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Day 3 - Tuesday | Daily Devotions | Connect the Testaments | Morning and Evening: Daily Reading | My Utmost for His Highest | Thoughts for the Quiet Hour |

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  June 2: Transformers 2 Chronicles 4:1–6:11; Titus 1:5–9 ; Psalm 92:1–93:5 Some people are like spectators in their faith communities—they simply watch while others interact, serve, and reach out. But Paul’s instructions to Titus about overseers show us that communities need people who will do more than just show up. “For it is necessary for the overseer to be blameless as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain, but hospitable, loving what is good, prudent, just, devout, self-controlled, holding fast to the faithful message according to the teaching” (Titus 1:7–9). Titus was counteracting the harm false teachers had caused in the Cretan community (Titus 1:11). He needed the leaders’ assistance to succeed. At first, Paul describes this type of leader as someone who doesn’t commit certain actions—anger, desire for personal gain, drunkenness, or violence. But Paul also realized that leaders did need t...
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Day 2 - Monday | Daily Devotions | Connect the Testaments | Morning and Evening: Daily Reading | My Utmost for His Highest | Thoughts for the Quiet Hour |

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  June 1 As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you John 20:21 We should never leave our room until we have seen the face of our dear Master, Christ, and have realized that we are being sent forth by Him to do His will, and to finish the work which He has given us to do. He who said to His immediate followers, “As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you,” says as much to each one of us, as the dawn summons us to live another day. We should realize that we are as much sent forth by Him as the angels who “do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.” There is some plan for each day’s work, which He will unfold to us, if only we will look up to Him to do so; some mission to fulfill; some ministry to perform; some lesson patiently to learn, that we may be able to “reach others also.” As to our plans we need not be anxious; because He who sends us forth is responsible to make the plan, according to His infinite wisdom; and to reveal it to us, however dull and s...
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Day 1 - Lord's Day - Sunday | Daily Devotions | Connect the Testaments | Morning and Evening: Daily Reading | My UtMost for His Highest | Thoughts for the Quiet Hour |

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  May 31: Fighting Loneliness 1 Chronicles 28:1–29:2; 2 Timothy 4:9–22 ; Psalm 90:1–17 Loneliness is one of the most disheartening feelings a person can know. Being alone in a time of pain is even worse. Several recent surveys suggest that lonely people—especially teenagers—subtly reach out through their social networks, desperately looking for someone who cares. In a world where anyone can get attention online, we’ve moved away from authentic community. We continue to crave personal interactions—perhaps more so because we have an electronic witness to others' interactions. We, as Christians, should see it as an opportunity to reach out to disenfranchised and lonely people and to show the love of Christ to others. Paul’s second letter to Timothy illustrates how feelings of loneliness are amplified by pain. He makes one of the most candid statements in the Bible: “At my first defense, no one came to my aid, but they all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. But the Lo...
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Day 1 - Lord's Day - Sunday | Daily Devotions | The Church, Personal, and Office Lectionaries |

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Sunday, May 31, 2026 | Pentecost Trinity Sunday Year A Old Testament Genesis 1:1–2:4a Psalm Psalm 8 (UMH 743) New Testament 2 Corinthians 13:11–13 Gospel Matthew 28:16–20  Vanderbilt Divinity Library, United Methodist Revised Common Lectionary (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009). Sunday, May 31, 2026 | Pentecost First Sunday after Pentecost The Holy Trinity Old Testament Isaiah 6:1–8 Psalm Psalm 73 New Testament Romans 11:33–36   Christian Worship One Year Lectionary (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009). Sunday, May 31, 2026 | After Pentecost Holy Trinity Year A First Reading Genesis 1:1–2:4a Psalm Psalm 8 Second Reading 2 Corinthians 13:11–13 Gospel Matthew 28:16–20   Episcopal Church (USA) Revised Common Lectionary (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2016). Sunday, May 31, 2026 | After Pentecost Trinity Sunday Year A Old Testament Genesis 1:1–2:4a Psalm Psalm 8 New Testa...
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