Matthew 10:26-31

Capture a glimpse of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s spirit in three personal stories whose authors share how his biblical ideals and steadfast faith stirred a passion in them. As you read this 3-day devotional, take the time to think about how you can live out the core Scripture-driven values of loving others and seeking mercy in your world today.

How do we trust God? How do we narrow the gap between the way we want to live and the way we act it out? Every one of us faces trials and troubles. None of us are strangers to uncertainty or fear or the kind of opposition that can threaten to overwhelm us. Yet the story does not end there. It never does. God’s arms are wide open to every one of us…

What if the worlds view of success is God’s definition of failure? What defines success in today's culture, and how does this compare to the teachings of the Bible? Dale Partridge examines what it means to be successful in the eyes of God verses cultural expectations.

Pastor Eugene Peterson once told his congregation, “The underlying conviction of the work of the pastor is that the words of Jesus are as true now as when first spoken, and that every named life in this congregation is as important as those twelve named disciples.” This brief devotional is drawn from Peterson’s sermons on the four gospels, where we get a glimpse of Jesus’s earthly life and ministry.