Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room November 8, 2025  Psalm 100:1-5 1 Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth! 2 Serve the LORD with celebration! Come before him with shouts of joy! 3 Know that the LORD is God he made us; we belong to him. We are his people, the sheep of his own pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanks; enter his courtyards with praise! Thank him! Bless his name! 5 Because the LORD is good, his loyal love lasts forever; his faithf

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room November 7, 2025  Isaiah 41:9-13 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant; I chose you and didn’t reject you”: 10 Don’t fear, because I am with you; don’t be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will surely help you; I will hold you with my righteous strong hand. 11 All who rage against you will be shamed and disgraced. Those

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room November 6, 2025  John 4:4-14 4 Jesus had to go through Samaria. 5 He came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, which was near the land Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his journey, so he sat down at the well. It was about noon. 7 A Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.” 8 His disciples had gone into the city to

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room November 5, 2025  Exodus 4:10-16 10 But Moses said to the LORD, “My Lord, I’ve never been able to speak well, not yesterday, not the day before, and certainly not now since you’ve been talking to your servant. I have a slow mouth and a thick tongue.” 11 Then the LORD said to him, “Who gives people the ability to speak? Who’s responsible for making them unable to speak or hard of hearing, sighted or blind? Isn’t it I

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room November 4, 2025  Psalm 103:1-12 1 Let my whole being bless the LORD! Let everything inside me bless his holy name! 2 Let my whole being bless the LORD and never forget all his good deeds: 3 how God forgives all your sins, heals all your sickness, 4 saves your life from the pit, crowns you with faithful love and compassion, 5 and satisfies you with plenty of good things so that your youth is made fresh like an eagle

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room November 3, 2025  Hebrews 12:7-13 7 Bear hardship for the sake of discipline. God is treating you like sons and daughters! What child isn’t disciplined by his or her father? 8 But if you don’t experience discipline, which happens to all children, then you are illegitimate and not real sons and daughters. 9 What’s more, we had human parents who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. How much more should we sub

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room November 2, 2025  Romans 8:26-28 26 In the same way, the Spirit comes to help our weakness. We don’t know what we should pray, but the Spirit himself pleads our case with unexpressed groans. 27 The one who searches hearts knows how the Spirit thinks, because he pleads for the saints, consistent with God’s will. 28 We know that God works all things together for good for the ones who love God, for those who are called

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room November 1, 2025  2 Corinthians 3:12-18 12 So, since we have such a hope, we act with great confidence. 13 We aren’t like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites couldn’t watch the end of what was fading away. 14 But their minds were closed. Right up to the present day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. The veil is not removed because it is taken away by Christ. 15 Even t

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 31, 2025  Romans 5:1-5 1 Therefore, since we have been made righteous through his faithfulness, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 We have access by faith into this grace in which we stand through him, and we boast in the hope of God’s glory. 3 But not only that! We even take pride in our problems, because we know that trouble produces endurance, 4 endurance produces character, and chara

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 30, 2025  Matthew 14:25-31 25 Very early in the morning he came to his disciples, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified and said, “It’s a ghost!” They were so frightened they screamed. 27 Just then Jesus spoke to them, “Be encouraged! It’s me. Don’t be afraid.” 28 Peter replied, “Lord, if it’s you, order me to come to you on the water.” 29 And Jesus said,

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 29, 2025  Jeremiah 29:10-13 10 The LORD proclaims: When Babylon’s seventy years are up, I will come and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. 11 I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the LORD; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope. 12 When you call me and come and pray to me, I will listen to you. 13 When you search for me, yes, searc

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 28, 2025  Psalm 119:18-20 18 Open my eyes so I can examine the wonders of your Instruction! 19 I’m an immigrant in the land. Don’t hide your commandments from me! 20 I’m worn out by longing every minute for your rules! Good Morning! Jesus calls the weary to come! I have noticed the more things that I have going on, the less I can see clearly. It’s as if we put blinders on so we can focus on what we consider

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 27, 2025  Exodus 14:13-18 13 But Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand your ground, and watch the LORD rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never ever see again. 14 The LORD will fight for you. You just keep still.” 15 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to get moving. 16 As for you, lift your shepherd’s rod, stretch out your hand over the

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 26, 2025  Psalm 13:1-6 1 How long will you forget me, LORD? Forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long will I be left to my own wits, agony filling my heart? Daily? How long will my enemy keep defeating me? 3 Look at me! Answer me, LORD my God! Restore sight to my eyes! Otherwise, I’ll sleep the sleep of death, 4 and my enemy will say, “I won!” My foes will rejoice over my downfall. 5 But

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 25, 2025  2 Timothy 3:10-17 10 But you have paid attention to my teaching, conduct, purpose, faithfulness, patience, love, and endurance. 11 You have seen me experience physical abuse and ordeals in places such as Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I put up with all sorts of abuse, and the Lord rescued me from it all! 12 In fact, anyone who wants to live a holy life in Christ Jesus will be harassed. 13 But evil p

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 24, 2025  Psalm 121:1-8 1 I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? 2 My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth. 3 God won’t let your foot slip. Your protector won’t fall asleep on the job. 4 No! Israel’s protector never sleeps or rests! 5 The LORD is your protector; the LORD is your shade right beside you. 6 The sun won’t strike you during the day; neither will the

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 23, 2025  1st Samuel 17:32-36, 45-47 32 “Don’t let anyone lose courage because of this Philistine!” David told Saul. “I, your servant, will go out and fight him!” 33 “You can’t go out and fight this Philistine,” Saul answered David. “You are still a boy. But he’s been a warrior since he was a boy!” 34 “Your servant has kept his father’s sheep,” David replied to Saul, “and if ever a lion or a bear came and ca

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 22, 2025  Titus 3:1-8 1 Remind them to submit to rulers and authorities. They should be obedient and ready to do every good thing. 2 They shouldn’t speak disrespectfully about anyone, but they should be peaceful, kind, and show complete courtesy toward everyone. 3 We were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, and slaves to our desires and various pleasures too. We were spending our lives in evil behavior and

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 21, 2025  Psalm 118:1-7 1 Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his faithful love lasts forever. 2 Let Israel say it: “God’s faithful love lasts forever!” 3 Let the house of Aaron say it: “God’s faithful love lasts forever!” 4 Let those who honor the LORD say it: “God’s faithful love lasts forever!” 5 In tight circumstances, I cried out to the LORD. The LORD answered me with wide-open spaces. 6

Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room October 20, 2025  Isaiah 45:1-7 1 The LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom I have grasped by the strong hand, to conquer nations before him, disarming kings, and opening doors before him, so no gates will be shut: 2 I myself will go before you, and I will level mountains. I will shatter bronze doors; I will cut through iron bars. 3 I will give you hidden treasures of secret riches, so you will know that I am th