Daily Devotionals

Our Eyes Are on You

August 2, 2015 - 5:00 am

Even when there seems to be no chance, with God, we can beat the odds and overcome our challenges. Read more…

Speak On Jerusalem

July 31, 2015 - 5:00 am

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,      and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed,      that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand      double for all her sins. — Isaiah 40:2 The Torah portion for this week is Va’etchanan, which means “I pleaded,” from Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11, and … Read more…

It’s OK to Be Human

July 30, 2015 - 5:00 am

This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. — Deuteronomy 4:44 The Torah portion for this week is Va’etchanan, which means “I pleaded,” from Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11, and the Haftorah is from Isaiah 40:1–26. A story is told about a rabbi who lived in Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the … Read more…

Setbacks Are Meant For Comebacks

July 29, 2015 - 5:00 am

Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan, to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life. — Deuteronomy 4:41–42 The Torah portion for this week is … Read more…

Pray with Grace

July 27, 2015 - 5:00 am

At that time I pleaded with the LORD: — Deuteronomy 3:23 The Torah portion for this week is Va’etchanan, which means “I pleaded,” from Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11, and the Haftorah is from Isaiah 40:1–26. This week’s portion begins with Moses’ impassioned plea to be allowed to enter Israel despite God’s decree that he … Read more…

Thanking God for Broken Things

July 26, 2015 - 5:00 am

 A psalm of Asaph O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;      they have defiled your holy temple,      they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. — Psalm 79:1 Today, Jews around the world mourn the loss of the Temples in Jerusalem. It is Tisha B’Av, the ninth of the Hebrew month Av, … Read more…

Know To Whom You Belong

July 24, 2015 - 5:00 am

“The ox knows its master,      the donkey its owner’s manger, but Israel does not know,      my people do not understand.” — Isaiah 1:3 The Torah portion for this week is Davarim, which means “words,” from Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22, and the Haftorah is from Isaiah 1:1–27. This week’s reading comes at a … Read more…

God Loves His Children

July 23, 2015 - 5:00 am

You grumbled in your tents and said, “The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.” — Deuteronomy 1:27 The Torah portion for this week is Davarim, which means “words,” from Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22, and the Haftorah is from … Read more…

Don’t Quit on the Job

July 22, 2015 - 5:00 am

“Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.” — Deuteronomy 1:17 The Torah portion for this week is Davarim, which means “words,” from Deuteronomy … Read more…

Know When to Leave

July 21, 2015 - 5:00 am

The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to … Read more…