PEARL STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need,...

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. - 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV) In reading today’s passage, two...

Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!  - Psalms 32:1 (NIV) Have you ever thought you have...

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the...

How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—...

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. - Deuteronomy 6:5 (NIV) As I read today’s...

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—this is the first commandment with a promise—...

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. - Isaiah 9:2...

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for...

You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. Psalms 119:114 (NRSV) Earlier this month, I mentioned those places of escape...

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. - 1 Thessalonians...

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV) On Tuesday evening of this...

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. - Proverbs 11:25 (NIV) For years, I struggled to fully grasp...

And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. Mark 4:39...

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. - Psalms 68:19 NIV This morning, after reading this verse, I...

He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along....

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience....

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. Philippians 2:3 (NIV) When I write...

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives...

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be...