Covington First Assembly of God

10/29/2026

Day 4: The Enemy Is Real, but God Has Not Lost the Field

Reading: Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 and Acts 20:28–31

Devotional: Jesus never promised His followers a conflict-free kingdom. He promised that the enemy would work, that weeds would grow alongside wheat, and that the final judgment belongs to God alone. This is not a reason for despair — it is a reason for sobriety. The owner of the field has not abandoned it. He sees what grows there, He knows what was planted by whose hand, and He has appointed a harvest. Your responsibility is not to uproot everything that concerns you with your own hands. Your responsibility is to remain wheat — rooted, growing, and bearing fruit until the Master returns.

Reflection: Where have you grown discouraged because of the presence of opposition, compromise, or corruption around you? How does the certainty of God's final judgment bring you peace today?

Practical Application: Read Acts 20:28–31 slowly and prayerfully. Ask God to show you one specific way you can guard your heart and the spiritual community around you with greater intentionality this week.

Sermon Replay: https://firstassemblyofgod.subspla.sh/3wy6779

10/28/2026

10/28/2026

Day 3: Guarding Against What Quietly Spreads

Reading: 1 Corinthians 5:6–8 and Galatians 5:7–9

Devotional: A small compromise rarely announces itself as dangerous. It arrives quietly, blends in, and begins its work beneath the surface. Paul understood this well. He did not write to the Corinthians because their sin was obvious to everyone — he wrote because they had grown comfortable with it. What we tolerate, we eventually normalize. What we normalize, we eventually defend. The same hidden quality that makes the gospel's influence so powerful also makes unchecked sin so destructive. Holiness is not the absence of struggle — it is the refusal to make peace with what God has called us to repent of.

Reflection: Is there an attitude, habit, or influence in your life that began small but has quietly shaped your thinking or behavior in ways that do not align with God's Word?

Practical Application: Ask a trusted, spiritually mature believer to speak honestly with you about what they observe in your life. Receive their words with humility and bring what surfaces before God in prayer.

Sermon Replay: https://firstassemblyofgod.subspla.sh/3wy6779

10/27/2026

Day 2: The Hidden Work of God

Reading: Acts 5:34–42

Devotional: Yeast does its most important work out of sight. You cannot watch it move through the dough, yet when the process is complete, everything has been transformed. The early church understood this principle through experience. Persecution did not silence the gospel — it spread it. Closed doors drove believers into new regions. Suffering became the kneading that distributed the message further than comfort ever would have. Gamaliel recognized what the religious leaders refused to admit: if this movement was from God, no human force could stop it. What God places in motion, opposition cannot ultimately contain.

Reflection: Have you ever experienced a season of difficulty that later revealed itself as the very thing God used to spread His work through your life?

Practical Application: Write down one hardship you are currently facing. Pray specifically that God would use that pressure to spread His influence through you into the lives of others around you.

Sermon Replay: https://firstassemblyofgod.subspla.sh/3wy6779

10/26/2026

Day 1: When Small Things Carry Great Weight

Reading: Matthew 13:31–33

Devotional: The kingdom of God does not announce itself with fanfare. It arrives like a seed pressed into ordinary soil, unimpressive to those passing by. Yet God has never measured significance the way the world does. One man, one cross, one resurrection — and history was permanently divided. What appeared foolish to the watching world was the very power of God in motion. If you are in a season where your faithfulness feels invisible and your efforts feel small, do not despair. God is not limited by small beginnings. He specializes in them. Trust the seed He has planted.

Reflection: What small act of faithfulness are you tempted to dismiss as insignificant? How might God be working through it in ways you cannot yet see?

Practical Application: Identify one area of faithful obedience in your life that has not yet produced visible fruit. Commit to continuing in that faithfulness for the next 30 days without demanding a result.

Sermon Replay: https://firstassemblyofgod.subspla.sh/3wy6779

10/25/2026

Do not despise small beginnings. Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed — the smallest of seeds — that grows into something greater than anyone expected. What God plants, He grows. And it all started with one Seed: Jesus Christ.

The same kingdom that began with a handful of disciples now spans the earth. The Gospel works like yeast through dough — quietly, powerfully, and completely. What appears hidden or insignificant to the world is the very power of God at work.

But we are called to more than watching it grow. Guard the truth. Pursue holiness. Stay rooted in the Word. What you allow to spread will eventually shape what you become.

Trust God to grow His kingdom. Guard what He has entrusted to you. Remain faithful until the harvest. Join us this week as we continue studying the parables of Jesus.

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10/25/2026

10/24/2026

We are exactly one week away from our annual Light the Night event! Checkout the flyer and click on the link to register your kiddos early. Registration ensures your kids are entered to win door prizes. We look forward to seeing you!

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10/23/2026

Day 5: The Harvest Is Coming

Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18; John 14:1-3; Matthew 13:47-50; Revelation 22:12

Devotional: The harvest is not a distant hope — it is a certain reality. Just as a farmer who has planted, cultivated, watered, and fertilized his crop can be confident that a harvest will come, the believer can be confident that what God has promised will be fulfilled. Jesus did not leave this earth without purpose — he went to prepare a place for the harvest. The barn is being made ready. The question this parable ultimately asks of every person is a simple and sobering one: when the harvest comes, what will be found in your life? Fruit born of genuine faith, or the empty appearance of religion without root? The harvest will reveal what the growing season has produced.

Reflection Question: If the harvest came today, what would the condition of your life reflect — genuine fruit or outward appearances?

Practical Application: Spend time in honest self-examination today. Ask God to reveal anything in your life that is appearance without substance, and surrender it to him. Let today be a day of genuine recommitment to bearing fruit that lasts.

Sermon Replay: https://firstassemblyofgod.subspla.sh/57k3q33