Words of Hope Week Day Devotions

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, October 24, 2025 was written by Reed Kirkman and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from 2 Timothy 3:10-15  You, however, have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance. You know the persecutions and sufferings I have endured, and yet the Lord rescued me from them all. In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will face persecution, while evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the sacred scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, October 23, 2025 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Beth Wilson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Folliott S. Pierpoint: “For the beauty of the earth,/for the beauty of the skies,/for the love which from our birth/over and around us lies./Lord of all to thee we raise/this our hymn of grateful praise.”  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Wednesday, October 22, 2025 was written by Jonathon McClellan and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today's Words of Inspiration come from 1 Peter 5.10And the God of all grace, who called you to eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, October 21, 2025 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Jay Williams. Today's Words of Inspiration come from James 5:7-8 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, October 20, 2025 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 119:105O God, "Your word is a lantern to my feet and a light upon my path."  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, October 17, 2025 was written by Dan Peeler and is narrated by Judy Anderson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from 2 Timothy 2. 22-25So, flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting all opponents with gentleness. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, October 16, 2025 was written by Donna Jackson and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today's Words of Inspiration come from James 1:27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Wednesday, October 15, 2025 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Jay Williams. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Matthew 10:5-8These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.  Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.'  Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, October 14, 2025 was written by Weber Baker and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today's Words of Inspiration come from John Shelby Spong in A New Christianity for a New World: "God is not a Christian. God is not a Jew or a Muslim or a Hindu or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems which human beings have created to try to help us walk into the mystery of God.""I experience God as the source of life calling me to live fully, the source of love calling me to love wastefully, and the ground of being calling me to be all that I can be." Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, October 13, 2025 was written by Thomas Riggs and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Acts 26:24-25At this point Festus interrupted Paul's defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is driving you insane.”“I am not insane, most excellent Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable…”  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, October 10, 2025 was written and narrated by Rev. Dr. Gary Kindley.Today's Words of Inspiration come from The words of Jesus in The Gospel of John 13:34 “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.” And The words of the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 4:32: “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.”  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, October 09, 2025 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Elizabeth Gilbert:“All human beings have three lives:  public, private, and secret.”  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, October 07, 2025 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Michael Benham.Today's Words of Inspiration come from Ephesians 4:32Be gentle with one another, sensitive.  Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.    Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, October 06, 2025 was written by Jan Nunn and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 62:5My soul, wait only upon God; for my expectation is from God Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, October 03, 2025 was written by Thomas Riggs and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Colossians 1:9-10:And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. -  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, October 02, 2025 was written by Jonathon McClellan and is narrated by Beth Wilson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 46. 1-3God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Wednesday, October 01, 2025 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Jay Williams. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Matthew 19.11-12 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.  For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.” Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, September 30, 2025 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Judy Anderson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from John Cardinal Newman:Shine through me and be so in me, that every soul with whom I come into contact may feel your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see not me but only you, Jesus, and give you glory.  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, September 29, 2025 was written by Dan Peeler and is narrated by Gordon Markley. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Revelation 3.20“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.” Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, September 26, 2025 was written by Charlie C. Rose and is narrated by Gordon Markley.Today's Words of Inspiration come from 1 Peter 4.10As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, September 25, 2025 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Bishop Allan Bjornberg:“The greatest spiritual practice isn't yoga, praying the hours, or living in intentional poverty, although these are beautiful in their own way. The greatest spiritual practice is just showing up, being present to what is real, to what is actually happening.” Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Wednesday, September 24, 2025 was written by Carole Anne Sarah and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today's Words of Inspiration come from 1 John 4:17, 19, 21 God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.... We love because God first loved us...  The commandment we have is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, September 23, 2025 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Beth Wilson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 from The Message:Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone, I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people: religious, nonreligious, meticulous moralists, loose-living immoralists, the defeated, the demoralized—whoever. I didn't take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ—but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I've become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life. I did all this because of the Message. I didn't just want to talk about it; I wanted to be in on it!   Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, September 22, 2025 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Larry Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 119:111O God, "your decrees are my inheritance forever; truly, they are the joy of my heart."  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, September 19, 2025 was written by Dan Peeler  and is narrated by Judy Anderson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from James 4. 11-12Brothers and sisters do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who can save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor? Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, September 18, 2025 was written by Donna Jackson and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Ephesians 1. 12-14…in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Wednesday, September 17, 2025 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Michael Benham.Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 94: 1-3 Lord, you God of vengeance,    you God of vengeance, shine forth!Rise up, O judge of the earth;    give to the proud what they deserve!O Lord, how long shall the wicked,    how long shall the wicked exult? Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, September 16, 2025 was written by Weber Baker and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today's Words of Inspiration come from ~Old Tassel, Chief of the Tsalagi (Cherokee):"Many proposals have been made to us to adopt your laws, your religion, your manners and your customs. We would be better pleased with beholding the good effects of these doctrines in your own practices, than with hearing you talk about them". Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, September 15, 2025 was written by Thomas Riggs and is narrated by Adrian White. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Genesis 17: 4-5As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.And Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, September 12, 2025 was written by Rev. Dr. Gary Kindley and is narrated by Larry Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from The Revelation of John 21:1-5Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,“See, the home of God is among mortals.God will dwell with them;they will be God's people,and God will be with them and be their God;God will wipe every tear from their eyes.Death will be no more;mourning and crying and pain will be no more,for the first things have passed away.”And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, September 11, 2025 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Beth Wilson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban:Kiss today goodbye,The sweetness and the sorrow.Wish me luck, the same to you.But I can't regretWhat I did for love, what I did for love.Look my eyes are dry.The gift was ours to borrow.It's as if we always knew,And I won't forget what I did for love,What I did for love.Gone,Love is never gone.As we travel on,Love's what we'll remember.Kiss today goodbye,And point me toward tomorrow.We did what we had to do.Won't forget, can't regretWhat I did forLove…. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Wednesday, September 10, 2025 was written by Charlie C. Rose and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 24.1“The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, September 09, 2025 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 139:17-19 from The MessageYour thoughts - how rare, how beautiful! God, I'll never comprehend them! I couldn't even begin to count them - any more than I could count the sand of the sea. Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!  And please, God, do away with wickedness for good! And you murderers - out of here!  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, September 08, 2025 was written by Jan Nunn and is narrated by Judy Anderson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Philippians 4:6-7 …do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, September 05, 2025 was written by Thomas Riggs and is narrated by Larry Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Colossians 4:7-8:Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts. He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here.  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, September 04, 2025 was written by Dan Peeler and is narrated by Beth Wilson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 139. 1-6You have searched me, Lord,    and you know me.2 You know when I sit and when I rise;    you perceive my thoughts from afar.3 You discern my going out and my lying down;    you are familiar with all my ways.4 Before a word is on my tongue    you, Lord, know it completely.5 You surround me, behind and before,    and you lay your hand upon me.6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,    too lofty for me to attain. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Wednesday, September 03, 2025 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Jeremiah 3:1They say, if a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Shall not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, September 02, 2025 was written by Weber Baker  and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Ecclesiastes 9.12-18For no one can anticipate the time of disaster. Like fish taken in a cruel net, and like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed important to me. There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siege works against it. Now there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. So, I said, ‘Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.'The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouting of a ruler among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one bungler destroys much good. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, September 01, 2025 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Adrian White. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 16.1-2Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to God, you are my Lord”. All that I have which is good is provided by you.  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, August 29, 2025 was written by Dan Peeler and is narrated by Adam Carter.Today's Words of Inspiration come from Philippians 5. 1-18:It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, August 28, 2025 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Beth Wilson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 34: 18God is near to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Wednesday, August 27, 2025 was written by Carole Anne Sarah and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Matthew 19:13-15  Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” And he laid his hands on them and went on his way.  Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, August 26, 2025 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today's Words of Inspiration come from the poem Mindful by Mary Oliver:Every day  I see or hear     something        that more or less kills me  with delight,     that leaves me        like a needle in the haystack  of light.     It was what I was born for -        to look, to listen, to lose myself  inside this soft world -     to instruct myself        over and over in joy,  and acclamation.     Nor am I talking        about the exceptional, the fearful, the dreadful,  the very extravagant -     but of the ordinary,        the common, the very drab, the daily presentations.  Oh, good scholar,     I say to myself,        how can you help but grow wise  with such teachings     as these -        the untrimmable light of the world,  the ocean's shine,     the prayers that are made        out of grass? Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, August 25, 2025 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Corrie Ten Boom: "You can be sure if you have to walk on a stony life path, God will provide you with strong shoes." -Corrie Ten Boom Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, August 22, 2025 was written by Jonathon McClellan and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Proverbs 23:5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, August 21, 2025 was written by Dan Peeler and is narrated by Larry Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration come from John 5.3-9In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate at the pool, a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Wednesday, August 20, 2025 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Rev. Dr. Andria Davis. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Isaiah 27: 1On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punishLeviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill thedragon that is in the sea. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Tuesday, August 19, 2025 was written by Weber Baker and is narrated by Jay Williams. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Acts 7: 44-53Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, as God directed when he spoke to Moses, ordering him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.  Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors. And it was there until the time of David, who found favor with God and asked that he might find a dwelling-place for the house of Jacob. But it was Solomon who built a house for him.  Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says,“Heaven is my throne,    and the earth is my footstool.What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,    or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?” ‘You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.  Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.  You are the ones that received the law as ordained by angels, and yet you have not kept it.' Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Monday, August 18, 2025 was written by Thomas Riggs and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Proverbs 4:17-18But the path of the just is like the shining sun,That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.The way of the wicked is like darkness;They do not know what makes them stumble. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Friday, August 15, 2025 was written by Rev. Dr. Gary Kindley, and is narrated by Judy Anderson. Today's Words of Inspiration come from Hebrews 10:39 (NRSVUE)But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost but among those who have faith and so preserve our souls. Support the show

Send us a textThe devotion for today, Thursday, August 14, 2025 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Larry Carter. Today's Words of Inspiration are In Celebration of the Life of Andrea Gibson and are Lines from their words of inspiration:“When nothing softens grief, may grief soften me.”“When I realized the storm was inevitable, I made it my medicine.”“In the end, I want my heart to be covered in stretch marks.” Support the show