The Connection Corner
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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
The Greener Grass Trap
Daily Devotional, Tammi ArenderWhy do we always think the grass is greener on the other side?
It could be a lot of things. But I can’t help thinking about how every time we scroll, social media shouts that everyone else’s life is better than ours. They have more. They travel more. They seem happier.
But pictures don’t tell the whole story.
“They” still have to pay the bills, raise unruly kids, mow the yard, and take the dogs out… or clean up after them when they couldn’t wait. Life is hard, messy, and exhausting sometimes, and every now and then it makes our crazy… crazy.
And sometimes it isn’t even about greener grass. It’s about burnout. You’re worn out, running so hard that every other pasture starts looking better than your own.
That’s why I love Paul’s encouragement in 1 Thessalonians. He tells us to make it our goal to live a quiet life, mind our own business, and faithfully do the work God has given us.
Instead of chasing someone else’s pasture, maybe the better answer is to tend the one God has already entrusted to you.
That’s where gratitude grows.
That’s where peace takes root.
Because the grass isn’t greener where you wander. It’s greener where you’re willing to water.
Invest in your own life’s landscaping, and one day you may be surprised to find your neighbors looking over the fence, wondering how your yard got so green.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
Fireworks Fade, Freedom Lasts
Daily Devotional, Denise PaganoNot long ago, we celebrated my husband Don’s birthday. And if that wasn’t memorable enough, he was born on the 4th of July at 4:44 in the morning. I know… I couldn’t make that up if I tried.
Some people get a birthday cake and a few candles. My husband gets the entire country setting off fireworks. Talk about raising the expectations.
Every year, as his birthday comes and goes, I’m reminded of something. We spend a lot of time celebrating the things that make us feel free: milestones, accomplishments, opportunities, and new beginnings. There’s nothing wrong with that. Many of those things are gifts from God.
But none of them can give us what our hearts need most.
The freedom we need isn’t freedom from a schedule, a burden, or a difficult season. It’s freedom from the separation that exists between us and God because of sin.
The good news is that God didn’t leave us to figure that out on our own.
First Timothy 2:5-6 says, “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people.”
What a powerful reminder.
Jesus didn’t simply point us toward God. He stepped into the gap that stood between us and Him and paid a price that we could never pay.
In a world full of people searching for answers, searching for purpose, and searching for a way to be enough, Scripture reminds us that there is only one Savior and one way to reconciliation with God. His name is Jesus.
As we move through these final weeks of summer and begin looking ahead to a new season, remember this: your hope is not found in what you’ve accomplished, what you’ve overcome, or what you plan to do next. Your hope is found in the One who gave Himself as a ransom for you.
The greatest gift you’ll ever receive isn’t another year, another opportunity, or another fresh start.
It’s Jesus, and He has already made a way for you to come back to God.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
The Power of a Pause
Brenda Price, Daily DevotionalHave you ever responded to someone’s bad attitude and then just felt bad for the words you said?
They say to speak the truth in love. Well… I tried that the other day, and afterward I thought, I definitely spoke the truth, but I didn’t speak it with love.
I had to make amends and apologize.
Looking back, I wish I had paused before I responded because a deep breath can protect a relationship way better than a quick reaction.
Later on, I was reading a devotional called “Responding to Hostility,” and it reminded me that the writers of the New Testament were often encouraging believers who were living in a hostile culture. They were being attacked from every side, yet they weren’t told to answer hostility with more hostility. They were called to keep pursuing peace and not let bitterness take root.
That reminded me that following Jesus means choosing humility over pride, gentleness over harshness, patience over reaction, and making every effort to protect the unity He’s given us. Unity isn’t built by winning arguments; it’s built by extending grace.
The only reason I can offer grace is because I’ve already received it from Jesus. Grace isn’t just something we receive from God. It’s something we reveal because of God.
So today, before you answer that text… before you fire back with the perfect comeback… before you say the thing you’ll wish you could take back…
Take one deep breath.
Then let grace speak first.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT