Daily Devotional

January: Created to Add Value Day 29 — 29 January The Fragrance You Leave Behind “Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, your name is ointment poured forth; therefore the virgins love you.” — Song of Solomon 1:3 (NKJV) I was sitting in a coffee shop last autumn, waiting for a friend who was

January: Created to Add Value Day 28 — 28 January The Vision That Outlasts the Waiting “And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak,

January: Created to Add Value Day 27 — 27 January Come, Let Us Rebuild “Then I said to them, ‘You see the bad situation we are in, that Jerusalem is desolate and its gates burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a reproach.’ And

January: Created to Add Value Day 26 — 26 January Fan the Flame Before It Fades “For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love

January: Created to Add Value Day 25 — 25 January What Does God Actually Require? “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” — Micah 6:8 (NKJV) …because somewhere along the way,

January: Created to Add Value Day 24 — 24 January The Words Jesus Never Wrote Down “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” — Acts 20:35

January: Created to Add Value Day 23 — 23 January Bread on the Water “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” — Ecclesiastes 11:1 (KJV) In the ancient maritime trading world of the Near East, merchants would load their goods onto ships and send them across the Mediterranean

January: Created to Add Value Day 22 — 22 January The Posture That Changes the Room “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.” — Philippians

January: Created to Add Value Day 21 — 21 January The Table You Set for Others “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” — Psalm 23:5 (ESV) There is something about eating a meal at a table that has been carefully

January: Created to Add Value Day 20 — 20 January Small Fires, Long Winters “Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely upon his God. Look, all you who kindle a