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10/22/2025

From the Secretary's Desk

This will be my final post to the Family of Christ page.
The story of Family of Christ Lutheran Church which began December 3, 2006 will be writing "The End" Sunday, October 26th, 2025. The Gospel will be preached here and our voices will sing in worship as a congregation for the last time. And since my purpose of these writings are to bring about the hope we have in Jesus Christ, this might be the end of this story, the building, but not the congregation... I will call them the characters. They have a new chapter, that has been written for each and every one of them. We as the characters need to remember it isn't a building that makes a
"church", it is those of us who know who Jesus is, believes who He is and what He did for us and can do our best be His word. So for those of us who have found a new congregation for their story, continue to be His word and be a blessing to that new family in whatever capacity God calls you. For those who may have to look a bit longer to find a new "chapter", don't be discouraged. God may be using you to be his hands and feet. You may be the only Bible a person ever reads by what you share in your thoughts, the words you speak and by your deeds. So with that, let's not let the sadness that we will carry for a while steal the joy we will have in finding out what the Author of Life has for all of us as we go and make new memories.

Blessings

Philippians 1:6

6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

10/16/2025

Daily Devotions
Bugging God
October 16, 2025
injustice, justice

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Luke 18:1-8 – And He [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God give justice to His elect, who cry to Him day and night? Will He delay long over them? I tell you, He will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”

It always amuses me to see how humble God is. He doesn’t have any problem comparing Himself to a thief in the night, or in this case, an unjust judge. This judge has one problem—a widow who just won’t quit bugging him.

She hasn’t got any power. She hasn’t got any money. All she has is a pair of feet and a voice—which she uses, day after day, to confront the judge and say, “When are you going to get my case on the docket?” Because she knows that her case is just, if only the judge will hear it!

We are also people without power—or money, either. What we have are a pair of knees—well, some of us!—and a voice, just like the widow. And so we, too, can bug the relevant authority—in our case, that’s God. “Give us justice!” we cry to Him. “See the evil that is going on around me, and stop it!” This is what Jesus is recommending to us—that we keep bugging God, day in and day out. Because if even a wicked judge can be worn down by those tactics, how much more likely is the good and compassionate God to listen to us?

So here we have it—the incarnate Son of God recommending to us the best way of getting God to give us justice. Who should know His Father better? And so He tells us freely what to do—and that’s no surprise, because our one God—the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—wants us to ask for justice, commands us to pray for the people around us. As Christians, it is our job to see what’s wrong and pray about it.

When we do this, we are imitating Jesus Himself—for He saw our terrible state when we were still trapped by evil, spiritually dead—and He did something about it. He didn’t ignore us! He came to us to be our Savior. He lay down His life on the cross in order to save us—yes, and rose from the dead three days later. This is how He intervened for us when we were in trouble. And now He intervenes for other people in trouble through us, through our prayers.

WE PRAY: Dear Father, You see the state of my country and my world. Have mercy on us, and put an end to the evils and injustices You know better than I do. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Kari Vo.

Reflection Questions

What specific injustice is weighing heavy on your heart right now?
Take a moment to pray about it.
Is there anything you could do to start making things better, with God’s help?
Today's Readings:

Zephaniah 1-3
Acts 24

10/15/2025

Daily Devotions
The Value of the Bible
October 15, 2025
Bible, truth

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 – But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

I’m incredibly grateful that I was given a Bible when I was a child. My family rarely went to church, and I was about as close to a complete pagan as you can get in modern America; but I was a bookworm, and the temptation of a big, fat book was too much for me. And so I began locking myself in the bathroom at nights to read it in secret. Before I hit the Psalms, I was a believer; and though it took three years before I could be baptized, I knew Jesus and loved Him with all my heart. That gift of a Bible changed my life forever.

Paul knows the power of God’s Word to change hearts and give new life. Even in locked bathrooms, the Holy Spirit can bring the most unlikely people to know their Savior Jesus, who loved them so dearly He lay down His life to bring them back to God. They can learn how He rose from the dead, and how He will raise us, too, just as He promised—every one of us who trusts in Him. If the message is out there, it will find ears—and hearts to believe it.

How about you? Are you exposed to God’s Word regularly? Do you make opportunities for the people you love to hear the Gospel spoken, read, or even through music or video? It’s an incredible gift God has given us, His own words in His own voice, so that we can know the One who loves us most of all—the One who came into our world to rescue us and bring us home to Himself, as His own children. Thank You, Lord!

WE PRAY: Dear Father, thank You for giving us the Bible, and for those who pass on its Gospel message in every way possible. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Kari Vo.

Reflection Questions

Do you have difficulties reading or hearing the Bible? If so, how?
How could you find help with those problems?
What are your favorite bits, and why?
Today's Readings:

2 Chronicles 33-34
Acts 23:16-35

10/14/2025

Daily Devotions
Wrestling with God
October 14, 2025
blessing, pain

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Genesis 32:22a, 23b, 24-30 – The same night he [Jacob] arose and took his [family] and sent them across the stream …. And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”

Jacob is alone and afraid. He is waiting for the coming of his brother Esau tomorrow—the brother he cheated years ago, who might be planning to kill his whole family in revenge.

And then God comes to Jacob in the darkness and wrestles with him. This is probably Jesus in one of His many Old Testament appearances. And He fights with Jacob all night. Why? I don’t know. It might have been mercy. The frame of mind Jacob was in, a good fight would be a blessing. At least it would take his mind off his guilt and fear.

The wrestling goes on all night. Not because Jacob is so strong, though—after all, his adversary manages to put Jacob’s hip out of joint with a single touch. And now Jacob is helpless and can do nothing but cling to the Lord. You can’t fight with a dislocated hip!

But Jacob has always been stubborn. And he says, “I will not let You go unless You bless me.” I’m surprised Jesus didn’t laugh. But He doesn’t. He gives Jacob His blessing—He renames him “Israel,” and says, “You have fought with God and with men and you have won!”

What did Jacob win? A new name, an incredible story, and a limp that would remind him of his fight with God forever. What else? God’s blessing—for Jacob the cheater has learned to cling to God in faith, even on the scariest night of his life. It isn’t Jacob’s strength that will protect his family the next day—it is God who will soften Esau’s heart.

There will probably be nights in your own life where you wrestle with God—nights when you can do nothing but fight and cry out to Him in your fear and pain. It’s okay for us to do this, because when we fight with God, we always lose—but we also win. We win because we end up clinging to the One who is strong enough to save us no matter what—the One who lay down His own life on the cross to rescue us, and who rose from the dead to become our life forever.

WE PRAY: Dear Jesus, when I wrestle with You, You always end up blessing me. Thank You. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Kari Vo.

Reflection Questions:

Do you have any skill with wrestling or the martial arts?
Why does Jacob hang on to God when he’s already lost the fight?
When have you wrestled with God in your own life? Who won? How?

10/13/2025

Daily Devotions
Kept Safe
October 13, 2025
evil, safety

Monday, October 13, 2025

Psalm 121:5-7 – The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life.

Ancient Persian kings were kept safe by a personal guard called the Ten Thousand Immortals. These warriors were not, of course, immortal. But when any were killed, new recruits quickly replaced the fallen, giving the illusion of soldiers that could not die. We do not need a bodyguard of ten thousand to keep us safe from evil. We only need one keeper who is, in fact, immortal. “The Lord is your keeper.” The Lord is our guardian, our personal protector and shield. He is also, according to the psalmist, a shade at our right hand. We may not think too much about being shielded from the sun, but in desert lands, shade is a welcome and life-saving place of safety and rest. Our Lord provides that rest and protection for us.

