Devotional

The daily devotional published Monday-Friday by Medford UMC. Click on the devotional title to read that day’s post.

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Thu Oct 30-Looking Toward the Future

I can only imagine how Moses must have felt as he gazed out over the land God had promised his ancestors generations earlier, the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey, and then being told that he would not cross over into it.

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Wed Oct 29-Work In Progress

Several years ago, six mature maple trees in front of our neighbor’s home were being destroyed by a fungal disease that was killing the crown of the tree. In order to save them, the arborist cut all of the branches off the tops of the trees, leaving just some bare, main branches. It was painful to look at,

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Tue Oct 28-The Prayer Sandwich

The first message I shared very early in my ministry was for the Chatham United Methodist Women. I still remember it vividly. At that point in the earliest days of my career I often felt lost and overwhelmed. I was just starting my Masters degree program at Drew Theological School,

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Tue Oct 21-VIP

This is one of those passages that’s liable to be misinterpreted – not because it’s message isn’t clear, noble or good, but because many of us in the church struggle with our own self-perception.

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Wed Oct 16-Self-Control

We often think of the fruit of the Spirit as a list of beautiful qualities to pursue, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and gentleness. But the final one, self-control, may be the most empowering of them all, because it enables us to live out the others.

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Wed Oct 15-Out of Control

What a great image the writer of this wisdom saying paints for us! The life of a person without self control lies in ruins. Imagine living during the time when Jerusalem was under attack by enemy armies. The people sought safety and protection behind the strong, fortified walls
built by King Solomon.

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