Grace.
Conviction That Leads to Life
When Jesus told His disciples that the Holy Spirit would come to convict the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment, it hardly sounded like good news. Most of us hear the word conviction and immediately think of guilt, shame, and rejection. That's because so many of our earthly relationships have taught us that when our failures are exposed, love is withdrawn. But the Holy Spirit doesn't work that way. Condemnation points out your sin and pushes you away from Jesus in shame. Conviction points out your sin and draws you toward Jesus for grace, forgiveness, and transformation. Conviction is evidence that God has not given up on you. Like a loving Father, He warns you because He loves you too much to leave you where you are. His goal is never to make you feel worthless but to lead you from death to life.
Covering One Another in Love
God’s Persistent Love
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: Luke 15:11–32Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what y...
Grace for the Journey
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: Ephesians 2:4–10Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both wha...
Grace-Filled Responses
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: Matthew 5:38–42Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what...
Walking in Wisdom
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: Colossians 4:2–6 Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both wh...
God's Love in Our Failures
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: Luke 22:54–62; John 21:15–19 Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentiv...
Grace in Our Weakness
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:7–10Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to bot...
Surrendering Our Expectations
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:7–10Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to bot...
The Depth of God’s Love
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: Romans 5Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you hi...
Freedom Through Grace
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: Galatians 5Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you...
The Relentless Love of the Good Shepherd
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: Luke 15: 1-7Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what yo...
The Exchange of Innocence
Take 2-3 minutes to quiet yourself and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. Reading: Isaiah 53Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you h...
To Identify Us to Christ
Grace has triumphed over the power of sin and shame! As we continue in the series Following Jesus, we see the perfect example of this witnessed in the act of baptism. Let us pray together:Father, thank You for the gift of baptism and for being the God of second chances. Your mercies are new every morning and we are so grateful! God, I ask for You to soften my heart today. If there is an area of my...
Repentance Prepares the Way
This week, we will be exploring the idea of repentance. Today, we are specifically focusing on preparing the way for the Lord through repentance. Let’s start off with prayer so that our hearts can be ready to receive what God wants us to hear today:Dear Jesus, thank You for making the way for us to be in relationship with You through Your death and resurrection. I acknowledge that You are God, and...
Washed and Renewed
Today, we are going to talk about how we were given a gift in our salvation. The gift of the Holy Spirit. Let’s first begin with some prayer.God, thank You for today. Thank You for another day that I get to live out Your plan for my life. Thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit that walks alongside me. I wouldn’t be able to do this life without You, so thank You. Be with me today. Guide my thoug...
It’s Grace that Saves
The wonderful blessing of salvation is something none of us could ever earn by our own doing. God’s grace did this for us! He eternally saves every believer who places their faith in Him. We cannot earn it, but only receive this free gift. Let’s pray….Heavenly Father, thank You for salvation. Thank You for saving a sinner like me. I’m so glad there is nothing I must do to be saved. I only need to ...
A Life Pleasing to God
Today we are looking at Psalm 15 where David asks and answers the question, “Who can be in God’s presence?”. It is an intimidating and scary question to ask, but also encouraging when we know the answer. We are going to look at the topic of what it means to live a life pleasing to God. Let’s start off with prayer.God, I desire and need Your presence. I want to live a life that is pleasing to You, ...
Peace with Others
Sundays at Tree Church Daily are a day to prepare our hearts for what God wants to do in us through corporate worship. We need the Spirit to lead us and show us what He is doing currently and how He wants to move in our life. This involves praying and asking Him to allow us to be aware of His activity in our lives. If you are new to prayer and still trying to understand how God speaks to us, pray...
Faultless
We have been walking through our current series of Following Jesus, and this week we are focusing on the concept of peace with God towards us. Today we will discuss how we can stand faultless in the presence of God.Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your mercy and grace. I ask You to remind me of the freedom I have access to in Your name. Amen.Colossians 1:19-22 (NLT)19 For God in all his fulln...
