Grace Notes

Grace Notes: Daily Devotions for a Life in Tune with God

“Grace Notes” is a daily devotional designed to help you start each day with a fresh perspective, inspired by God’s Word. Just as musical grace notes bring beauty and richness to a melody, these short, thoughtful reflections will add depth, peace, and encouragement to your spiritual journey.

Each devotion includes:

  • Scripture: A verse or passage to center your heart and mind.
  • Reflection: A brief, meaningful insight to inspire growth, faith, and hope.
  • Application: Practical encouragement to align your life with God’s truth.
  • Prayer: A simple, heartfelt conversation starter with God.

As we embark on this new year, our hearts are centered on a powerful and transformative theme: Trust. Throughout 2025, we will journey together, deepening our faith and reliance on God’s unwavering promises.

While Trust will be our guiding light every Sunday, each month will introduce a new theme, enriching our spiritual growth and understanding. These monthly themes will offer fresh perspectives and insights, all underpinned by our foundational commitment to Trust.

Join us every Sunday for our “Grace Notes” devotional series, where we will dedicate ourselves to exploring Trust in various aspects of life. Through scripture, reflection, prayer, and practical application, we will strengthen our faith and draw closer to our Heavenly Father.

Together, let’s embrace this year of Trust, allowing God’s grace to guide us and His love to fill our hearts.

With grace and peace,

“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” — 2 Corinthians 12:9

The Greatest Gift

Follow Me

Jesus calls you to follow—inviting you to lay down what’s familiar, trust His leading, and step into a life shaped by His presence.

The Kingdom Breaks In

The kingdom breaks in with Jesus—calling you to turn, trust, and step into the nearness of God’s transforming good news today.

Angels in the Desert

Angels meet you even in the wilderness—God strengthens, protects, and surrounds you with unseen help when the desert feels hardest and hope feels thin.

The God Who Sees You

God sees you fully and loves you completely—His presence surrounds you, His light reaches every darkness, and you are never hidden from His care.

Choosing Obedience

Love chooses obedience by trusting God’s guidance—walking His path with a willing heart, confident that every step is shaped by His faithful leading.

The Word That Sustains

God’s Word satisfies the thirsty soul—inviting you to come, listen, and receive the truth that strengthens, nourishes, and accomplishes His purpose.

Strength for the Testing

📿 Forty Steps with Jesus: Walking the Road to the Cross 🕊️ Welcome Moment Testing seasons rarely feel purposeful. They feel like stretching, slowing, stripping, and sometimes silence. Yet Scripture reveals that God uses testing not to weaken us, but to strengthen us—to shape our hearts, deepen our dependence, and prepare us for what lies…

Into the Wilderness

Walk with Jesus into the wilderness, trusting His Word to steady you and His presence to strengthen you through every testing moment.

Love That Never Fails

Love never fails because it is rooted in God—steady, unbreakable, and unwavering through every season, reflecting His eternal faithfulness toward us.

Love That Endures

Love endures by protecting, trusting, hoping, and persevering—holding steady through every season with the same unwavering faithfulness God shows toward us.

Love That Reflects Christ

Love reflects Christ through humility—choosing compassion over pride and valuing others with the same self‑giving grace Jesus shows us daily.

Love That Bears With Others

Love bears with others through imperfections—choosing sincerity, honor, and patient devotion that reflects Christ’s steady, enduring heart toward us.

Love That Tells the Truth

Love speaks truth with grace—words shaped by humility, courage, and compassion that build up, restore, and reflect the heart of Christ.

Love That Sacrifices

Sacrificial love mirrors Jesus—choosing to give, protect, and lay something down so others can flourish, revealing the deepest shape of true love.

Love That Serves

Love serves by bending low—quietly lifting burdens, offering grace, and reflecting the humble, self‑giving heart of Jesus.

Love That Listens

Love listens first—slowing our reactions, softening our words, and creating space for understanding that reflects the gentle, patient heart of Christ.

Love That Forgives

Forgiving love frees the heart—releasing bitterness, offering grace, and reflecting the mercy Christ has already poured over your life.

Love Without Conditions

Unconditional love reflects God’s heart—giving, blessing, and extending mercy freely, even when it isn’t returned, because His love knows no limits.

Love That Is Kind

Kindness is love made visible—softening hearts, lifting burdens, and reflecting the gentle compassion God has freely shown to you.

Love That Is Patient

Patient love slows our hurried hearts, giving others room to grow while trusting God to shape what we cannot rush or control.

Love That Chooses First

God’s love moved first—choosing, pursuing, and embracing you long before you reached for Him, revealing the true shape of unconditional love.

Love Begins With God

Love begins with God. Receive His endless, initiating love and let it shape the way you love others with grace and sincerity.

Here I Am, Lord—Send Me

Offer God your willing heart and open hands, trusting Him to send you where His purpose leads and His presence goes before you.

Bear Good Fruit

Stay connected to Christ, letting His life flow through you so your daily steps bear lasting fruit that brings God glory.

Sent with Purpose

Walk confidently in your God‑given purpose, trusting that each step is crafted by His hands and aligned with His intentional design.

Let God Rewrite the Map

Let God rewrite your map, guiding each step with wisdom and purpose as you surrender your plans to His steady leading.

Trust His Timing

Trust God’s perfect timing. Even in unseen seasons, He is shaping growth beneath the surface and guiding your life with purpose.

Stay the Course

Stay the course with steady faith, trusting that your quiet perseverance will produce a harvest in God’s perfect and appointed time.

Where God Leads, God Provides

Where God leads, He provides—often in ways unseen until you reach the mountain. Trust His timing, His faithfulness, and His care.

Faith Over Fear

God’s presence strengthens and steadies you. Choose faith over fear, trusting the One who upholds you and walks with you every step.

Release the Outcome

Release the outcome into God’s hands and let His peace guard your heart, steadying your steps with calm trust and quiet strength.

Verse of the Day

Matthew 4:18–22 (NIV)
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him… and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”