[My Word] will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11 Accomplishments “So, did you get done what you wanted to accomplish today?” That question can be like nails on a chalkboard. Even the best time managers cannot accurately plan for the distractions in the office, …
July 28, 2020 – Just What I Needed (WELS Devotion)
Trinity Families, Here is your WELS Daily Devotion “That’s just what I needed,” says your buddy after you meet him for happy hour after a long day of work. “It’s exactly what I needed,” exclaims your mother after opening your thoughtful birthday gift. “Just What I Needed,” is not just a hit song from the 1970s, it’s also God’s …
July 27, 2020 – The Word of God Always Works (WELS Devotion)
Dear Trinity Families Here is your WELS Devotion Step one; check. Step two; check. Steps three through five; check, check, check. “Alright, we should be all set. Let’s go flip the circuit breaker back on and see if this ceiling light works.” The moment of truth. A flip of the switch…nothing. “Are you kidding me? I followed all the steps.” …
July 25, 2020 – You Are Invited (WELS Devotion)
Dear Trinity Families Here is Today’s WELS Devotion For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 I lived in Mexico for over two years. Soon after arriving, I attended a Bible study at the Lutheran Church in the city of Monterrey. After the Bible study, …
July 24, 2020 – Rest (WELS Devotion)
[Jesus said] Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 Rest President Abraham Lincoln once described how tired he felt. “Nothing could touch the tired spot within,” he said, “which was all tired.” None of us has ever faced what President Lincoln had to face, of course. Nevertheless, his description …
July 23, 2020 – Personal (WELS Devotion)
Dear Trinity Families, Here is Today’s WELS Devotion What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! Romans 7:24,25 When you hear talk of theology, the word, “personal” probably does not come to mind. Theology often carries the connotation …
July 22, 2020 – Hold Fast (WELS Devotion)
Hold Fast Master and Commander is a movie about a British warship in the early 1800s. In the film, there’s a wordless exchange that takes place between an old seaman and a young recruit whom he has taken under his wing. The ship is going into battle. Men are scurrying everywhere. As they do, the old seaman looks at the young …
July 21, 2020 – By Name (WELS Devotion)
The LORD said to Moses, “. . . I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” Exodus 33:17 By Name In his novel, To the Last Man, Jeff Shaara paints a particular scene something like this: New York, 1919. The Great War is over. Roscoe lingers on the deck of the passenger ship. He watches as the other soldiers …
July 18, 2020 – Raining Down Blessings (WELS Devotion)
Dear Trinity Family, Here is today’s WELS devotion. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not …
July 17, 2020 – Give Me an Undivided Heart
Dear Trinity Family, Here is the today’s WELS daily devotion. Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied …