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06/03/2026

"Saved by God's Promise" is the theme of our devotion for Wednesday, June 3, 2026. It is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries and written by Dr. Kari Vo. Wishing you a wonderful day! Shelley

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the Law but through the righteousness of faith. For if it is the adherents of the Law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. … That is why it depends on faith, in order that [God’s] promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the Law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, and it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations …” [Abraham] did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised. That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in Him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. (Romans 4:13-14, 16-17a, 19-25)

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This is a really technical passage, and hard to understand if you don’t have the context. What is Paul talking about?

He’s trying to explain why human beings can’t save ourselves by keeping God’s Law and living a good life. He’s doing it by talking about the great ancestor of the Jewish people—Abraham, the man God promised to make a “father of many nations,” even though he was childless. Abraham was no idiot; he knew a man 100 years old wasn’t likely to have a child, especially with a wife who was 90. But he also knew that God would keep His promise. And so he was happy. He trusted the promise—and God made it come true.

We, too, trust in God’s promise—not the one about having a baby, but rather the one about Jesus saving us. Because Jesus suffered, died, and rose from the dead for our sake, we know that everyone who trusts in Him has forgiveness, life, and salvation. God has told us so (see John 3:14-17; John 6:28-58; John 20:31; Acts 16:31). Just like Abraham, we trust God’s promise, and we are happy, because God will certainly give us all the good things He has promised us. God is doing all the work—not us. Which is good, because we would certainly make a mess of it, if He left it to us to do!

Dear Father, thank You so much for saving me and giving me life through Jesus, Your Son. Amen.

(written by Dr. Kari Vo)

06/02/2026

Our devotion for Tuesday, June 2, 2026, is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries and written by Dr. Kari Vo. Have a great day! Shelley

[God says:] I will return again to My place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face, and in their distress earnestly seek Me. “Come, let us return to the Lord; for He has torn us, that He may heal us; He has struck us down, and He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live before Him. Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; His going out is sure as the dawn; He will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 5:15-6:3)

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You can hear the frustration in God’s voice. What is He to do with His stubborn people?

He has sent them prophets, and the prophets have not been gentle; God uses words like “hewn” and “slain” to describe how painful their message to God’s people has been. And the people themselves use that kind of language, when they say, “Come, let us return to the Lord; for He has torn us, that He may heal us; He has struck us down, and He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live before Him.”

That sounds painful! And yet, God’s message has succeeded, right? Because look at what else the people are saying! They say, “He has torn us, that He may heal us.” That means God’s whole purpose in tearing them was to heal them in the end. They say, “He will bind us up,” and “He will revive us … He will raise us up, that we may live before Him.” I don’t hear any uncertainty in those words. They are convinced that this God, their own God, whom they deserted, still loves them so much that He will do a miracle and restore them to life and health.

And they’re right. Even though they have deserted the Lord, even though they have gone after other gods and brought the Lord’s discipline upon them—even though they are driving Him nuts!—He still loves them, loves them dearly. He will do all the things that they say. He will heal them, He will raise them. And He will do the same for us.

Because we, too, sometimes fall into sin that we can’t get out of, and we worry what the Lord thinks of us—will He give up on us? Is this the last straw? Have we pushed Him too far?

And God makes it clear: He will take us back and restore us, no matter how far away we’ve been or what we’ve done. Even if we’ve fallen into the same sin a hundred million times, He will patiently and lovingly restore us and raise us from the dead, so that we may live before Him in peace and joy. This is why Jesus came—to bring us home to God, again and again and again, until that final day when He brings us home forever, and sin is nothing but an old, bad memory. He suffered, died, and rose again so that He could make you—you personally—His own forever. He’s not going to give up on you now.

Dear Savior, strengthen my trust in You, especially when I’ve sinned and feel terrible. Amen.

(written by Dr. Kari Vo)

05/31/2026

Welcome to our devotion for Sunday, May 31, 2026. It is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries, written by Dr. Carol Geisler, and based on the hymn, "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name." Wishing you a wonderful and blessed day! Shelley

“Hark! The glad celestial hymn Angel choirs above are raising; Cherubim and seraphim, In unceasing chorus praising, Fill the heav’ns with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy, Lord!

“Lo, the apostles’ holy train Join Thy sacred name to hallow; Prophets swell the glad refrain, And the white-robed martyrs follow, And from morn to set of sun Through the Church the song goes on.”

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Choir concerts may last an hour or two or somewhere in between. Enjoying the experience, we wish the music could go on forever. Before the throne of God, the angelic concert does continue forever. That is one task of the holy angels, the cherubim and seraphim mentioned in our hymn. These heavenly messengers were created to serve God and to offer praise “in unceasing chorus” to their Creator. At times the angel choir was summoned for special performances, as when the heavenly host filled the night with light and praise at Jesus’ birth. The heavenly choir rejoiced in the victory of the risen and exalted Savior: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever” (Revelation 11:15b). Many earthly choir members cannot resist joining in that particular chorus!

The angels are not alone in their unceasing chorus. In heaven they are joined by “the apostles’ holy train,” that is, the noble procession of those who were eyewitnesses for the risen Christ. Also praising the Lord are the prophets, through whom God spoke to His people. Following along are the “white-robed martyrs,” witnesses for Christ who gave their lives for that witness. They “washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” to whom they testified (Revelation 7:14b). All of these continually offer praise, but heaven is not the only place where the unceasing chorus is heard.

All of creation is called to praise its Creator. The sun, moon, and stars, great sea creatures, fire, hail, snow, and wind, beasts and birds are commanded to praise the Lord who created and sustains them (see Psalm 148). We who follow Jesus are by no means left out of the chorus. We are told to sing “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” with thankfulness in our hearts (Colossians 3:16b). On Sunday mornings or at home, with brothers and sisters in Christ or alone, we join the unending hymn. In freedom to worship or suffering under persecution, in health or in illness, the body of Christ on earth joins the church in heaven to praise God. Singing aloud or in the silence of grateful hearts, we worship Jesus, the Lamb who was slain to save us. All eternity will never be enough to give thanks for what He has done for us, so we begin now as through the church the song goes on.

Dear Lord Jesus, accept my grateful praise, now and forever! Amen.

(This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Carol Geisler. It is based on the hymn, “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name,” which is number 940 in the Lutheran Service Book.)

05/30/2026

For Saturday, May 30, 2026, our devotion is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries, and written by Rev. Dr. Dale Meyer. Have a great day! Shelley

[Jesus said] “Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on Him God the Father has set His seal.” Then they said to Him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” (John 6:27-29)

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What is the food that perishes? How much time do we spend chasing after it? Working for perishable items in this life is natural—and necessary—isn’t it? But what is Jesus saying to us here? Does He mean we’ll never feel hungry or thirsty? No. He is telling us there is something more than what we so easily invest ourselves in and which, at the end of the day, is completely temporary, utterly fleeting.

Jesus is inviting us to turn from ourselves and turn to His Words. He is telling us that our quest for happiness will only be satisfied when we look beyond this world to His Word. Remember the Old Testament connection: the feeding of the Israelites foreshadows Jesus, the true Bread come down from heaven. In a similar fulfillment of prophecy, listen to this beautiful passage from Isaiah 55. In these Words, can you hear Jesus inviting you and me to turn to Him?

“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to Me; hear, that your soul may live. … Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon” (Isaiah 55:1-3a, 6-7).

Because of Jesus, God forgives you and me for all the times we have turned to our own way. Jesus was hungry and thirsty upon the cross, but His situation wasn’t grounded in His feelings. “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). Jesus came that you and I might have life, real life. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

Friends, this Spirit-given life is better than anything we could ever find on our own. Our lives are full of things we need to do to support ourselves and our families, but don’t mistake chasing those things for the whole of life itself. There is more. Jesus tells us so, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10b).

Abundant living is found in Jesus—He is the Bread of Life and the One on whom God has set His seal.

Dear Heavenly Father, fix our minds on that which matters most. Fix our minds on Jesus. In His Name we pray. Amen.

(Based on “And the Pursuit of Happiness,” a sermon by Rev. Dr. Dale Meyer, Speaker Emeritus of The Lutheran Hour)

05/29/2026

Our devotion for Friday, May 29, 2026, is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries and written by Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler. Wishing you a wonderful day and great weekend ahead! Shelley

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:2)

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She wasn’t even trying to offer a recommendation. She was just describing it, witnessing to what the book had done for her: “I was so happy it ended the way it did,” she explained. “I just closed the book when I finished it, and cried.”

Usually, when I hear somebody raving about a new book, I’m skeptical, says Rev. Zeigler. I don’t assume it would do the same for me. But in this case, when she described it, I knew right away I wanted to read it, not just because of her enthusiastic testimony, but because I knew the author. I hadn’t read this book, but I had read another book by the same author, so I knew what she had described would be true, not just for her, but true also for me.

The first verse of the Bible announces God as the Author who made everything out of nothing. The second verse describes the initial condition of God’s creation. And it uses an odd pair of words to do so: “formless and void,” or as other translations have it, “waste” and “empty.” Elsewhere in the Bible, these words describe a wasted land (see Deuteronomy 32:10), or an abandoned city (see Isaiah 24:10), or a kingdom in ruins (see Isaiah 34:11). It’s a strange way to describe the unformed earth, waiting for God’s next creative move.

Why put it in these terms?

It may have been for the benefit of the first hearers of Genesis, for people who were living in a wasteland. And some days their lives felt formless and void (see Numbers 20:3-5). Genesis was written to assure them that the God who is with them in the wilderness is the same God who once made an unformed beginning into a joy-filled end. They are dealing with the same Author.

If you are like me, some of your days feel formless and empty. I don’t feel that way all the time, but in the moments I do, I need a witness who knows our Author. Genesis is one such witness. The opening chapter recalls how, out of a formless void, God made everything “very good.”

Jesus, of course, is the greater Witness, God’s most friendly recommendation. But He does more than rave about God’s book. He is the Word who writes the book, the Author become human to rescue us from our formless and empty storylines.

God can do this because He’s not like us. He doesn’t sit alone and wait for inspiration. God writes out of generous abundance. He creates from the already full joy of the eternal story of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (see John 17:24).

For God, the story has no beginning and no end. But He made a beginning so we could share in His joy, so that we could help write new chapters and episodes and spin-offs. That’s part of what it means to be made in God’s image. We are made to relate and create, to collaborate as God’s co-authors, God’s witnesses—a friendly recommendation to a world that needs Him, so that their ending would be in Him, and His joy would be ours, and what has always been true for Him will also become true for us.

Dear Jesus, out of sin and death and cross, You brought resurrection, forgiveness, and life. Thank You for writing me out of the formless void and into Your Father’s “very good.” Amen.

(This Daily Devotion was written by Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler, Speaker for The Lutheran Hour.)

05/28/2026

"Ready or Not, Here You Go!" is the theme of our devotion for Thursday, May 28, 2026. It is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries and written by Dr. Kari Vo. Wishing you a wonderful day! Shelley

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:16-20)

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Dr. Vo writes, It makes me laugh, that second sentence: “And when they saw [Jesus] they worshipped Him, but some doubted.” Apparently there were still disciples who couldn’t believe their eyes, even after forty days of spending time with the risen Jesus! That’s kind of a pity, don’t you think?

I’m sure Jesus knew about their doubts, but it didn’t stop Him from going on to the next thing. Which was sending His people out into the world to spread the story of what Jesus had done to save us all. These followers would go to their own people, the Jews; to their neighbors and sometime-enemies, the Samaritans; and then to “the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8b) to tell every last person in the world what God has done.

And what has He done? He has come Himself into our world as a human being, born among us as one of us, to be our Savior. He came and served and healed and preached and cared about people during the years of His public ministry; and when the time was right, He allowed Himself to be betrayed by a friend, arrested by His own people’s leadership, handed over to foreigners, flogged, mocked, and put to death on a cross. Jesus did all this in order to break the power of death, sin, and evil over us—not just for humanity in general, but for each one of us in particular. It was you He suffered and died for, you He rose from the dead for. He came to make you God’s own dear child, forgiven, blessed, and wanted forever.

Jesus has done it all. And now He gives this free gift of salvation, love, and adoption into God’s family to everyone who trusts in Him. And He sends His people out—even you!—to share that message with others who haven’t heard it yet. He sends us out—even the ones who doubt! Even the ones who haven’t quite got their faith or life straightened out yet. And in some ways, that’s everybody, isn’t it?

Jesus knows our weaknesses, but He won’t have us sit around waiting till we get it right. He says, “I am with you always, to the end of the age.” That’s good enough to compensate for all our weaknesses. Jesus Himself will use us, and work through us, and where we are weak, He is strong. We can ask Him for whatever we need. Understanding? He can give that. Courage and willingness? He can give that, too. The right words? Jesus will provide. We can ask Him to work through us, trusting Him to bring about the results. Because we can’t do it—but He can, and will.

