Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Psalm 47:6 Singing Changes Things Let me be honest with you, my Depews Chapel United Methodist Family. I miss singing together! Embracing the songs of faith which have nurtured me all of my adult life, still mightily lifts my Immortal Soul! “Sing praise to god, sing praises,” Psalm 47:6 declares, “sing praises unto our King, sing praises.” Glorying the historic hymns of Christian Faith at…Keep Reading

Luke 1:76-78 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, December 10, 2020 “DAYSPRING” “And thou child (John the Baptist), shall be called the prophet of the Highest: for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his way: to give knowledge of salvation unto the people by the remission of thee sins. Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the DAYSPRING from on high hath visited us.” Luke 1:76-78 “Dayspring,”…Keep Reading

Ephesians 1:18 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, December 7, 2020 “Gift of the BIBLE” When I was growing up and into my more recent years visiting my aunt’s home, the first thing I noticed in her house was the Bible and Bible stand on her coffee table. Never mentioned this to anyone so you can imagine my complete surprise and heart filling moment when my cousin visited. The most precious thing she…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware I Chronicles 16:8-11 Facing the Battles To Come You’ve often heard your Pastor encourage you to keep daily Bible devotional reading in Your Daily Bread. I’ve been strengthened by this powerful devotional since 1976. It’s never failed to lift up my Soul. Never more is it important than now, during our national and international health emergency. Your Daily Bread yields some surprising treasures, such as…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Genesis 8:22 God Among Us Let me share with you one of my favorite Bible verses: “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22 This single verse reminds me that the Grace, Love and Mercy of God is all at once immeasurable, inexhaustible, and inexpressible! Particularly during this bewildering…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware John 14:18 Never Alone With Jesus Christ “I remind myself that God is in control, Sister Pauline Rodgers insists, “and we’re always in His presence.” “I will not leave you comfortless,” Jesus emphatically speaks in John 14:18, “I will come to you.” God in Jesus Christ through God’s Holy Spirit is always with us! To the redeemed in Christ, this Bible teaching is a great…Keep Reading

Pasture Nate Ware Looking Out Over the Pasture. Julie Ware – Praying for Your Flock and Giving God Glory We pray over our Facebook friends everyday. If you are our family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, church congregations, community and past acquaintances . . . You are included in our prayers. A flock is not limited to a congregation. The other night I think I heard God’s humor, when a still small…Keep Reading

Genesis 28:15 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, November 19, 2020 “Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever you go…” Years ago, in South Dakota Pat and I were living in a basement apartment. We were awakened from sleep in the early hours by the sound of a child crying outside our door. We opened the door to find a little boy and his blanket. He was from the upstairs…Keep Reading

John 2:1-11 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, November 18, 2020 “But you have kept the good wine until now” The tale is old, but the lesson is present. It was a conversation between a parson and a soap merchant. The salesman stood in the street and said to the local pastor, “Religion has done little to clean up the citizens in our town. The people are as sinful as ever.” The pastor…Keep Reading

Ecclesiastes 1:4-5 Thoughts for Today, November 17, 2020 “TIME MARCHES ON” The historian Edward Gibbon worked from 1747 to 1787 on his monumental work The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. He listed five reasons for the decline and fall. Gibbon wrote, of course, from the vantage point of history, which was removed by more than a millennium from the events he described. Below is the list: 1. “The…Keep Reading

Romans 5:7-8 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, November 17, 2020 “Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Jesus did not wait until we were ready for his love. He threw it all out there for anyone who would want it….Keep Reading

Psalm 139:14 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, November 16, 2020 “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works;” The doctor held a model of a knee in his hand as he explained how it works. You never know where and when the Holy Spirit is going to tap your heart, but as I listened, I felt like shouting, “What a mighty God we serve!” There…Keep Reading