Words of Hope Weekday Devotions

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Monday, February 28, 2022 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Judithann Anderson. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 95:1-3, 6-7: Come, let us sing to our God; let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before God’s presence with thanksgiving, raising a loud shout with song. For the Most High is our God, the gre...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Friday, February 25, 2022 was written by Staci Orr and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Proverbs 15. 1-4: A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Thursday, February 24, 2022 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Adam Carter.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Ezekiel 36:26: “A new heart will I give you and I will put a new spirit in you; and I will take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”  *Griswold’s article, “Listening with the Ear of the Heart” has a full and of...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Wednesday, February 23, 2022 was written by Jonathon McClellan and is narrated by Liesa Newman. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Proverbs 22:6: Train up a child in the way the child should go; even when the child has grown up and is old there will be no departure from it. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Tuesday, February 22, 2022 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Jay Williams.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from  No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton: “It seems to me that the first responsibility of a person of faith is to make his/her faith really part of their whole life, not by rationalization but by living it.” Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Monday, February 21, 2022 was written by Jonathon McClellan and is narrated by Adrian White. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 1 Corinthians 4:7: When we compare ourselves to others, we are agreeing with the plans of the enemy for our lives. Comparison is the thief of joy and the stretcher of truth. Comparison says “I am ill-equipped for the task at ha...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Friday, February 18, 2022 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Larry Carter.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from the Franciscan Morning Prayer: "God isfull of compassion and mercy, come let us adore God." Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Thursday, February 17, 2022 was written by Donna Jackson and is narrated by Adam Carter.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Hebrews 13:2: Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Wednesday, February 16, 2022 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Judithann Anderson Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Luke 11:46 And he said, “Woe also to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 was written by Rev. Dr. Gary Kindley and is narrated by Jay Williams.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 15:1-3 (The Voice): Eternal One, who is invited to stay in Your dwelling?     Who is granted passage to Your holy mountain? Here is the answer: The one who lives with integrity, does what is right,     and speaks hon...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Monday, February 14, 2022 was written by Dan Peeler and is narrated by Thomas Riggs.   Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 1 Corinthians 16. 20-21 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died. So, you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Friday, February 11, 2022 was written by Jonathon McClellan and is narrated by Liesa Newman. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Hebrews 11:1: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Thursday, February 10, 2022 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from The Rule of St. Benedict:  “Listen carefully….and incline the ear of your heart.”  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Wednesday, February 09, 2022 was written by Carol Anne Sarah and is narrated by Judithann Anderson. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 2 Corinthians 8.9: For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Tuesday, February 08, 2022 was written by Weber Baker and is narrated by Jay Williams. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Thich Nhat Hanh in Living Buddha, Living Christ: The living teaching expressed by the lives of the Buddha and Jesus should always be the models for our practice. The sutras are not the living teachings of the Buddha. To receive the t...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Monday, February 07, 2022 was written by Jan Nunn and is narrated by Adrian White. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Thessalonians 5: 11-13:  Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who adm...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Friday, February 04, 2022 was written and narrated by Thomas Riggs.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Acts 9:26-31: When Paul had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples; and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Thursday, February 03, 2022 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Judithann Anderson.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Luke 19. 1-7: Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Wednesday, February 02, 2022 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Adrian White.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Luke 19:41-44: As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upo...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Tuesday, February 01, 2022 was written by Charlie C. Rose and is narrated by Dana Goodenow. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Romans 12.2: Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Monday, January 31, 2022 was written by Rev. Dr. Neil G. Thomas, Senior Minister of Cathedral of Hope and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 1 Corinthians 2:10-13 (The Message Translation): But you’ve seen and heard it because God by the Spirit has brought it all out into the open before you. The Spirit, not content to fli...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Friday, January 28, 2022 was written by Staci Orr and is narrated by Adam Carter.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Acts 19:1-10: And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And the...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Thursday, January 27, 2022 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Liesa Newman.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Larnelle Harris: Were it not for grace, I can tell you where I’d be– Wandering down some pointless road to nowhere With my salvation up to me. I know how that would go, The battles I would face Forever running but losing this race...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Wednesday, January 26, 2022 was written by Bob Shea and is narrated by Larry Carter.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Luke 4:38-44: And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, an...

Send us Fan Mail The devotion for today, Tuesday, January 25, 2022 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Jay Williams.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 2 Corinthians 7:10 (MSG): “Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regre...