Weekly Devotional
Adopted – A New Language (part 4)
by Ps. Jim Wood | September 17, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
Our son Clayton was in law school when our children, Stephen, Elizabeth and Peter, arrived from Ukraine. While in law school, he had been coaching a soccer team of middle-schoolers in Lexington, Virginia. When he saw Stephen’s skills in soccer, Clayton arranged for...
Adopted – A New Language (part 3)
by Ps. Jim Wood | September 10, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of...
Adopted – A New Language
by Ps. Jim Wood | September 3, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of...
Adopted – A New Language
by Ps. Jim Wood | August 27, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” When you’re part of the family of God, there’s a new approach to your wardrobe. There’s a new approach to your hygiene. There’s a new approach to your diet, and there’s a new language. In Colossians 3 we read, “And be...
A New Culture, pt 3
by Ps. Jim Wood | August 20, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And...
Adopted – A New Culture (part 2)
by Ps. Jim Wood | August 13, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
Robed in the Righteousness of Christ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.Ephesians 6:13 I was proud of my nephew David when he went overseas to...
A New Culture
by Ps. Jim Wood | August 6, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
“So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.” Colossians 3:1 Our adopted Ukrainian children had to learn a new culture, a whole new way of life. On the way back from Ukraine, as they experienced...
Home
by Ps. Jim Wood | July 30, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 In 2002, God brought three of our children, Stephen, Elizabeth, and Peter, into our family through...
Adopted
by Ps. Jim Wood | July 23, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
Jesus said, “I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 The day our adopted children arrived at their new home in...
A New Home – Part 2
by Ps. Jim Wood | July 16, 2025 | Weekly Devotional | 0 Comments
“…I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.”John 14:3 A story is told of a missionary who returned from Africa to the USA in the early nineteen hundreds after a lifetime career in missions. When he arrived in New York City, he...
