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The Upper Room Disciplines 2024: A Book of Daily Devotions
"I pray you find the same poetic beauty, awe-inspiring wisdom, and challenge to deeper discipleship that I have discovered in the lectionary and the pages of Disciplines." --Kara Lassen Oliver
Challenge yourself to a deeper relationship with Christ each day with The Upper Room Disciplines. Readings in this year-long devotional will awaken and strengthen your awareness of God's presence in your daily life. Each week a different Christian thought leader offers daily meditations and prayers that will help you engage in God's Word.
Based on the Revised Common Lectionary, a three-year cycle of scripture readings, Disciplines
A focal scripture passage for each day of the year
Brief, insightful meditations from 53 thought leaders from diverse Christian traditions
A prayer or reflection to carry with you each day
Weekly scripture overviews
An index of scripture readings
A guide to daily prayer
Among the writers for the 2024 edition of Disciplines are Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes, Johnathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Will Willimon, Tracy Malone, David Dark, Whitney Simpson, and Ray Buckley.
Challenge yourself to a deeper relationship with Christ each day with The Upper Room Disciplines. Readings in this year-long devotional will awaken and strengthen your awareness of God's presence in your daily life. Each week a different Christian thought leader offers daily meditations and prayers that will help you engage in God's Word.
Based on the Revised Common Lectionary, a three-year cycle of scripture readings, Disciplines
A focal scripture passage for each day of the year
Brief, insightful meditations from 53 thought leaders from diverse Christian traditions
A prayer or reflection to carry with you each day
Weekly scripture overviews
An index of scripture readings
A guide to daily prayer
Among the writers for the 2024 edition of Disciplines are Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes, Johnathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Will Willimon, Tracy Malone, David Dark, Whitney Simpson, and Ray Buckley.
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Published September 1, 2023
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January 4, 2025
Over the years, I've done quite a few different activities for daily Bible study and prayer time. This year I went back to a tried-and-true friend, the Upper Room daily devotions. Overall, for my taste, this is the most consistently stimulating and thought-provoking devotional. Typically 52 guest leaders each take one week of devotions, which then are based on a mixture of Old and New Testament passages. I have to admit that, rather than purely ideological discussions, I greatly prefer days when the writer reflects on an event in their life that ties in with the day's scripture lesson.
Some favorites from this year:
January 14 (Ronald Bell): "...we are fearfully and wonderfully made. ... each of us are marvelous in God's sight. ...God has seen the totality of us. ... God sees our flaws, our imperfections, our secrets, and even our wickedness. Yet, in God's mercy, we are still identified as fearfully and wonderfully made, marvelous and precious in God's sight."
February 4 (Collins Ako): " ... as we experience wilderness moments when we feel hopeless and the horizon seems to be bleak ... God might be using (this time) to redeem and reshape us for (His) purpose. ... Moments in the wilderness should not be times when we get bitter and turn from God. Rather, we should seek the face of God and create more room for God's will to be done in our lives."
February 20 (Sandra Brown): "Abraham ... received God's promise to make him the ancestor of many nations when he was 75 year old. ... By the time Isaac is born, Abraham is 100 years old. What kinds of doubts, fears, impatience and frustration did (he) experience during those 25 years? ... When what we are seeking is slow to arrive, it helps to remember that God keeps ... promises on (His) timetable, not ours."
March 27 (Tracy Malone): "No matter what your condition is ... keep your eyes fixed on Jesus. Do not become discouraged and do not grow weary in your faith. God has an amazing way of showing up in our lives she we least expect it, and the Holy Spirit moves in life-changing ways. Stay the course !"
April 10 (Dawn Martin): "A few years ago I had an opportunity to make ... mosaic art. ... I realized just how important each piece I chose was for the larger whole. ... Just like those pieces of glass, our lives are made up of ... broken parts. God (takes) what's broken, messy and maybe even ugly and (makes) it more beautiful and whole."
May 20 (Kathryn Armistead): As a high school senior, ... after being snubbed by a classmate, I felt sad ... alone and misunderstood. I went to my bedroom window and gazed up at the sky, It was an exceptionally clear night, and I could see a host of twinkling stars. ... Then I felt a warmth ... surround me. I felt God saying, "Trust me. I have plans for you."
June 10 (Kate King): "(Teaching) preschool, we could talk about Jesus being and living in our heart. I knew that most of the children understood this only in the literal meaning of the words. We created crafts symbolizing Jesus in our hearts ... Perhaps (realizing that) Jesus actually lives inside out hearts would change the way we move about our day and the ways we interact with ourselves, God and others."
