Focus on Faith Weekly Devotional

“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or sister is without…

As sometimes happens, I was struggling with what to write about on this date, as we write our devotionals 4 – 6 weeks in advance.   I looked at the…

In my last devotional, we looked at the creation story in Genesis 1-2 where God creates the physical universe according to an unseen natural order, then shift gears and creates…

Be joyful always; pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.  I Thess. 5:16-18 Can you recall a time when you…

Psalm 3:3-4 – But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the Lord, and he answers me…

Oh, how grateful I am to live in a place of four seasons. Today, after the shock of cold freezing rain in May, I was thinking that there are days…

My understanding of the Bible is it is all about relationships: God’ relationship with creation, God’s relationship with human beings, and human beings’ relationship with each other.  During my recent…

Two months ago, I wrote a devotional about the trials we all must at times face, couched in phrases like “fiery ordeals” and “crucifixions of the heart.” I was primarily…

I wrote on this subject once before, but circumstances justify a repeat.  We, First Presbyterian Church of Battle Creek, Michigan, are welcoming a new Teaching Elder.  We may call him…

Isaiah 58: 6-8 “Is not this the fast that I choose:           to loose the bonds of injustice,           to undo the thongs of the yoke,      to let the oppressed go free,…