Grow • Pray • Study
daily Devotional Guide
Our Grow • Pray • Study (GPS) Guide offers daily readings and thoughts that follow along the Scriptural themes of our Sunday Worship services.
G•P•S - Grow, Pray, Study Guide, 10/27/25 – 11/1/25
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MONDAY 10/27/25: Romans 12:3-17, You belong to each other
This is the “so what?” portion of Paul’s letter. Because Christ has secured our salvation, live this way: treat each other like members of your family. The resulting actions of Christ’s death and resurrection is a community’s love for each other that radiates out to the world. How is God calling you to live this out?
TUESDAY 10/28/25: Mark 13:21-37, Keep watch, Christ is coming
What is our hope? What is the destiny of the earth? When we read passages like this, we sometimes fall into a belief that the destiny of creation is destruction. Remember that we pray, “Thy kingdom come.” Our hope is that God’s will and Reign will be established fully on earth. That’s a good thing! In order to get there, there will be struggle, pain, and hardship. Elsewhere, the Bible describes the coming of Christ as birth-pangs for the new creation. When Christ returns, it is a new day dawning. God’s Reign will be established. It’s a good thing. Keep watch.
WEDNESDAY 10/29/25: Psalm 32, When I kept quiet . . .
Have you ever gotten away with something? Completely and totally, you’ll never get a punishment or consequence, so long as you keep your mouth shut? The psalmist captures perfectly the drain we experience when we carry our own guilt. There is healing in confession (James 5:16). Practice confession this week, whether with God or a Christian friend. Find some healing.
THURSDAY 10/30/25: Leviticus 19:23-37, The holiness code
This is a small sample of what is known as “the holiness code.” Keeping these commandments kept the community set apart and “undefiled” by other nations. These books and laws, in the form that we have them today, are compiled and edited in the time after the exile (hundreds of years later than they appear in the timeline of the Bible). No doubt, they believed the exile happened in part due to their not keeping commandments like these. Notice that their experience in Egypt (and the exile) leads them to compassion for the foreigner.
FRIDAY 10/31/25: 1 Corinthians 16:1-24, Final greeting and church business
Paul ends this letter with words and work from other churches. This gives us a glimpse of the cooperation between the churches in early days. Where do we see this kind of cooperation between churches today? Remember to do everything in love.
SATURDAY 11/1/25: Revelation 7:4-17, Surprises in Heaven
The first Sunday in November is set apart as All Saints Sunday, when we remember those that have gone on into glory. Revelation has us thinking about heaven and those who inhabit it. In the reading, the narrator hears the number of the redeemed (7:4), but then he turns and looks (7:9) and it is an uncountable number from every people group. What does this say about who’s in and who’s out, and what we might be surprised about? Join us Sunday as we remember those who have passed and look forward to a joyful reunion on the other side. You matter to God.
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MONDAY 10/27/25: Romans 12:3-17, You belong to each other
This is the “so what?” portion of Paul’s letter. Because Christ has secured our salvation, live this way: treat each other like members of your family. The resulting actions of Christ’s death and resurrection is a community’s love for each other that radiates out to the world. How is God calling you to live this out?
TUESDAY 10/28/25: Mark 13:21-37, Keep watch, Christ is coming
What is our hope? What is the destiny of the earth? When we read passages like this, we sometimes fall into a belief that the destiny of creation is destruction. Remember that we pray, “Thy kingdom come.” Our hope is that God’s will and Reign will be established fully on earth. That’s a good thing! In order to get there, there will be struggle, pain, and hardship. Elsewhere, the Bible describes the coming of Christ as birth-pangs for the new creation. When Christ returns, it is a new day dawning. God’s Reign will be established. It’s a good thing. Keep watch.
WEDNESDAY 10/29/25: Psalm 32, When I kept quiet . . .
Have you ever gotten away with something? Completely and totally, you’ll never get a punishment or consequence, so long as you keep your mouth shut? The psalmist captures perfectly the drain we experience when we carry our own guilt. There is healing in confession (James 5:16). Practice confession this week, whether with God or a Christian friend. Find some healing.
THURSDAY 10/30/25: Leviticus 19:23-37, The holiness code
This is a small sample of what is known as “the holiness code.” Keeping these commandments kept the community set apart and “undefiled” by other nations. These books and laws, in the form that we have them today, are compiled and edited in the time after the exile (hundreds of years later than they appear in the timeline of the Bible). No doubt, they believed the exile happened in part due to their not keeping commandments like these. Notice that their experience in Egypt (and the exile) leads them to compassion for the foreigner.
FRIDAY 10/31/25: 1 Corinthians 16:1-24, Final greeting and church business
Paul ends this letter with words and work from other churches. This gives us a glimpse of the cooperation between the churches in early days. Where do we see this kind of cooperation between churches today? Remember to do everything in love.
SATURDAY 11/1/25: Revelation 7:4-17, Surprises in Heaven
The first Sunday in November is set apart as All Saints Sunday, when we remember those that have gone on into glory. Revelation has us thinking about heaven and those who inhabit it. In the reading, the narrator hears the number of the redeemed (7:4), but then he turns and looks (7:9) and it is an uncountable number from every people group. What does this say about who’s in and who’s out, and what we might be surprised about? Join us Sunday as we remember those who have passed and look forward to a joyful reunion on the other side. You matter to God.