Strength for the Week is a weekly devotional written by the Flood Church teaching team, designed to strengthen you for the week ahead.
A BLESSED LIFE: Truthful Humility “Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie.” – Psalm 40:1 There is one sure-fire way to put yourself in spiritual peril. That is to rush headlong into something that is a lie.…
A BLESSED LIFE: Experiencing God “Oh taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!” – Psalm 34:8 The goodness of God is impossible to see for sinners. The very origins and definition of our sinfulness do not allow us to see it. The creation account portrays…
A BLESSED LIFE: Chosen Heritage “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!” – Psalm 33:12 This beatitude is not a generic blessing for any nation that CHOOSES to have the Lord as its God. This is talking specifically about the blessedness of ancient Israel…
A BLESSED LIFE: Total Forgiveness “Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.” – Psalm 32:1-2 Four words and pictures are used to describe and portray our miserable state as fallen creatures…
STRENGTH for the WEEK A BLESSED LIFE: Godly Counsel “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.”…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK: Flood Church’s Weekly Devotional SERIES 4: What Jesus Does Jesus Weeps and Whips! (part 1) “As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it…When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.” – Luke 19:41, 45 Jesus wept over Jerusalem for several…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK: Flood Church’s Weekly Devotional SERIES 4: What Jesus Does Jesus Begins “The Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK: Flood Church’s Weekly Devotional SERIES 4: What Jesus Does Jesus soaks “I baptize you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.” ~ Mark 1:8 Though there is some debate about how water baptism was done in Jesus’ day, there is something about water baptism that is not debatable.…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK: Flood Church’s Weekly Devotional SERIES 3: Pried Out With A Cross The Pride of Privacy “Whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God” – John 3:21 There is nothing wrong with privacy in and…
STRENGTH FOR THE WEEK: Flood Church’s Weekly Devotional SERIES 3: Pried Out With A Cross The Pride of Nosiness “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: mind your own business…” 1 Thessalonians 4:11 Living in an age of tabloids, gossip columns, and social media news feeds is fraught with spiritual difficulties and dangers. One of these…