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Good News Daily
I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to periodically write devotionals for the Good News Daily since 2007. These short devotions are a good way to learn Scripture and read the Bible daily. Good News Daily is a published by the Bible Reading Fellowship. The Good News Daily is a bulletin insert for Churches, providing congregations with a daily devotional reflection on Scripture. A different writer each week makes it both relational and enjoyable. The daily Scripture references follow the Daily Office Lectionary, which covers most of the Bible every two years. (from the BRF website) With Bible Reading Fellowship’s permission, I’m sharing the writings I wrote for Good News Daily here.
Used with permission from the BIBLE READING FELLOWSHIP. PO Box 380, Winter Park, FL 32790
I will be posting four weeks of devotionals at a time. This gives you a month’s worth of short devotionals to read daily. Each day is 180 words or less. The devotionals are posted by their original chronological writing. Each week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday. The older writings start at the bottom of each year.
The writing is based on Scripture verses and then there are more verses to read that day at the end of the devotional. I invite you to take a few minutes out of your day to read this devotionals as you dig deeper into God’s Word. I pray that you will be blessed as you spend time with Jesus.
2008
Below you will find the Good News Daily Devotionals that I wrote for The Bible Reading Fellowship in 2008
Saturday
Psalm 90 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. (v.14) For me, Maine is a place filled with memories of joy and peace. I remember experiencing childhood joy as I ate maple and brown sugar oatmeal and...
Friday
Esther 8:1-8, 15-17 Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him. (v.4) Recently, at camp in Maine, we had a huge campfire where many old friends wanted to share their memories. In order to allow each person to talk (and be...
Thursday
Psalm 147 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. (v.8) There’s a story I read about childlike faith in action. A rural town was desperate for rain, so… The ministers of many of the local churches decided to...
Wednesday
Luke 4:1-13 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’” (v.8) “Who am I going to serve today?” As a youngster, that was not among my top five questions for the day. I wasn’t planning on serving anyone. When I was older, I got a job...
Tuesday
Esther 5:1-14 His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows built, seventy-five feet high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go with the king to the dinner and be happy.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had...
Monday
Psalm 80 God, come back! Smile your blessing smile: that will be our salvation. (v.3 MSG) Do you remember in children’s books how pictures of the sun often sported smiley faces? As a child, I imagined that the sun smiled down on me. Whenever it was overcast for a...
Sunday
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.” (v.5 NIV) As a new Christian, I was...
Saturday
Genesis 18:1-16 “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” (v.14a) When I first went for inner healing at the Healing Ministry, I wondered if Jesus could heal all the years of pain and misery in my life. I had so much garbage that I carried on the inside of me; I wasn’t...
Friday
Psalm 40 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. (v.2) When I was young, I used to love rainy days. I would eagerly pull on my bright yellow raincoat and wiggle my feet into the matching...
Thursday
John 5:30-47 “By myself I can do nothing…” (v.30a NIV) About 5 1/2 years ago, the doctors basically told me to either change the way I was living or risk dying. The doctors informed me that I was 100 pounds overweight. I realized that my entire lifestyle had to...
Wednesday
Psalm 119:49-72 When I took a long, careful look at your ways, I got my feet back on the trail you blazed. (v.59 The Message) As a young child, at camp in Maine, I constantly carried a small box of Fruit Loops wherever I went. People could identify me because of the...
Tuesday
John 5:1-18 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” (v.6 NIV) The handicapped man in this Scripture had been waiting to be healed for 38 years. I am 38; he had been waiting...
Monday
Hebrews 8:1-13 By coming up with a new plan, a new covenant between God and his people, God put the old plan on the shelf. And there it stays, gathering dust. (v.13 The Message) Before I got saved, my plans ruled my life. I called them, my “give me, buy me, get me”...
Sunday
Psalm 63:1-11 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your Name I will lift up my hands. (v.4 NIV) As a child, I remember turning on the radio and having my favorite song come on. The song’s tempo echoed inside of me; my feet began to move to the beat. My whole...
2007
Below you will find the Good News Daily Devotionals that I wrote for The Bible Reading Fellowship in 2007.
Saturday
Psalm 75 We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds. (v.1) Have you ever felt like you were going to burst if you couldn’t tell someone what God has been doing in your life? I often wonder if my friends and...
Friday
Matthew 5:11-16 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”...
Thursday
1 Corinthians 2:14—3:15 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you...
Wednesday
1 Corinthians 2:1-13 But God has revealed it to us by His Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. (v.10) We live in the age of technology. The internet is called the “Super Highway” of information. You can find information about almost...
Tuesday
Matthew 4:12-17 “The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” (v.16) When I was a child, my family went to a camp in Bridgton, Maine, each summer. A majority of the camp had no...
Monday
Psalm 57 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. (v.1) This Scripture reminds of times when I was young and I got scared and hid. As a child I was...
Sunday
1 Kings 19:8-21 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After...
Saturday
John 11:28-44 When he said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” (vv.43-44) When I...
Friday
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-13 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (v.11) This Scripture reminds me of a precious friend of mine. When she was eleven she was diagnosed with...
Thursday
John 10:19-42 “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” (vv.28-30) I read the...
Wednesday
John 10:1-18 He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. (v.3b) Four years ago, Jesus found me in a Dancercize class at the YMCA. My medical report stated that I was borderline diabetic and obese. The doctor informed me that I needed to lose about 100 pounds. I...
Tuesday
Psalm 121 He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you… (vv.3-5a) As a child, did you ever ask a parent to sit by your bed and watch over you so...
Monday
John 9:1-17 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (v.5) When I was a child I would go visit my grandparents on Gibson Island, Maryland. Their house was on a cul-de-sac and was surrounded by woods. When it got dark, there were no street lights to chase...
Sunday
Psalm 118 This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (v.24 NIV) I have a confession to make. I have never been a morning person. This semester I am completing my internship for my Social Work degree. I have to get up at 5:00 a.m. so I can be...