Category: Devotionals
These are devotional readings, composed by Grace at Wellington to aid in your reading of scripture and the application of it into your lives.
- Isaiah 7: God With Us
Christmas reminds us that God does act to save and deliver his people, even when times seem desperate. While the initial context of Isaiah…
- Exodus 20:12 – The Fifth Commandment
The Fifth Commandment serves as a bridge between the first four commandments, which deal with obligations to God, and the last five commandments, which…
- Exodus 20:8-11: The Fourth Commandment
In the Fourth Commandment, the importance of rest and worship is highlighted. God positively reminds us to set aside work and to rest -…
- Exodus 20:7: The Third Commandment
While we tend to think the Third Commandment forbids using God’s names as an expletive, the commandment covers more than that. It reminds us…
- Exodus 20:4-6: The Second Commandment
God is not local, and certainly cannot be controlled. He is not to be worshiped as we desire, but instead in the way he…
- Exodus 20:3 – The First Commandment
Idols are much broader than just (literal) religious figures, they are anything which takes the place of God as the highest priority in our…
- Exodus 20:1-21: The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments are laws, yes, but they are so much more. They reveal the standard of morality God requires, and they reveal how…
- Exodus 19:9-25 Preparing for the King
God, the Israelites’ divine King, was coming to visit his people at Sinai. They needed to prepare themselves for his arrival, getting spiritually ready…
- Exodus 19:1-8: God’s People, God’s Presence, God’s Reign
In this passage, God’s people arrive at Mount Sinai, where God will arrive in all his divine glory. There, the God who chose them…
- Working for Christ – Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
Life is fleeting, all is "vanity" says the author of Ecclesiastes. But this is not an excuse to sit back and do nothing. Ash…
- Exodus 7:8-13: Serpents as Signs
In Exodus, God is acting through Moses and Aaron to free his people from slavery in Egypt. In this passage, Moses and Aaron return…
- Exodus 7:1-7 – Stubborn Pharaoh, Softened Moses
In our last devotion, we saw God remind Moses of his nature as a promise-keeping God. In Exodus 7:1-7, God reconfirms to Moses his…
- Exodus 6 – Promise-keeping God
In Exodus 6, we are reminded of how God is trustworthy. God keeps his promises. Responding to the cries of Moses and the Israelites…
- Exodus 5 – Bricks without straw
Moses’ return to Egypt had gone better than he anticipated, as the Elders and God’s people accepted his message and calling. But Pharaoh had…
- Exodus 4:18-31 – Returning to Egypt
In Exodus 4:18-31, we see Moses’ faithful response to God’s call in his return to Egypt to rescue God’s people. But before Moses can…
- Exodus 4:1-17 – Powerful Signs
Despite the powerful signs God gave Moses to perform, he still shows extreme reluctance to return to Egypt. In Exodus 4:1-17, we see God…
- Exodus 3: The Call of Moses
Exodus 3 records the Call of Moses by God, as God appears to Moses at Mount Sinai at the Burning Bush. There Moses encounters…
- Exodus 2: God Remembers His Covenant
In Exodus Chapter 2 we see God's deliverance, of us through Jesus Christ, foreshadowed in the beginning of God’s delivery of his people from…
- Exodus 1:8-22 – Oppression of God’s People
The exploitation and enslavement of people, or opposition to progress and blessing, seems to occur quite often to God’s people. As God blesses his…
- Psalm 46 – Our refuge and strength (Elmir Pereira)
Pastor Elmir Pereira shows us how we can find refuge and sustainment in difficult times through Psalm 46
- Exodus 1:1-7 – According to Plan
The beginning of the book of Exodus makes it very clear that God’s redemptive plan is continuing, and that Exodus continues that story. It…
- Psalm 41 – God’s love for the righteous and the poor
Psalm 41 describes God’s attitude. God loves the poor, and he loves the righteous who love the poor. This psalm, the last in “Book…
- Psalm 40 – My Deliverer Then and Now
Psalm 40 speaks very personally of the support that David received from God in his life. The first part of the psalm rejoices in…
- Psalm 39 – Numbering Our Days
In Psalm 39, King David, perhaps approaching older age, reflects on how short life is. Acknowledging his silent suffering, David speaks out in prayer,…
- Psalm 38 – I Am Sorry For My Sin
Psalm 38 is a song of lament for the suffering caused by sin. The psalmist, David, suffers under God’s discipline for his sins, affecting…
- Psalm 37 – The Fate of the Wicked and the Righteous
We live in a time in the Western World where it appears that the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. The vulnerable and oppressed…
- Psalm 36 – How precious is God’s love
The Bible teaches that fear of God is the true source of wisdom. In Psalm 36, King David picks up this theme and merges…
- Psalm 35 – Asking God to Fight the Battle
Psalm 35 once again cries out in lament at the unjust evils visited on God’s people. But it also encourages us to give thanks…
- Psalm 34 – Taste and See that God is Good
In Psalm 34. David encourages us to see God’s goodness to his people, and respond accordingly by blessing God, fearing God, and trusting God…
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- 1 Samuel 57
- 1 Thessalonians 18
- 2 Samuel 32
- 2 Thessalonians 13
- Baptism 1
- Being Alert 6
- Book 1 43
- Book 2 1
- Book 3 1
- Christmas 6
- Christmas 2
- Easter 1
- Easter 2
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Encouragement 1
- Ephesians 1
- Exodus 69
- Ezra 18
- Haggai 4
- Hebrews 4
- John 16 1
- Judges 36
- Luke 2
- Malachi 8
- Matthew 1
- Matthew – The Kingdom 9
- Nehemiah 18
- Portuguese 1
- Proverbs 3
- Psalm 23 14
- Psalms 1
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- Romans 3
- Ruth 5
- Thematic 2
- Wisdom 1