by Janet Scott | Aug 8, 2026 | Saturday Story Behind the Song
It’s a fact of life that bad things do happen to good people. The challenge is to find the Lord, through the experience, and where He might be leading. Many times, our stubbornness and pride block the leading of the Lord in our lives. A crisis has a way of redirecting...
by Janet Scott | Aug 7, 2026 | Devotionals
Psalm 12: 6-8, The words of the Lord are pure words, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, Refined and purified seven times over. You, O Lord, protect us; Guard us forever from this generation ~ On every side the wicked prowl, As vileness is...
by Janet Scott | Aug 6, 2026 | Devotionals
Nehemiah 4:6, So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. That was actually quite an undertaking for them. They were being hindered on every side to the point that Nehemiah had...
by Janet Scott | Aug 5, 2026 | Devotionals
Luke 18:1-8 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. “In a certain city, there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me...
by Janet Scott | Aug 3, 2026 | Devotionals
Luke 10: 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary, Mary has chosen the good portion which will not be taken away from her.” It is so easy to get so busy that we are missing out on...
by Janet Scott | Aug 2, 2026 | Devotionals
Nehemiah 8:10, Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Ezra and the Levites were...
by Janet Scott | Aug 1, 2026 | Devotionals, Saturday Story Behind the Song
I saw Dr. Al Smith for the first time while attending Tomas Road Bible Institute in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1974. Previous to that time, I never thought about the stories behind the hymns, but after meeting Dr. Al, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Little did I know...
by Janet Scott | Jul 31, 2026 | Devotionals
Lamentations 3:22-23 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Have you ever woke up feeling unsettled and maybe just a little “yuck” because of something from the day before?...
by Janet Scott | Jul 30, 2026 | Devotionals
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. You have a choice, whether it is for your own life or for those around you. Your words make a difference! You can speak life over your own life and those around...
by Janet Scott | Jul 29, 2026 | Devotionals
Hebrews 4:14-16, Since then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God; let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been...
by Janet Scott | Jul 28, 2026 | Devotionals
Psalm 57:1, “Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.” Do you ever feel that your life is somewhat like a weather report: “Today...
by Janet Scott | Jul 27, 2026 | Devotionals
Matthew 11: 28, “Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Have you hustled for so long that you feel like your “hustle” got up and left? There’s just so much these days to be and do, so much to navigate, pressures from every side that...
by Janet Scott | Jul 26, 2026 | Devotionals
Genesis 15:6, Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. God had promised Abram that he would become a mighty nation and that he would have descendants like the dust of the earth, but Abram had no children, so he asked God how that was going...
by Janet Scott | Jul 25, 2026 | Saturday Story Behind the Song
The great evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, and his song leader, Ira Sankey, were holding meetings in the British Isles. On board a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh, Scotland, Mr. Sankey discovered a poem in a newspaper. At the time, Sankey was looking for a shepherd hymn;...
by Janet Scott | Jul 24, 2026 | Devotionals
1 Samuel 16:7, But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” God knows your...
