The Faithful One

January 11, 2026 • Devon Accardi • Luke 4:1–13

In Luke 4, Jesus faces three temptations in the wilderness by Satan: provision (bread), authority (kingdoms), and acclaim (prove yourself). Devon frames temptation as “hunger,” the pull to satisfy God-given desires in our own time and our own way. Jesus resists by standing firm in his identity as God’s Son, walking with the Spirit, and answering with Scripture. Devon looks back at Jesus' genealogy listed in chapter 3 and Luke's deeper purpose: by placing Jesus’ genealogy back to Adam, Luke presents Jesus as the true Adam/Noah/Israel—God’s faithful representative who succeeds where every previous “son” failed in the wilderness pattern of testing and collapse. Because Jesus remains sinless, he becomes the spotless Lamb who can take away sin, and believers can face their own temptations by resting in his record, relying on the Spirit within them, and living under the authority of God’s Word.

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Prepare the Way

January 4, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 3:1–22

John the Baptist’s message in Luke 3 is to “prepare the way” through repentance: turning from the patterns of this world, uncluttering our crowded hearts, and making room for Jesus. True repentance is directional and practical: we audit our lives, receive the Spirit’s conviction, confess both general and specific sins, and then actually change course, bearing fruit that looks like generosity, integrity, and Christlike character. RD stresses the urgency of this work, reminding us that one day we will stand before Jesus and do not want to realize too late that we never really made room for Him in our hearts or in our lives. Repentance is ultimately an invitation of grace, leading to forgiveness, refreshing, deeper joy, and nearness to God, so that Christ increases and we gladly decrease.

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Eyes on the Lord | A Sunday Devotional
2 Chronicles 20:1–22

In 2 Chronicles 20, King Jehoshaphat faces a moment where fear closes in and the future feels uncertain. His response is simple and faithful. He seeks the Lord. He trusts who God is. He admits his weakness. He fixes his eyes on the Lord and not on the size of the threat.

At the heart of this passage is a prayer that many of us know well: “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.” This is not a prayer of defeat. It is a prayer of faith.

As we step into 2026, this devotional reminds us that we need more than good intentions, discipline, or strength. We need Christ. Jesus is the true and better King who fought the battle we could not fight and secured our salvation through the cross. Because of Him, the Spirit of the Lord is with us and goes before us.

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December 24, 2025 • Devon Accardi • Luke 2:8-14

This Christmas Eve message turns our attention to Luke 2 and the surprising way God chose to announce the birth of Jesus. Instead of kings, politicians, or cultural elites, the first people to hear the news were ordinary shepherds working the night shift. The angel declares that a Savior has been born, and this good news is for all people, reminding us that no one is beyond God’s invitation. The birth of Jesus shows us a God who comes near to the overlooked and the unsure, offering Himself not only as Savior, but as Shepherd, security, and peace. The gospel does not simply tell us how and where Jesus was born, but why He came: to lead, protect, redeem, and make us whole. Whether we come to Christmas weary, joyful, skeptical, hurting, or hopeful, the invitation remains the same. A Savior has been born, and He is Christ the Lord.

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The Word Becomes Flesh

December 21, 2025 • Devon Accardi • Luke 2:1-21

This Sunday, Devon reflects on the birth of Jesus as the long-awaited fulfillment of God’s promises. This passage invites us to zoom out and see Christmas not as an isolated moment, but as the culmination of a story God has been unfolding since the very beginning of creation. After centuries of waiting and even four hundred years of silence, God enters the world quietly, not with spectacle, but as a newborn child laid in a manger. The incarnation reveals a God who does not merely visit humanity, but takes on flesh, dwells among us, and stays with us in our weakness, suffering, and pain. Jesus becomes fully human so that He might truly rescue us, sympathize with us, and ultimately give His life in our place. The birth of Christ is not only the beginning of the story, but the first movement toward the cross and resurrection, where salvation is secured. Christmas reminds us that God has come near, kept His promises, and made a way for us to belong to Him forever.

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God's Grace, Mary's Faith

December 14, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Luke 1:26–38

This Sunday, RD teaches from Luke 1:26-38. This passage focuses on Mary as a surprising model of faith, showing how God meets an ordinary teenage girl with a word that changes everything. God’s grace comes near, speaks personally, and invites real trust rather than a casual, “of course” kind of Christianity. Mary responds with a posture of pondering and worship, treasuring what God is doing even when she cannot yet see how it will unfold. God’s kingdom often flips the world’s instincts about strength, status, and security, drawing near to the lowly and needy. The hope of Christmas is not an abstract concept but Jesus Himself, and Mary’s surrendered “let it be to me according to your word” becomes a steady invitation for us to walk into the coming year trusting that the Lord is with us.

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Zechariah's Song

December 7, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Luke 1:67–80, Luke 1:5–25

This Sunday, RD teaches from Luke 1:5-25, 67-80. In this passage, Zechariah and Elizabeth, an older, righteous couple, have long carried the pain and shame of barrenness. God promised Zechariah a son, John, who would prepare the way for the Messiah, but his doubt led to nine months of silence that God used to deepen his faith. When John is born and Zechariah obediently writes, “His name is John,” his tongue is loosed and he bursts into a Spirit-filled song, praising God for remembering His covenant and bringing salvation. God forms His people through waiting—using delay and trial to purify our desires and grow perseverance. In a culture that hates waiting, we are invited to choose obedience before blessing and joy before provision, trusting God’s timing even in our own seasons of longing and unanswered prayer.

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The Gospel According to Luke

November 30, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Luke 24:45–48

This Sunday, RD launched our new series in the Gospel of Luke by highlighting Jesus’ words in Luke 24, where He calls His followers “witnesses” to His suffering, resurrection, and the forgiveness of sins for all nations. Luke wrote his orderly account so that we could have confidence in the truth of Jesus and the historical reality of His life, death, and resurrection. Christianity is not a myth or moral story—it is good news rooted in real events, passed down by those who saw Jesus and were changed by Him. Our role as witnesses isn’t to save anyone, but simply to share what we’ve personally seen, heard, and experienced of Christ’s grace. As we enter Advent, we are invited to keep returning to Jesus in Scripture and by the Spirit, letting His ongoing work in our lives become a testimony that invites others to say, “Tell me more—come and see this man.”

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Conformed to His Image

November 23, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Philippians 1:6, Romans 8:28–30

This Sunday, R.D. wrapped up our fall series, More Like Him. We are all shaped by what we behold, but God’s vision is that we would be conformed to the image of Christ as we fix our eyes on Him. Through the gospel, we are made new and invited into a life where the Spirit grows us in Christlikeness in the ordinary places of our week. God meets us in our fears and patterns, freeing us from the need for approval or control and helping us live from His love and His strength. And the good news is this: the God who began the work in us is the One who will complete it.

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Formed in Creation & Nature

November 16, 2025 • Devon Accardi • Psalm 19:1–6

This Sunday, Devon Accardi continued our fall series, More Like Him, focusing on how God uses creation to spiritually form us—dazzling us with His glory, drawing us into wonder, and reminding us of His power and presence. Nature reveals God’s care and invites us to trust Him just as the birds and plants do. Creation also teaches dependence, helping us see our “little faith” as something God patiently grows, just as He orchestrates every detail of the natural world. And while creation declares God’s glory, we are the ones who bear His image and the ones He loves and longs to transform into His likeness, not the mountains or the stars.

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