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Weekly Sermon Devotional
5-Day Bible Reading Plan and Devotional Guide Theme: Come to Jesus — Receiving the Kingdom with Open Hands Based on the sermon from Mark 10 and the celebration of child dedication at Free Methodist Church Day 1: The God Who Blesses Reading: Mark 10:13-16 Devotional: Jesus did not simply wave at the children from a distance. He took them in His arms, placed His hands on their heads, and blessed them. This is the God we serve — not aloof,…
Weekly Sermon Devotional
5-Day Bible Reading Plan and Devotional Guide Themes: Identity, Healing, Grace, and the Transforming Power of Christ Day 1: You Are Worth the Cross Reading: Psalm 139:13-16 Devotional: It is easy to measure your worth by your performance, your failures, or the voices that shaped your earliest years. But God measured your worth before you drew your first breath. Psalm 139 declares that you were carefully and intentionally formed, not assembled carelessly, not an afterthought. The cross confirms what creation…
Weekly Sermon Devotional
5-Day Bible Reading Plan and Devotional Guide Why Did Jesus Come? Day 1: The Cry of a Broken World Reading: Isaiah 64:1-8 Devotional: Isaiah’s anguish was not abstract. He looked at his nation, his neighbors, and himself, and saw the same corruption we see today. Wars, broken families, selfishness, and moral confusion are not new. They are the persistent fruit of humanity’s separation from God. Yet Isaiah’s cry, “Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down,” was…
Weekly Sermon Devotional
5-Day Devotional: Journey of Grace Day 1: Salvation by Grace Alone Reading: Ephesians 2:8-9 Devotional: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Salvation is not a destination we earn through religious performance or perfect obedience. It is a gift freely given through Christ’s finished work on the cross. Many of us carry the burden of trying to be “good enough”…