Dear Lord, I’m not much, but I’m Yours. Use me so that others will believe in You. Amen.

(written by Dr. Kari Vo)

05/27/2026

Our devotion for Wednesday, May 27, 2026, is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries and written by Dr. Kari Vo. Have a great day! Shelley

But Peter [said] … “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves know—this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised Him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for Him to be held by it. For David says concerning Him, ‘I saw the Lord always before me, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For You will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let Your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’ Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried …. Being therefore a prophet … he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, [Jesus] has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. For David … himself says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”’ Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” (Acts 2:14a, 22-29a, 30a, 31-34-36)

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What amazes me about this sermon is the man who’s preaching it, writes Dr. Vo. I mean, this is Peter. He’s a fisherman, not a rabbi! But somehow he knows the Scripture well enough to use Psalm 16 and Psalm 110 to explain what God has done to save us through His Son Jesus. He explains how God the Father sent Him into the world to suffer and die for us on a cross, and then raised Him from the dead to live forever—and now, Jesus is at the right hand of God the Father, and has sent us the Holy Spirit to live in us.

I’m not surprised 3,000 people came to faith and were baptized! Clearly, God is working through him. But what about those Bible verses—where did that knowledge come from?

Acts 4:13 clues us in. It says, “Now when they [the elders and rulers of the people] saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.”

It is Jesus who makes the difference in Peter and John. It is Jesus who makes the difference in us, people who have come to faith in Him through the work of the Holy Spirit. It doesn’t matter what we have been in the past. Now we are with Jesus, and the Spirit of God is remaking us to be like Him—teaching us, taking away our fear, and working to save others through us.

Dear Lord, bring me closer to You! Amen.

(written by Dr. Kari Vo)

05/26/2026

"Very Good" is the theme of our devotion for Tuesday, May 26, 2026. It is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries and written by Dr. Kari Vo. Wishing you a wonderful day! Shelley

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good …. And God said, “Let there be … Heaven … And God said, “Let the waters … be gathered together … and let the dry land appear.” … And God saw that it was good. And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation …” And God saw that it was good … And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night …” And God saw that it was good … And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly …” And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them … And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures …” And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness …” And God blessed them … And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. (Genesis 1:1-4a, 6a, 8b, 9, 10b, 14a, 18b, 20a, 21b-22a, 24a, 25b, 26a, 28a, 31a)

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I love the creation story in Genesis for so many reasons, writes Dr. Vo. It starts off right where it should—“In the beginning, God.” Yes! That’s the right place to start, with the One who has always been there and always will be there, the One on whom all creation depends.

So what is He like? When I was a child I knew virtually nothing about Him, until I read Genesis 1. That was my introduction to Him. And what did I see?

Well, given my age and my (then) state of unbelief, probably not much at that time! But what I see now is this.

This is a good God—one who creates good things, and He enjoys them, and He blesses them. This God is wildly creative and He likes variety. But He’s also incredibly organized and He plans for the future—everything from what various creatures will eat, to the way they will tell time.

This is also a God who takes a special interest in the species He gave responsibility to—that is, us, human beings. Speaking within the Trinity, God says, “Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness.” And the first thing He does after that is to bless us.

How I wish it had stayed that way—with God and humanity living in peace and joy together! But of course it did not. People disobeyed God, and brought all kinds of evil into the world—including death.

But this wonderful God did not abandon us. God the Father sent Jesus, God the Son, into the world to rescue us. He became one of us, a human being—and through His suffering, death, and resurrection, broke the power of evil over God’s creation. Now every one of us who trusts in Him is forgiven and at peace with God again. His Holy Spirit lives in us, and is remaking us for His kingdom. What a wonderful God we have!

Dear Lord, thank You for making us and loving us so. Amen.

(written by Dr. Kari Vo)

05/25/2026

Our devotion for Monday, May 25, 2026, is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries and written by Dr. Carol Geisler. Wishing you a great day! Shelley

When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. (Psalm 8:3-5)

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David the psalmist knew what it was to feel small. When the young shepherd boy volunteered to fight the giant Goliath, King Saul pointed out just how small David was: “You are but a youth” (1 Samuel 17:33b). As a shepherd, alone with his flock under the night sky and surrounded by the majesty of God’s creation, David felt small and unnoticed. He is moved to ask His Creator: “What is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him?”

