Words of Hope Weekday Devotions

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, July 28, 2026 was written by Reed Kirkman and is narrated by Adam CarterToday’s Words of Inspiration come from Ephesians 6:10–18, The Inclusive BibleFinally, draw your strength from God, and from God’s powerful strength. Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand firm against the tactics of the devil. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, July 27, 2026 was written by Dan Peelerand is narrated by Logan Johnson.  Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Ephesians 6.13-17 Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness… With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, July 24, 2026 was written by Donna Jackson and is narrated by Johnny Engelke. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Proverbs 4: 25-26 Let your eyes look directly ahead and let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, July 23, 2026 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Judith Anderson. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Luke 10:29And who is my neighbor? Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Wednesday, July 22, 2026 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Gordon Markley. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 139:7-10Where can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence?If I ascend to heaven, You are there;If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.If I take the wings of the dawn,If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, July 21, 2026 was written by Jonathon McClellan and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Romans 8. 38-39For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, July 20, 2026 was written by Thomas Riggs and is narrated by Adrian White. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Hebrews 13:1-2Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.Our second reading is form  Valarie Kaur: Radical hospitality is not just about inviting people into our spaces; it’s about allowing ourselves to be transformed by the people we welcome Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, July 17, 2026 was written by Rev. Dr. Gary Kindley, LPC and is narrated by Gordon Markley. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from The words of Jesus as recorded in The Gospel According to Matthew 6:34 So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.   Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, July 16, 2026 was written by Dan Peeler and is narrated by Judith Anderson. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, 'Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”? Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Wednesday, July 15, 2026 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Johnny Engelke. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Matthew 13:10-13Then the disciples came and asked him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”  He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.  For to those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance, but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’ Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Philippians 3:12-14 from The MessageI’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back.  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, July 13, 2026 was written by Charlie Rose and is narrated by Adrian White. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 121.2My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, July 10, 2026 was written by Weber Baker and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The first service one owes to others in a community involves listening to them. Just as our love for God begins with listening to God’s Word, the beginning of love for others is learning to listen to them. God’s love for us is shown by the fact that God not only gives God’s Word but also lends us God’s ear.  . . . We do God’s work for our brothers and sisters when we learn to listen to them." Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, July 09, 2026 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Isaiah 40:31But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Wednesday, July 08, 2026 was written by Jonathon McClellan and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Job 38.4-7 Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?    Tell me, if you understand.Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!    Who stretched a measuring line across it?On what were its footings set,    or who laid its cornerstone—while the morning stars sang together    and all the angels shouted for joy? Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, July 07, 2026 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Johnny Engelke. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from I John 1:5This is the message we have heard and proclaim to you, that God is light and in God there is no darkness. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, July 06, 2026 was written by Jan Nunn  and is narrated by Johnny Engelke.Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 19:1 The Heavens are declaring the glory of God, and their expanse shows the work of God’s hands Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, July 03, 2026 was written by Charlie Rose and is narrated by Larry Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Luke 15.16But Jesus would often go away from the crowd to pray in quiet places. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, July 02, 2026 was written by Carole Anne Sarah and is narrated by Johnny Engelke.Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 94:18–19  When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Wednesday, July 01, 2026 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Isaiah 51:1-3Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,    you who seek the Lord.Look to the rock from which you were hewn    and to the quarry from which you were dug.Look to Abraham your father    and to Sarah, who bore you,for he was but one when I called him,    but I blessed him and made him many.For the Lord will comfort Zion;    he will comfort all her waste placesand will make her wilderness like Eden,    her desert like the garden of the Lord;joy and gladness will be found in her,    thanksgiving and the voice of song. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, June 30, 2026 was written by David Sims and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 1 Samuel 16:7The Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, June 29, 2026 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 1 Thessalonians 4:10-12And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, June 26, 2026 was written by Donna Jackson and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 2 Corinthians 4:8,9 We are hard pressed on every side but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, June 25, 2026 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Terri Akkerman. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from “Turn, Turn, Turn” by the Byrds, a song based on Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8:“To everything (Turn, turn, turn) There is a season (Turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose under heaven.  A time to be born, a time to die, A time to plant, a time to reap, A time to kill, a time to heal, A time to laugh, a time to weep…” Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Wednesday, June 24, 2026 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 57:1Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me; for it is in you that my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of your wings I will take refuge."   Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, June 23, 2026 was written by Dan Peeler and is narrated by Jay Williams. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Revelation 2. 9-11 I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not but are a synagogue of Satan.  Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. To the one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, June 22, 2026 was written by Thomas Riggs and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Genesis 16:13:You are the God who sees me.  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, June 19, 2026 was written by Rev. Dr. Gary G. Kindley, LPC and is narrated by Gordon Markley.Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Paul’s Letter to the Church at Ephesus, Chapter 2, verses 8-9For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast.   Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, June 18, 2026 was written by Reed Kirkman and is narrated by Johnny Engelke. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Hebrews 2:5–9 What are human beings that you are mindful of, or mortals that you care for?  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Wednesday, June 17, 2026 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Luke 6:12-16Now during those days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.  And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:  Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,  and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot,   and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, June 16, 2026 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Jay Williams. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Jane Goodall :"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make" Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, June 15, 2026 was written by Charlie Rose and is narrated by Angela Whorton. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 1 Corinthians 13.13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, June 12, 2026 was written by Weber Baker and is narrated by Gordon Markley. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Acts 7:35-42It was this Moses whom they rejected when they said, “Who made you a ruler and a judge?” and whom God now sent as both ruler and liberator through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, “God will raise up a prophet for you from your own people as he raised me up.” He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to us. Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him; instead, they pushed him aside, and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, saying to Aaron, “Make gods for us who will lead the way for us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.” At that time they made a golden calf, offered a sacrifice to the idol, and reveled in the works of their hands. But God turned away from them and handed them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:‘Did you offer to me slain victims and sacrifices    forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?No; you took along the tent of Moloch    and the star of your god Rephan,        the images that you made to worship;so I will remove you beyond Babylon.’ Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, June 11, 2026 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Johnny Engelke. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Gensis 13:18, and 18:1Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to God. Now the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Wednesday, June 10, 2026 was written by Jonathon McClellan and is narrated by Terri Akkerman. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from James 1. 2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, June 09, 2026 was written by Carole Anne Sarah and is narrated by Terri Akkerman. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Matthew 5:16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV):In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your God in heaven. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, June 08, 2026 was written by Jan Nunn and is narrated by Judithann Anderson.Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Proverbs 27:9Sweet friendships refresh the soul and awaken our hearts with joy, for good friends are like the anointing oil that yields the fragrant incense of God’s presence. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, June 05, 2026 was written by Thomas Riggs  and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Psalm 30:4-5Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;    praise his holy name. For his anger lasts only a moment,    but his favor lasts a lifetime;weeping may stay for the night,    but rejoicing comes in the morning.And The chorus of the song “Don’t Forget (Welcome to Wrexham)”Don′t forget where you came fromDon't forget what you′re made ofThe ones who were thereWhen no one else would careDon't be afraid to cry nowEven when the world comes crashing inDon′t forget to sing when you win –  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, June 01, 2026 was written by Charlie Rose and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Romans 8.9a“You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, May 28, 2026 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Johnny Engelke. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Matthew 25:40Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it unto me.  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Wednesday, May 27, 2026 was written by Reed Kirkman and is narrated by Jay Williams. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from John 7:37–39Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever trusts in me, as the scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, May 26, 2026 was written by Kris Baker and is narrated by Gordon Markley. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Mark 7:7-8These people make a big show of saying the right thing,    but their heart isn’t in it.They act like they are worshiping me,    but they don’t mean it.They just use me as a cover    for teaching whatever suits their fancy,Ditching God’s command    and taking up the latest fads.  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, May 25, 2026 was written by Donald (Luke) Day and is narrated by Larry Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Depak Chopra:"Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So, on this spiritual pathway a person must learn to find her kind of happiness (contentment) without a whole lot of nice things happening outside."  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, May 22, 2026 was written by Donna Jackson and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from James 3:5Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, May 21, 2026 was written by Weber Baker and is narrated by Johnny Engelke. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Acts 2:1-11:When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.Now there were devout Jews from every people under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Wednesday, May 20, 2026 was written by Hardy Haberman and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 1 Kings 8:54-56Now when Solomon finished offering all this prayer and this plea to the Lord, he arose from facing the altar of the Lord, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven; he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice:“Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel according to all that he promised; not one word has failed of all his good promise that he spoke through his servant Moses.” Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Tuesday, May 19, 2026 was written and narrated by Logan Alexander Johnson. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from 1 Peter 4:1-2, and 8Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God… Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.  Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, May 18, 2026 was written by Thomas Riggs and is narrated by Adam Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Luke 4:18-19The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because God has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. God has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.And Sister Joan Chittister:If the poor, the women and the dispossessed sat at the tables where theological decisions are made, there would be a different set of sins. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Friday, May 15, 2026 was written by Rev. Dr. Gary Kindley and is narrated by Michael Benham. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Micah 6:8God has told you, O mortal, what is good,    and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice and to love kindness    and to walk humbly with your God?   Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Thursday, May 14, 2026 was written by Dr. Pat Saxon and is narrated by Johnny Engelke. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Exodus 3: 1-4. Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God.  There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.  Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight and see why the bush is not burned up.”  When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Support the show