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Daily Devotional
The Sound Of PerseveranceOctober 6, 2026 - 7:00 am
Taco Soup for the SoulOctober 5, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Night Love Went to WorkOctober 4, 2026 - 7:00 am
Gathered and Growing TogetherOctober 3, 2026 - 7:00 am
When Prayer Goes to WorkOctober 2, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Revival Brewing NearbyOctober 1, 2026 - 7:00 am
What If You Choose Wrong?September 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
Put Me In CoachSeptember 29, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Best Part of a Bad DaySeptember 28, 2026 - 7:00 am
Because Somebody PrayedSeptember 27, 2026 - 7:00 am
HEART OF THE ARTIST
- Because Somebody PrayedSeptember 27, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Secret to Being BlessedSeptember 6, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Hardest HallelujahAugust 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
Meet Me in the ValleyAugust 9, 2026 - 7:00 am
Holding on Through HeartbreakJuly 5, 2026 - 7:00 am
STORIES ABOUT SONGS
Stuck Is Not Your StorySeptember 20, 2026 - 9:30 am
Come As You AreSeptember 13, 2026 - 7:00 am- The Hardest HallelujahAugust 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
The Fight Nobody SeesAugust 23, 2026 - 7:00 am
One Way Through the ChaosJuly 26, 2026 - 7:00 am
Stories About Songs
- Stuck Is Not Your StorySeptember 20, 2026 - 9:30 am
- Come As You AreSeptember 13, 2026 - 7:00 am
- The Hardest HallelujahAugust 30, 2026 - 7:00 am
- The Fight Nobody SeesAugust 23, 2026 - 7:00 am
- One Way Through the ChaosJuly 26, 2026 - 7:00 am
One Kindness, Two Smiles
Brenda Price, Daily DevotionalSometimes the smallest invitations change someone’s whole world.
My little niece proved that to me.
I’m so proud of her. She had been saving for months to buy a bicycle. When she finally bought one, she rode it all around her neighborhood, telling me everything about it. But then she told me she noticed another little girl sitting on her porch almost every evening, just watching her ride by.
So, my niece started waving, smiling, and saying hi. Then one day she stopped and said, “Hey… do you want to ride my bike?”
So cute, right?
Later, my brother found out the little girl’s family simply couldn’t afford one of their own. Just sharing her bike made a huge difference in that little girl’s world.
I love that about children. They just naturally want someone else to feel included. Meanwhile, we adults overthink everything. I know I do.
We want to help, but then the questions start rolling in. Is it safe? Who are they? What if something goes wrong? We can talk ourselves out of kindness before we ever take the first step.
Jesus said we should become like little children. Maybe one reason is this: children understand something we often forget. They’re quick to invite because they’re not busy protecting what they already have.
John tells us that everyone who believes in Jesus is welcomed into God’s family. We’ve been invited in—not because we earned it, but because of His grace. Maybe that’s why generosity isn’t just about giving things away. It’s about helping someone else experience the welcome we’ve already received.
So today, maybe your “bike” isn’t a bike at all. Maybe it’s your time, your table, your encouragement, or simply an invitation. Someone may be sitting on the porch hoping someone notices.
Don’t just ride by.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
Hope in Life’s Riptides
Daily Devotional, Denise PaganoWhen you’re swimming, lifeguards are there for one reason: they see what you can’t.
If there’s danger, they move fast. If someone’s struggling, they jump in.
I’m so thankful that last summer there were lifeguards on the beach when my son got caught in a riptide. He’s a pretty good swimmer, but later he told me he couldn’t catch his breath. Every time he thought he was making progress, the current pulled him under again.
But praise the Lord, an alert lifeguard saw what none of us could and brought him safely back to shore.
And honestly, that’s such a picture of God.
Nahum tells us, “The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in Him.”
There are moments in life when you feel like you’re drowning in stress, heartbreak, loneliness, or regret. Sometimes you don’t even have the strength to ask for help.
But God doesn’t wait for our strength. He draws near in our weakness.
He’s the safe refuge you can run to when life feels stronger than you are. He’s the One who remains good when everything else feels uncertain. He sees the struggle before anybody else notices, and He isn’t standing far away shouting instructions.
He steps into our mess Himself.
The Savior didn’t simply point us toward rescue.
He became our rescue.
So if life feels deep right now, don’t forget who walks on water. Trust Him. Run to Him. The God who is your refuge is already moving toward you.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
Kindness Delivered to Your Door
Bri Dunn, Daily DevotionalSomething that will never, ever go out of style is bringing your neighbors food.
It almost feels like an old-school practice now. You know, borrowing flour or sugar from the neighbors. We’ve kind of moved away from that.
But there’s still something so special about a neighbor or friend saying, “Hey, we have extra. Would y’all like some?”
We have a neighbor we don’t know all that well. Chris has seen him at the gym a few times, and he helped him with a tree last summer.
This past Saturday, he showed up at our house with a box full of fresh, homegrown tomatoes and said, “Hey, we’ve got a whole bunch of tomatoes. Would y’all like some?”
Now, I don’t really eat tomatoes like that, but that wasn’t the point.
They thought about us.
And I just stood there thinking, this is what being a good neighbor looks like.
Paul tells us that the whole law can be summed up in one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Sometimes that love looks like something as simple as sharing what you’ve been given.
Love isn’t usually loud.
Most of the time, it sounds like, “We had extra, and we thought of you.”
That’s what moved me more than the tomatoes ever could. Somebody noticed us. Somebody chose generosity over convenience.
So now I’m going to look up some tomato recipes—not because I’ve suddenly become a tomato person—but because someone else’s kindness made me want to pass that same kindness along.
Grace grows best when it doesn’t stop with us.
Maybe this week, that’s exactly what we should do for our neighbors too.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT