Archived Devotions
We are continuing our “best of” devotional series this week. We will return with new offerings next Tuesday. In the meantime, this devotion was written in May of 2013 but is a timeless reminder about how we need to handle waiting on an answer from God. To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock,…
Today’s devotion is provided by Lara. For the past 15 years, Lara has worked in high-level governmental communications but has also had a call to ministry, and will be entering Dallas Theological Seminary this fall. She met Pearls of Promise Founder Lisa Burkhardt Worley when they worked together in public relations at San Antonio…
Are you one of those people who doesn’t sit still until you collapse in exhaustion late at night? “When I was four years old I remember my grandmother asking me, “Lisa, can’t you just stand still for a minute?” I was active then and I am still active now. For me, being still is…
“Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.” The story of Gideon is one of transforming insecurity to security. It is about overcoming weaknesses. It is about believing what God says…
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten.” (Joel 2:25) Joel 2:25 is a verse about God’s restoration. This passage is referring to the future restoration of Israel, but it also applies to us, because we can claim God’s restoring power in our own lives when we surrender all to him. I…