ST. STEPHEN’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
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Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. “Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.” Then Jesus said, “Did…
Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out. John 11:43,44 The Voice Daily Devotion – March 31, 2023 Devotion based on John 11:43,44 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20230331dev.mp3 See series: Devotions It is only a matter of time before you will find yourself standing next to the grave of a Christian you love…
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25,26 Confrontation Daily Devotion – March 30, 2023 Devotion based on John 11:25,26 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20230330dev.mp3 See series: Devotions…
The creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. Romans 8:19 Expectation Daily Devotion – March 29, 2023 Devotion based on Romans 8:19 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20230329dev.mp3 See series: Devotions For years, the last word in telescopes was the Hubble Space Telescope, orbiting the earth at about 340 miles. But no more. The…
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18 Comparison Daily Devotion – March 28, 2023 Devotion based on Romans 8:18 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20230328dev.mp3 See series: Devotions This devotion is for those among us who, in this moment, are suffering. Your suffering may be from…
“Everything is all right,” she said. 2 Kings 4:26 All Right Daily Devotion – March 27, 2023 Devotion based on 2 Kings 4:26 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20230327dev.mp3 See series: Devotions The painting depicts a scene of utter disaster. A family’s home has burned to the ground. All that remains is the chimney. Near the front of the picture…
You did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. Romans 8:15 No More Slavery to Fear Daily Devotion – March 26, 2023 Devotion based on Romans 8:15 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20230326dev.mp3 See series: Devotions An Oscar-winning film, “The King’s Speech” is based on the true story…
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”…
“As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” After saying this, he [Jesus] spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it…
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16 Turning Darkness Into Light Daily Devotion – March…
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16 Turning Darkness Into Light Daily Devotion – March…
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. Ephesians 5:13 Becoming a Light Daily Devotion – March 22, 2023 Devotion based on Ephesians 5:13 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20230322dev.mp3 See series: Devotions There is a race that governments, universities, and large corporations have invested millions of dollars to win. The challenge is…
As [Jesus] went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.” John 9:1-3 Not The…
As he [Jesus] went along, he saw a man blind from birth. . . “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. . . Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said,…
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8,9 Inconceivable Love Daily Devotion – March 19, 2023 Devotion based on Isaiah 55:8,9 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20230319dev.mp3 See…
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 The Only Peace That Matters Daily Devotion – March 18, 2023 Devotion based on Romans 5:1 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20230318dev.mp3 See series: Devotions A wealthy man wanted to have a painting that captured the ultimate picture of peace….
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” . . . The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking…
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water . . . Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never…
The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked…
Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” John 4:6,7 He knows our thirst. Daily Devotion – March 14, 2023 Devotion based on…
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