Daily Devotional: December 25th, 2019
Christmas Day is Here And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the…
Daily Devotional: December 24th, 2019
The Stillness of The Eve It’s Christmas Eve, as we are anxiously awaiting the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. There is a certain palpable excitement or energy in the stillness of Christmas Eve. As Christians the gift that we received on Christmas day should be something that we approach each year with a childlike spirit of waiting for the gifts that Santa. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the…
Daily Devotional: December 23rd, 2019
God’s Will Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 How can we as a church find God’s will? We must depend on the Lord with all our hearts to find His will. As we look to the future as a church, let us pray and wait for His answers. It is only through prayer and meditation that we can know what is from the Lord and what is from our…
Daily Devotional: December 22nd, 2019
Love All Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two…
Daily Devotional: December 21st, 2019
The Shortest Day 9 hours, 41 minutes, and 9 seconds. If you live in Hendersonville, TN this is how much daylight you will actually get today. In perspective, on June 20th, 2020, the longest day of the year, you will have 14 hours, 38 minutes, and 15 seconds, that’s 4 hours, 57 minutes, 06 seconds difference. Devotionals on the longest night typically focus on Blue Christmas, centered around the hope and healing of those who for this season rather than…
Daily Devotional: December 20th, 2019
Depending On God We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Ask yourself, am I growing in faith and in love for my brothers and sisters in the Lord? Paul explains in 2 Thessalonians that these Christians were going through many trials. He writes to them that he is so encouraged…
Daily Devotional: December 19th, 2019
Finding Rest We’re less than a week away from Christmas and everyone is in need of a break. With all the hustle and bustle of the season how do we find the time for rest? Finding time to relax in the holiday season can help you recenter and refocus on the birth of Jesus. There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let…
Daily Devotional: December 18th, 2019
Blue Christmas And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. John 14:16-17 As we prepare for our Blue Christmas Service tonight, we should all take time to reflect on those who are in need of some hope or are…
Daily Devotional: December 17th, 2019
Shedding Tears When I think of the times that I have lost someone or something, most often it makes the tears roll down my cheeks. In public places we try so hard to hide them so that no one can see but in private we let them run like a river that we think will never stop. Tears are nothing to be ashamed of. Most of the time we feel relief and some healing after a good cry. They represent…