God created human beings in His own image, making them only a little lower in glory and gifts than the heavenly beings, the angels who were also created to serve their Maker. God loved the people He made, crowning them with glory and honor. Then, tempted by the devil, our first parents Adam and Eve rejected the glory and honor that God gave them, choosing instead to disobey God and glorify themselves, as we still do today as we sin against our Creator. Yet God still loved the people He created. He would restore the glory and honor that He alone can give, and He did so through the gift of His own Son.

Jesus, the King of angels, was for a little while made lower than the heavenly beings. For the sake of our salvation, Jesus was made small in the womb of His virgin mother. At His birth the little infant King was wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger. Jesus came to suffer the penalty of death that we deserved for our sins. He was raised from death and exalted to reign at God’s right hand. Jesus was “crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone” (Hebrews 2:9b). Through Jesus Christ, God restores to us the glory and honor that we in our sin had traded away.

Gazing at a field of stars or facing our own “giants” in the form of trials and trouble, we may feel small, but to our Creator and Lord we are never small or insignificant. We are most certainly noticed by God. He knows when even one little sparrow falls to the ground and, as He tells us, we are of more value than sparrows (see Matthew 10:29-31)! By faith we are crowned with the honor and glory of our crucified and risen Savior, a gift of glory that is ours now and forever. We are noticed. More than that, we are loved.

Dear Lord God, when I feel small and unnoticed, help me to remember that You are watching over me with love and care. Amen.

(written by Dr. Carol Geisler)

05/24/2026

Welcome to our devotion for Sunday, May 24, 2026. It is from the Lutheran Hour Ministries, written by Dr. Carol Geisler, and based on the hymn, "Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord." Have a wonderful and blessed day! Shelley

“Come, holy Fire, comfort true, Grant us the will Your work to do And in Your service to abide; Let trials turn us not aside. Lord, by Your pow’r prepare each heart, And to our weakness strength impart That bravely here we may contend, Through life and death to You, our Lord, ascend. Alleluia, alleluia!”

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Shortly before His death, Jesus told His disciples that He was going to return to the Father. Then He added the startling remark that it was to their advantage that He was going away. What did the disciples think when they heard that? How could it possibly be anyone’s advantage to have Jesus go away? Jesus said that He would send “the Helper” to them. Their Helper and Comforter would be the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God who was present at creation (see Genesis 1:2). The Spirit spoke through the prophets and apostles, breathing out the words of Holy Scripture (see 2 Samuel 23:2; 2 Timothy 3:16). Jesus was conceived by the Spirit in the womb of the virgin Mary (see Luke 1:35). The creating, life-giving, Word-breathing Spirit of God was poured out on the disciples on Pentecost.

The Spirit came to guide the disciples into the truth, bringing to memory all that Jesus had taught them and telling them what was still to come. Sent out as witnesses, the disciples proclaimed the good news about their crucified and risen Lord. They announced repentance and forgiveness in Jesus’ Name. As they spoke God’s Word to the world, the Spirit was working, convincing and convicting those who heard that Word about the truth of sin, righteousness, and judgment. At work in the preaching of the Word, the Holy Spirit glorified Jesus as more and more people came to trust in the Lord for salvation.

As eyewitnesses of Jesus’ resurrection, the disciples were persecuted for their testimony about the Lord. They were arrested and ordered to stop teaching about Jesus. After being released from prison, the disciples brought their experience before the Lord in prayer. They did not pray for an end to persecution or for the destruction of their opponents. They asked that the Lord would make them bold witnesses for Jesus. They prayed the Lord would support their testimony with miraculous signs done in Jesus’ Name. In our hymn, we too ask the Spirit, “holy Fire,” to burn within us and make us willing servants of Christ. We pray that our weakness would be turned to strength and that trials and persecution would not turn us away from glorifying Jesus. We ask to stand firm in faith through life and death until we stand in Jesus’ eternal presence. The help of the Holy Spirit is ours for the asking: “Come, holy Fire!”

Dear Holy Spirit, come, and make me a willing witness for my Savior. Amen.

(This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Carol Geisler. It is based on the hymn, “Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord,” which is number 497 in the Lutheran Service Book.)

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