Naptime Devotionals

This week, I make an announcement, and we chat for a minute on our purpose in being here.

This week, baby Scott interrupts us a lot, and we talk about Jesus, opposition, and being in the world.

This week, we talk about the names of Christ, how darkness does not comprehend light, and the definitions of the words truth and grace.

This week, we talk about joy, and we talk about levels of understanding in the gospel.

This week, we talk about fear, anxiety, and a few of my favorite scriptures from this section, plus how good God is.

This week, we talk about two important questions you should be considering before starting to read the New Testament in 2023!

This week, we talk about Christmas and Jesus, and all things good. *Plus there's a little announcement*

This week, we talk about why the Lord asks us to give our best offerings.

This week, we talk about building our lives, repentance, and New Year's resolutions.

This week, we talk about doom and gloom prophets, their messages of deliverance, and how to reconcile images of our Heavenly Father as one who is "good" as well as one who takes "vengeance upon his adversaries."

This week, we talk about Jonah and the whale, mercy, and I sneeze...a lot.

This week, we talk about the difference between snacking and feasting in the gospel.

This week, we talk about how covenants between the children of Israel (and us) and the Lord are like a marriage, and what to do when there's infidelity.

This week, we talk about the phrase "When in Rome," and how that relates to Daniel.

This week, we talked about the reach of Christ's Atonement and what having a new heart and a new spirit means.

This week, we talk about the difference between the old covenant (Law of Moses) vs the new covenant (The Higher Law Christ brought).

This week, we talk about two super important principles that we find in these chapters: the Lord knowing us before we were even born, and how He will be with us in our journey here.

This week, we dig deep into 3 verses (61:1-3), and talk about what Jesus is offering us.

This week, we talk about Christ, about how God's ways are not man's ways, and how we can find answers to our prayers.

This week, we talk about how to read Isaiah some of my favorite verses about Jesus!

This week, we talk about Jesus.

This week, we talk about logic, Christ, and worthiness vs worth.

This week, we talk about what fear of the Lord means and whether or not the Lord wants us to ask questions.

This week we talk about what followng God means, and (obviously) some psalms.

This week, we talk about Christ.

This week, we talk about receiving all God has for us.

This week, we talk about courage, and if you're on YouTube, you get to stare at my torso the whole time...oops.

This week we talk about opposition.

This week, we talk about kings (like the monarchs) and fear.

This week we discuss whether or not we are alone.

This week, we talk about how the "how" in which God provides for us changes, the widow woman, and different ways God communicates with His children.

This week we talk about David and Solomon, if following our hearts is such a good idea, and how God looks at our choices, past and present.

This week, we talk about how the Lord looketh on the heart, even when man looketh on the outward appearance.

This week we talk about Ruth, Naomi, and Hannah, as well as trials and perspective.

This week, we talk about love, and about how the Savior has prepared a way before us.

This week we talk about the Red Sea vs the Ark Carriers.

This week we talk about worshiping other gods, why it's important to write things down, bread, and what perfect actually means.

*TW: Infertility. This week, we talk about murmuring, how life is fair, and how God is ever on our side.

This week we talked about how we do service and give our offerings, and how we look at the Atonement in relationship to the blood sacrifices of the Old Testament.

This week, we talk about being obedient, the Sabbath, and why idols are not a great idea.

This week, we talked about making sure our inspiration over our stewardships lines up with God's will, how our obedience affects the way God trusts us, and why it's important to look at footnotes.

This week, we talk about how the story of Passover is in similitude of the story of Easter, how God builds line upon line, and some of your (and mine!) favorite parts of the Easter story.

This week, we talk about holding peace, murmuring, and having faith.

This week, we talk about chances, Pharaoh, and plagues.

This week, we talked about things I find funny in the scriptures, Lord of the Rings, doubt, and obedience.

This week we talk about Joseph, God's Eternal perspective, and His power to make all things for our good.

This week, we talk about following the Lord's path for us (no matter how unorthrodox to the world it might seem), how families are human, and how God is with us through the highs and the lows.

This week, we talk about the Abrahamic Covenant, and where God is.

Missed it this morning, I broke a second tooth last night, so here are some thoughts on the Old Testament.

This week, we talk about how God knows us, how He is on our team and is rooting for us, and how sometimes we'll be asked to do really hard things.

This week, we talk about Abraham and Sarah, and the handmaiden Hagar. We also talk about godly sorrow (guilt) v shame, and how to course correct a little bit at a time,