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Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105) May 11, 2026 Text: Psalm 34:3 “Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!” This morning I was remembering as a child using the magnifying glass. No, not to torture bugs or burn paper with the sunlight, but to make things really BIG and see the details. For example, you could magnify the face of an insect to see…

Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a lamp to my path (Psalm 119:105) May 8, 2026 Text: Romans 8:33-34 “Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.” Recently we examined the verse from Romans 8:1…

Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105) May 7, 2026 Text: Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. This verse from Romans 8:28 is a favorite of many and is also quoted by many. Unfortunately, there is the tendency to think that God just works in all things for my good. We…

Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105) May 6, 2026 Text: Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…” Many Christians struggle with shame as they continue to sin. When we allow our old nature to continue to call the shots, and we sin, we beat ourselves up with thoughts like – “I am such a fool”, or “I am no good”. Moreover,…

Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105) May 5 2026 Text: Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” When Jesus made the statement – For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost., it was made in reference to Zaccheus. Zaccheus was an extremely wealthy tax collector and Jesus went to his house to have dinner. In response,…

Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105) May 4 2026 Text: Matthew 5:44 I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. The most natural thing for us to do is to hate our enemies and love those who are like us. This is not a normal request and it strikes us as odd that Jesus would have this expectation. Why would He have this exception? The answer…

Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105) May 1 2026 Text: Hebrews 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he…

Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path. April 30 2026 Text: John 1:1-3 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” Many years ago, I was part of a Presbytery committee charged with hiring a University Chaplain. His academic…

Daily Light Devotional: You Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105) April 29 2026 Text: Romans 10:9-10 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. In Matthew 5:11 Jesus…

Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105) April 28 2026 Text: John 10:28-30 28 “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.” There has always been this ongoing debate between those who…

Daily Light Devotional: Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105) April 27, 2026 Text: Romans 1:21 “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.” During our honeymoon in 2016, Marilyn and I stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon. And when you stand at the edge,…