Diana's Devotional Corner

Psalm 51:12 - Restore to me the joy of your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. It happens to all of us. We encounter a period of several weeks where we have an especially hectic schedule. Things start to fall off of our plates because we’ve got too much...

Hebrews 10:25 (CEB) Don’t stop meeting together with other believers, as some people have gotten into the habit of doing. Instead, encourage each other, especially as you see the day drawing near. Last week, our Sunday School class talked about meeting together in...

"For my ways are not your ways, neither are my thoughts your thoughts, declares the Lord." ... Isaiah 55:8 Disappointment with God ... We learn to anticipate set-backs as a natural part of life.  Parents teach their children that life isn't always fair, and we...

Matthew 23:11 says that "the greatest among you will be your servant".  We are fresh off of Holy Week where we've listened to references and scripture about Jesus washing the feet of the disciples. Jesus makes it clear to Peter and to the others seated at the...

Acts 15 - 36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it...

Acts 15 - 36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it...

Luke 2:41 - 52 tells about the time when 12-year-old Jesus was inadvertently left at the synagogue in Jerusalem by his parents. Talk about a panicked parent moment!  Jesus doesn't seem too bothered by his parents'  departure home without him!  He is...

"He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. He went in and said to them, 'Why all this commotion and wailing? The...

"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."  James 5:16 This is a verse I memorized as a child. I used the King James Version here - the same one given to me as a child to memorize.  This verse will stay with me my whole life!  The...

Good morning!  This past week we had Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.  As a kid growing up, my family's faith practice didn't involve Lent; however, I had a Catholic aunt who gave up ice cream every year during Lent. As a lover of ice cream, my...

They also will answer, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?"  He will reply, "Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me."...

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV January 27 (last Saturday) was Holocaust Remembrance Day. By your ages, most of you have covered the Holocaust in school and know of the atrocities that were...