Daily Devotionals

A Time for Change: Saturday

"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world." John 16:33 I have told you all this so that you may have...

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A Time for Change: Friday

"And they left their nets at once and followed him." Mark 1:18 If you are a parent, you likely find yourself repeating instructions to your children throughout the day. No doubt, you particularly have to repeat instructio...

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A Time for Change: Thursday

"I will show you how to fish for people!" Mark 1:17 Good news is too good to keep to ourselves. If you are anything like me, when you receive good news, you cannot help but pick up the phone and call all the important peo...

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A Time for Change: Wednesday

"Jesus called out to them, "Come, follow me." Mark 1:17 At Sagebrush, we are committed to being fully devoted followers of Christ. We believe Scripture when it teaches that we cannot have divided allegiance. We are either...

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A Time for Change: Tuesday

"Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!" Mark 1:15 When He began His ministry on earth, Jesus made it clear that everything had changed. His coming signified something new. His coming meant that hope had come. Jes...

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A Time for Change: Monday

"The time promised by God has come at last!" he announced. "The Kingdom of God is near!" Mark 1:15 Imagine how the people of Israel felt, waiting hundreds of years for the coming Messiah. They knew God's promises in Scrip...

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Queen of Hearts Week 2: Saturday

"Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to the Jews near and far, throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes, calling on them to celebrate an annual festival on these two days." Esther 9:20-21 One thing that stands out to me abo...

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Queen of Hearts Week 2: Friday

"Then King Xerxes said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, "I have given Esther the property of Haman, and he has been impaled on a pole because he tried to destroy the Jews. Now go ahead and send a message to the Jews in the king's name, telling them whatever you want,...

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Queen of Hearts Week 2: Thursday

"Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request, I ask that my life and the lives of my people will be spared. For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we...

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Queen of Hearts Week 2: Wednesday

"And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.” Esther 4:16b Have you heard the phrase risk versus reward? From my minimal understanding, this phrase is often used for investors, bu...

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