The Morning Devotional
Season 10 | Edition 12
November 4, 2025
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
(James 1:22-24, ESV)
The Morning Devotional
Season 10 | Edition Ten
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a] 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
(James 1:16-18, ESV)
The Morning Devotional
Season 10 | Edition 9
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
(James 1:13-15, ESV)
October 30, 2025
The Morning Devotional
Season 10 | Edition 8
12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
(James 1:12, ESV)
October 29, 2025
The Morning Devotional
Season 10 | Edition 7
10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
(James 1:10-11, ESV)
October 28, 2025
The Morning Devotional
Season 10 | Edition 6
9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,(James 1:6-8, ESV)
Season 10 | Edition 6
The Morning Devotional
Season 10 | Edition 5
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
(James 1:6-8, ESV)
The Morning Devotional
Season 10 | Edition 4
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
(James 1:5, ESV)
Season 10 | Edition 4
The Morning Devotional
Season 10 | Edition 3
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
(James 1:5, ESV)
Starting October 20, 2025, a new Morning Devotional series will begin. The series will focus on the book of James.
Each devotional will be in video format and posted to this website as well as www.theparchment.net (the pastor’s website). Additionally, the videos will be on his YouTube channel.
Read MoreDevotional for June 26, 2025
Reading: Numbers 11 | Galatians 5 | Psalm 124
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The prince of preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, wrote: "Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused." It makes one consider if he was thinking about Psalm 5 when he penned those brief words. Though brief, they say much because there are times in the life of a Christian when the words do not come as accurately as the heart seeks to convey.
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