“The Lord will keep you from all evil.” In the Lord’s Prayer, we ask for God’s help and protection: “Deliver us from evil.” What are the evils that threaten us? So much of the world around us is filled with what is good. We enjoy the gifts of home, family, and friends. We rejoice in the beauty and majesty of God’s creation. Yet we cannot deny that there is evil in the world. Violence and crime, warfare and quarrels stain God’s good creation, and sometimes that evil strikes very close to home. The wicked and worldly darkness that we encounter is an outward expression of spiritual evil. “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith” (1 Peter 5:8b-9a). Just as Jesus resisted the temptations of Satan, we too resist the devil and his evil ways. With the help of the Holy Spirit, we stand firm in faith, kept safe by the Lord, who is our keeper and our shade.

Our Lord keeps us in His care, safe from the evil one, because Jesus, for a time, allowed the powers of darkness and evil to overcome Him. He died on the cross, suffering the penalty of death for our sins and for all of the world’s evil. He was buried in the shadowed darkness of a tomb. Then, on the third day after His death, Jesus rose to life in victory over sin, death, and the devil. We pray in Jesus’ own words, “Deliver us from evil,” knowing that our petition has been answered before we even speak the words. Trusting in our crucified and risen Lord, our keeper and our shade, we can say with the apostle Paul, “The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen” (2 Timothy 4:18).

WE PRAY: Lord, deliver me from evil and keep me in Your care. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Carol Geisler.

Reflection Questions:

Why do we need a keeper and protector in this world?
When was the last time you needed God’s help and safety?
How do we know that Jesus has been victorious over the sin, death, and the devil?
Today's Readings:

Micah 6-7
Acts 22

10/09/2025

Daily Devotions
Conflict and The Peace of Heaven
October 9, 2025
conflict, peace

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Luke 17:11-19 – On the way to Jerusalem He was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When He saw them He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving Him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” And He said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”

I find it interesting that these ten lepers are apparently going around together, even though nine of them are Jews and one is a Samaritan. Apparently their mutual suffering has managed to break down the walls of prejudice that would normally separate them! Which is a good thing.

And together they meet Jesus—who immediately adds a complication by saying, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” Which priests? Because the whole point of the Samaritan-Jewish divide was that the Samaritans had set up a religious establishment of their own, away from Jerusalem—separate priests, separate temple, even a separate form of the Bible!

That must have been a test for the Samaritan man. Should he go with the others to Jerusalem? That would be humbling. It would look like he was admitting that his own people were on the wrong side of that conflict. On the other hand, Jesus is clearly a Jew, and He must mean for them to go to the Jewish priests. What sensible man is going to endanger his own healing by not following directions?

So he goes with the others. And then the whole problem becomes academic, because suddenly, they are healed! The man is overjoyed. He turns back to thank Jesus—never mind that He’s a Jew! Never mind that He’s given him a difficult task! The man is just grateful. And he praises God.

And Jesus, in kindness, says to him, “Rise and go your way.” It looks like he doesn’t have to go to Jerusalem any longer. His faith in Jesus, his willingness to follow—that is enough. He has Jesus, and that is enough. He can go home.

That’s true for us, too, isn’t it? We have Jesus. We may come from many different backgrounds, and many conflicts may cause trouble between us. But Jesus, who suffered and died to make us God’s children—yes, and who rose again, to live forever!—He is enough for us all. Jesus is enough for us, for He is our peace and our life forever.

WE PRAY: Dear Savior, when we are in conflict, keep our eyes on You. You are our Healer. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Kari Vo.

Reflection Questions:

What groups do you belong to? With what other groups are they in conflict?
How does pride get in the way of healing our conflicts?
How can Jesus bring unity and healing to people who are on different sides?
Today's Readings:

Hosea 9-11
Romans 15:14-33

10/08/2025

Daily Devotions
He Remains Faithful
October 8, 2025
forgiving, generous

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

2 Timothy 2:1-13 – You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the Word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us; if we are faithless, He remains faithful—for He cannot deny Himself.

I love the surprise ending of Paul’s poem at the end of this passage. He starts out by saying things we understand and expect: “If we have died with Christ, we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with Him,” and so forth. And all of that makes sense—we are used to a world in which you get what you give, and what you plant is what you harvest.

But then Paul ends his poem with a twist—“If we are faithless, Jesus remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.” Wait a minute! I was expecting him to say, “If we are faithless, Jesus will not keep faith with us”—but that would be wrong, wouldn’t it? Because we do evil, broken sinners that we are. But not Jesus. Even when we betray Him, He remains Himself—faithful, gracious, and ready to forgive.

This is our hope—because Jesus does not answer our evil with evil, the way we deserve. He answers our evil with good. It’s in His nature to be that way toward us—forgiving and generous, even to the ungrateful and untrustworthy. And so He came into our world to become our Savior.

What a wonderful God we have, who gives us life for death, and forgiveness for evil! Through His own suffering and death, He gives us the life that lasts forever. And now that He has risen from the dead, He gives us His Holy Spirit to live within us and to transform us to be more and more like Him—holy, loving, gracious, and merciful. God takes our evil and turns it into His good. Thanks be to God!

WE PRAY: Dear Lord, thank You for Your endless patience and kindness towards me. I want to be with You forever. Keep me as Your own. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Kari Vo.

Reflection Questions:

Do you tend to treat people the same way they treat you, or not?
Why do you act the way you do?
Why does Jesus give us good for evil?
Today's Readings:

Hosea 5-8
Romans 15:1-13

10/07/2025

Daily Devotions
With Us Forever
October 7, 2025
faithful, forever

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Ruth 1:1, 2b-5, 7-8a, 14b, 16-17, 19a – In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. … They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives … They lived there about ten years, and both [sons] died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. … So she set out … to return to the land of Judah. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house.”….And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her …. Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” … So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem.

The beginning of the book of Ruth always moves me because it is so full of sadness. A family of four leaves home looking for a better life in another country; but three of them die there, leaving only an elderly woman, Naomi, with her two childless daughters-in-law. Naomi has lost everything in this country, and she decides to go home again, though she has nothing much to look forward to there, either. And then, much to her surprise, one of her daughters-in-law decides to come with her.

There’s no sensible reason for Ruth to go with Naomi. In Israel she will be the foreigner, not Naomi; and Naomi herself has no guaranteed home or inheritance to go to, only the slim hope of help from relatives. Ruth will have to work hard to support them both; and her chances of a future marriage and children are slim. But she accepts the suffering, because she loves Naomi—and based on what she says to her, she also loves the Lord.

“Your God shall be my God,” she says. And she swears an oath by Him as well. Surely Naomi’s family had already passed on their faith in the Lord to Ruth, and now Ruth is completely unwilling to lose this God or the woman who has taught her about Him. Ruth already reflects God’s love in the way she sacrifices herself for Naomi. Is it any wonder that the Lord chose her to be an ancestor of Jesus?

Ruth’s love is a foreshadowing of His; for Jesus saw us in our trouble and He, too, was completely unwilling to give us up or lose us. He came with us into our broken world and lived among us, caring for us. He sacrificed Himself for us through His suffering and death; and through His resurrection, He gave us new life—life that will last forever, living with Him forever. What could be better than that?

WE PRAY: Dear Jesus, thank You for loving us and staying with us forever. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Kari Vo.

Reflection Questions

Are human beings made to be alone? Why or why not?
Who do you rely on to stay with you and help you?
Why has Jesus promised to be with us forever? (See Matthew 28:20.)
Today's Readings:

Hosea 1-4
Romans 14

10/06/2025

Daily Devotions
Covenant Feast
October 6, 2025
covenant, feast

Monday, October 6, 2025

Psalm 111:4-6 – He has caused His wondrous works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful. He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever. He has shown His people the power of His works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations.

Food often plays an important part in our celebrations. A person celebrating a birthday may hope for a special birthday cake or lunch at a favorite restaurant. Guests are welcomed with a special dinner. We serve holiday treats for Christmas. Family favorites may be prepared for Easter gatherings.

