Eastridge Daily Devotion
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Words from Proverbs
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
Monday, June 30, 2025
Friday, June 27, 2025
Words from Psalm 46
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar & foam & the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 46:2-3
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
What's in a Name?
And they continued daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house . . . Praising God, and having favor with all the people, And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. Acts 2:46-47 KJV
Recently, I attended the funeral service of a friend here at Eastridge Church named John Wolfe. His wife, Catherine, is a member of another denomination so I had only met her a couple of times. My friend, Berna Stading, and I met Catherine when we went to visit John in his home after he was no longer able to attend church services.
John was a very humble elderly gentleman and so friendly that all of us who sat in the same pew with him on Sunday mornings and those sitting in pews nearby became his friends.
The Sunday before his 95th birthday, I brought him a loaf of homemade bread and a few homemade cookies. The next Sunday instead of thanking me he said, “If you ever want to bring some more bread to me, I wouldn’t turn it down.” His comment set the pattern for our friendship.
Berna and I took homemade bread and cookies to his home when we visited him, but since we didn’t really know Catherine, we were never quite sure how our gifts were received.
Catherine didn’t remember us when we greeted her at John’s funeral service, until I mentioned that we were the ones who brought homemade bread to John. “Oh,” she said, “That was the best bread, you’re the ‘bread ladies’!” We were so pleased to learn that our bread and cookies had been a source of Christian caring and joy for both of them.
What’s in a name anyway? Our names are Berna and Judy, but we loved being called the “Bread Ladies”!
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we praise you for bringing such
wonderful friends to us as we worship You. They are just one of the many blessings
you give us. Mostly, we praise and thank
You for Your Son, Jesus the Christ, Our Living Bread. Even though He knows each of us by our names, He
calls us His friends as He forgives us and saves us from our sins. It’s in His holy name we pray. Amen
Judy Welch
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Shepherd Scripture from The Message
God, my shepherd!
I don’t need a
thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
you find me quiet
pools to drink from.
True to your word,
you let me catch
my breath
and send me in the
right direction.
Even when the way goes through
Death Valley,
I’m not afraid
when you walk at
my side.
Your trusty shepherd’s crook
makes me feel
secure.
You serve me a six-course dinner
right in front of
my enemies.
You revive my drooping head;
my cup brims with
blessing.
Your beauty and love chase after me
every day of my
life.
I’m back home in the house of God
for the rest of my
life. Psalm 23
“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep
before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. A hired man is not a real
shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it,
leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf. He’s only in it for
the money. The sheep don’t matter to him. John 10:11-13
God, pick up the pieces.
Put me back
together again.
You are my praise!
Listen to how they talk about me:
“So where’s this
‘Word of God’?
We’d like to see
something happen!”
But it wasn’t my idea to call for Doomsday.
I never wanted
trouble.
You know what I’ve said.
It’s all out in
the open before you. Jeremiah 17:14-16
*all The Message paraphrasing