July 22 (Jay Horton): "Sometimes we think we cannot talk to God in (an angry and direct) manner. We think our prayers need to be buttoned up, censored, rated no higher than PG. ... it is okay to talk to God through whatever emotions we are feeling. Our honesty might ... help us grow closer to the Divine. ... God gave us our emotions for a reason, and God can receive them. Our pain and frustrations of not hurt God's feelings."
July 24 (Jay Horton): "We think we can do life on our own, but we must remember it is God who provides all we have."
August 20 (David Dark): "What does it mean to comport ourselves and arrange our lives as dwelling places of God ? For starters, it means regarding all other people as infinitely valuable bearers of the divine image."
November 16 (Frederick Schmidt): "It is natural for us to become dependent upon our ... homes, towns, churches and nations ... But as we grow and mature spiritually, we begin to realize that ultimately the weight of our well-being cannot rest there. All the things that we hold dear are subject to change ... As the good gift of God, they are not God..."
December 4 (Mary Austin): "God calls us to look at the places where ... we're too attached to a certain outcome."
December 12 (Wesley Allen, Jr.): "Philippians 4:4-7: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Some favorites from this year:
January 14 (Ronald Bell): "...we are fearfully and wonderfully made. ... each of us are marvelous in God's sight. ...God has seen the totality of us. ... God sees our flaws, our imperfections, our secrets, and even our wickedness. Yet, in God's mercy, we are still identified as fearfully and wonderfully made, marvelous and precious in God's sight."
February 4 (Collins Ako): " ... as we experience wilderness moments when we feel hopeless and the horizon seems to be bleak ... God might be using (this time) to redeem and reshape us for (His) purpose. ... Moments in the wilderness should not be times when we get bitter and turn from God. Rather, we should seek the face of God and create more room for God's will to be done in our lives."
February 20 (Sandra Brown): "Abraham ... received God's promise to make him the ancestor of many nations when he was 75 year old. ... By the time Isaac is born, Abraham is 100 years old. What kinds of doubts, fears, impatience and frustration did (he) experience during those 25 years? ... When what we are seeking is slow to arrive, it helps to remember that God keeps ... promises on (His) timetable, not ours."
March 27 (Tracy Malone): "No matter what your condition is ... keep your eyes fixed on Jesus. Do not become discouraged and do not grow weary in your faith. God has an amazing way of showing up in our lives she we least expect it, and the Holy Spirit moves in life-changing ways. Stay the course !"
April 10 (Dawn Martin): "A few years ago I had an opportunity to make ... mosaic art. ... I realized just how important each piece I chose was for the larger whole. ... Just like those pieces of glass, our lives are made up of ... broken parts. God (takes) what's broken, messy and maybe even ugly and (makes) it more beautiful and whole."
May 20 (Kathryn Armistead): As a high school senior, ... after being snubbed by a classmate, I felt sad ... alone and misunderstood. I went to my bedroom window and gazed up at the sky, It was an exceptionally clear night, and I could see a host of twinkling stars. ... Then I felt a warmth ... surround me. I felt God saying, "Trust me. I have plans for you."
June 10 (Kate King): "(Teaching) preschool, we could talk about Jesus being and living in our heart. I knew that most of the children understood this only in the literal meaning of the words. We created crafts symbolizing Jesus in our hearts ... Perhaps (realizing that) Jesus actually lives inside out hearts would change the way we move about our day and the ways we interact with ourselves, God and others."
July 22 (Jay Horton): "Sometimes we think we cannot talk to God in (an angry and direct) manner. We think our prayers need to be buttoned up, censored, rated no higher than PG. ... it is okay to talk to God through whatever emotions we are feeling. Our honesty might ... help us grow closer to the Divine. ... God gave us our emotions for a reason, and God can receive them. Our pain and frustrations of not hurt God's feelings."
July 24 (Jay Horton): "We think we can do life on our own, but we must remember it is God who provides all we have."
August 20 (David Dark): "What does it mean to comport ourselves and arrange our lives as dwelling places of God ? For starters, it means regarding all other people as infinitely valuable bearers of the divine image."
November 16 (Frederick Schmidt): "It is natural for us to become dependent upon our ... homes, towns, churches and nations ... But as we grow and mature spiritually, we begin to realize that ultimately the weight of our well-being cannot rest there. All the things that we hold dear are subject to change ... As the good gift of God, they are not God..."
December 4 (Mary Austin): "God calls us to look at the places where ... we're too attached to a certain outcome."
December 12 (Wesley Allen, Jr.): "Philippians 4:4-7: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
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