{"id":2573,"date":"2014-07-16T12:02:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=2573"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:31:06","slug":"news-feeds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=2573","title":{"rendered":"Daily  Devotions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #003300;\">PUMC Devotional Tools&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Use these tools to enhance your daily time with God&#8230; <\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=37109' class='big-button biggreen'><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> 2026 Lenten Devotionals<\/span><\/a> \n<a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=17037' class='big-button bigred'>\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bible Reading Plans\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read posts from the below categories to consider where your are on your daily walk&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?cat=50' class='small-button smallpink'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sermons<\/span><\/a> <a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?cat=51' class='small-button smallpink'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Signboard<\/span><\/a> <a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?cat=131' class='small-button smallpink'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pastors Ponderings<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">==============================================<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The following items are updated daily from outside sources&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Scripture of the Day&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><p><div class=\"feedzy-bb7fb6d6c6d4263fdbaf4270b9ac2c18 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/cgi-shl\/todaysverse.cgi?day=20260421&#038;amp;ver=niv&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=devos&#038;utm_content=tv&#038;utm_term=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Today's Verse - John 10:28-30\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.heartlight.org\/overlazy\/creations\/1356.jpg\" title=\"Today&#039;s Verse - John 10:28-30\" style=\"height:200px;width:200px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/cgi-shl\/todaysverse.cgi?day=20260421&#038;amp;ver=niv&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=devos&#038;utm_content=tv&#038;utm_term=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Today's Verse - John 10:28-30<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 21, 2026 at 7:00 am <\/small><p>Jesus said, \"I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one.\"\u2014John 10:28-30Thoughts on Today's Verse...\"He's got the whole world in his hand.\" Yes, the song may be true, but in a much more significant way, God holds us, each of his children of faith, in his hands. As we entrust our lives to him in faith, his grace [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Daily Devotionals&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The following devotionals are the same as the articles published in the popular devotional booklets.\u00a0 They are updated daily to display &#8220;today&#8217;s&#8221; featured article&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Our Daily Bread Devotionals&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><div class=\"feedzy-eed1ea8533da835b37887162ec3ca282 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 10px 0 17px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/odb.org\/2026\/04\/22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Joining God to Help\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/feedzy-rss-feeds\/img\/feedzy.svg\" title=\"Joining God to Help\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/odb.org\/2026\/04\/22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Joining God to Help<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/odb.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"odb.org\">Winn Collier<\/a> on April 22, 2026 at 12:00 am <\/small><p>As the Taliban swiftly overran the Afghanistan government in 2021, and tens of thousands were trapped with no way to escape, many were isolated and desperate. Ordinary citizens jumped to action, including one [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">My Utmost for His Highest Devotionals&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div class=\"feedzy-e14ae6b35fe98b0e621f3c6b78304e30 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 10px 0 17px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utmost.org\/have-you-seen-jesus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Have You Seen Jesus?\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Oswald-Chambers-_400x300.jpg\" title=\"Have You Seen Jesus?\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utmost.org\/have-you-seen-jesus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Have You Seen Jesus?<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 9, 2024 at 5:00 am <\/small><p>After that, He appeared in another form to two of them\u2026 \u2014Mark 16:12Being saved and seeing Jesus are not the same thing. Many people who have never seen Jesus have received and share in God\u2019s grace. But once you have seen Him, you can [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\u00a0 <\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Charles Spurgeon- <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Morning<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div class=\"feedzy-2837d34f91144a3a23f480d06a3643f4 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 10px 0 17px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/spurgeon\/0421-am.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=devos&#038;utm_content=me&#038;utm_term=am\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Job 19:25 - Morning Devotional for Apr. 21st\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.heartlight.org\/overlazy\/creations\/7273.jpg\" title=\"Job 19:25 - Morning Devotional for Apr. 21st\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/spurgeon\/0421-am.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=devos&#038;utm_content=me&#038;utm_term=am\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Job 19:25 - Morning Devotional for Apr. 21st<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 21, 2026 at 7:00 am <\/small><p>\"I know that my Redeemer liveth.\"\u2014Job 19:25Morning ThoughtThe marrow of Job's comfort lies in that little word \"My\"-\"My Redeemer,\" and in the fact that the Redeemer lives. Oh! to get hold of a living Christ. We must get a property in him before we can enjoy him. What is gold in the mine to me? Men are beggars in Peru, and beg their bread in California. It is gold in my purse which will satisfy [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Charles Spurgeon- <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Evening<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div class=\"feedzy-0d57ec6b52c4ad9dc2e24b621d9bca72 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 10px 0 17px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/spurgeon\/0421-pm.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=devos&#038;utm_content=me&#038;utm_term=pm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Romans 8:34 - Evening Devotional for Apr. 21st\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.heartlight.org\/overlazy\/creations\/2832.jpg\" title=\"Romans 8:34 - Evening Devotional for Apr. 21st\" style=\"height:100px;width:100px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/spurgeon\/0421-pm.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=devos&#038;utm_content=me&#038;utm_term=pm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Romans 8:34 - Evening Devotional for Apr. 21st<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 21, 2026 at 7:00 am <\/small><p>\"Who is even at the right hand of God.\"\u2014Romans 8:34Evening ThoughtHe who was once despised and rejected of men, now occupies the honourable position of a beloved and honoured Son. The right hand of God is the place of majesty and favour. Our Lord Jesus is his people's representative. When he died for them they had rest; he rose again for them, they had liberty; when he sat down at his Father's [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Upper Room Devotionals&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><!--\n11\/16\/17  ========  COMMENTED THIS SECTION OUT  ==========\n\nUPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL FEED NO LONGER WORKING.  WAS GENERATING AN ERROR THAT CRASHED THE WHOLE PAGE.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>&#091;simple-rss feed=\"http:\/\/devotional.upperroom.org\/devotionals\/feed.rss\" limit=1\u00a0 hide_description=\"0\" show_date=\"1\" amount_of_words=\"80\"&#093;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"REFLECTIONS WAS USING SOMETHING I HAD SET UP IN FEEDBURNER:   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>&#091;simple-rss feed=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/upperroom\/dQdR\" limit=1  hide_description=\"0\" show_date=\"1\" amount_of_words=\"50\"&#093;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE ABOVE WORKS, BUT CHANGED IT TO THE UPPER ROOM URL THAT FEEDBURNER USES:  https:\/\/daily.upperroom.org\/?feed=rss2\n\n--><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Upper Room Daily Reflections&#8230;<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"feedzy-cf1b0e427db8b9be51c00f724ab22b3c feedzy-rss\"><ul>Feed has no items.<\/ul> <\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Upper Room Daily Devotions&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>The Upper Room does not provide a feed for their daily devotional, but you can access the articles by visiting their website: <a href=\"http:\/\/devotional.upperroom.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The\u00a0Upper\u00a0Room<\/a>.\u00a0 Hardcopies of the devotional booklets are available in our Narthex.\u00a0 <\/em><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUMC Devotional Tools&#8230; ============================================== \u00a0 The following items are updated daily from outside sources&#8230; Scripture of the Day&#8230; &nbsp; Daily Devotionals&#8230; The following devotionals are the same as the articles published in the popular devotional booklets.\u00a0 They are updated daily to display &#8220;today&#8217;s&#8221; featured article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2573","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2573"}],"version-history":[{"count":147,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37373,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2573\/revisions\/37373"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}