God “caused His wondrous works to be remembered” by the people of Israel. The Lord established annual feasts that, year after year, would remind His people of His mighty works. Through these celebrations, God’s people would remember all that the Lord had done to save them. The Passover feast was a memorial of God’s saving work in setting Israel free from slavery in Egypt. On that night of freedom, the blood of lambs marked the doorposts and lintels of Israelite homes. God passed over the blood-marked homes, sparing the Israelites from death when He destroyed the first-born of Egypt. Lambs were sacrificed each year as part of the Passover feast. Unleavened bread was eaten at the meal, a reminder that the Israelites left Egypt in a hurry, with no time to wait for leavened bread to rise. God said of this great feast: “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast” (Exodus 12:14).

God has given us a memorial feast, a covenant celebration that is a gift of His grace and forgiveness. On the night before He died on the cross, Jesus ate the Passover meal with His disciples. He gave to them and to us a new feast, a new sacred meal that was a memorial of His wondrous works—and so much more than a memorial! Jesus is the Lamb of God who offered up His life as a sacrifice to set us free from slavery to sin. He is the living Lamb who, in the Sacrament of Holy Communion, gives us His body and blood, given and shed for the forgiveness of our sins. Whenever we partake of this holy meal, we “proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes” (1 Corinthians 11:26b). Receiving Jesus’ body and blood for the forgiveness of our sins, we remember His wondrous works and His sacrifice to save us. As the blood of lambs once marked the doors of the Israelites, the blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God, marks our lives. In the sacred meal that we call the Lord’s Supper, our Lord “provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.”

WE PRAY: Jesus, Lamb of God, I receive Your holy Supper with gratitude and praise. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Carol Geisler.

Reflection Questions:

What food(s) does your family traditionally prepare for holiday celebrations?
Why was the Passover a big event for the Israelites?
What did the first Passover in Egypt point to for future generations?
Today's Readings:

Isaiah 65-66
Romans 13

10/02/2025

Daily Devotions
Sitting at God’s Table
October 2, 2025
honor, servant

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Luke 17:1a, 7-10 – And He [Jesus] said to His disciples, … “Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”

This comment of Jesus’ cracks me up. Because it’s absolutely true. No master would invite his servant to dinner at the end of the day. That’s what you do with an honored guest. A servant is a servant, and he eats in the staff room when he’s off duty. When he’s on duty, he does whatever the master needs done, and he doesn’t expect special recognition, like eating at the master’s table!

It sounds like Jesus is stating the obvious—but it’s amazing how many of us secretly expect special recognition from God for doing what is no more than our duty. Oh, we may not say so out loud—we’ve been brought up to have good manners! But isn’t there a bit in the back of your mind that whispers, “You gave more money than anyone else this year … You’ve spent hours painting and cleaning around the church … You’ve taught Sunday school for 30 years. Certainly God must have some special reward for you!”

And then Jesus says this, and all our silly dreams go thunk! on the floor. Because He’s right. No matter what we’ve done, or how heroic we’ve been, we are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty. God is God, and He made us, and we owe Him everything; we can’t possibly do anything wonderful enough to put Him in our debt.

So now that we’re all depressed—

Maybe we can’t earn the honor of eating at God’s table, but we can look forward to it by God’s free Gift! For this is what Jesus says in Luke 12:35a, 36-37: “Stay dressed for action … and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.”

Who is Jesus talking about? He’s talking about us. And what does He want us to do? Nothing more than to be ready and waiting for Him when He comes again. That doesn’t take hard work, it just takes a loving, trusting, hopeful heart. And when He does come, Jesus promises, He Himself will serve us at His own table—because He loves us, and we love Him. Now we are no longer mere servants, but Jesus’ friends and children of God (see John 15:15; 1 John 3:1). Jesus has made us so through His suffering, death, and resurrection. That’s how much He loves us.

WE PRAY: Lord, I love You and I’m waiting for You. Come quickly. Amen.

This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Kari Vo.

Reflection Questions:

Do you want Jesus to come soon? Why or why not?
How do we stay ready for His return?
What do you look forward to about His coming?
Today's Readings:

Isaiah 53-55
Romans 10

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