In this episode of Faith for the Week on The Bridge, we look at Luke 16:10 and why Jesus says faithfulness shows up first in the very little. The word faithful shares a root with faith, and small, ordinary choices are where that faith gets built.

In this episode of Faith for the Week on The Bridge, we open a new month on faith in ordinary days with Colossians 3:23-24. Paul wrote to household servants whose work went unnoticed and told them who they were really serving, and what the Lord had set aside for them.

In this episode of Faith for the Week on The Bridge, we spend one more Monday on peace with Colossians 3:15. Paul describes the peace of Christ with the word for an umpire, and we look at what it means to let His peace make the call when something stirs you up with another person.

Peace is not something we work up or talk ourselves into; Romans 15:13 shows it flowing directly from God into those who are believing. This closing episode of Month 9 looks at what it means to receive peace rather than manufacture it, and why the Holy Spirit is the one who makes that possible.

Perfect peace in Isaiah 26:3 is not something you manufacture; it is something God maintains. This episode looks at the difference between peace as a feeling to pursue and peace as a condition God keeps you in when you stay turned toward him.

Paul’s instruction not to be anxious sounds simple until you’re actually anxious, and then it sounds impossible. This episode looks at what the Holy Spirit does when we bring the noise to God instead of trying to silence it ourselves.

Jesus told his disciples they would have tribulation and peace at the same time, not one after the other. This episode opens Month 9 by looking at what it means to hold onto a peace grounded in the finished work of Jesus, not in how things are going.

In this episode of Faith for the Week on The Bridge, Nicole closes out Month 8’s focus on gratitude with Habakkuk 3, rejoicing in God in the middle of real loss, not after it’s resolved.

In this episode of Faith for the Week on The Bridge, Nicole looks at Deuteronomy 8 and the specific danger Moses warns Israel about, forgetting God not in hardship, but in comfort and success.

In this episode of Faith for the Week on The Bridge, Nicole looks at the ten lepers in Luke 17 and what it means that only one, a Samaritan and an outsider, turned back to give thanks.

In this episode of Faith for the Week on The Bridge, Nicole sits with Psalm 103 and what it means to actually remember God’s specific mercy instead of letting it blur into the background of ordinary life.

In this episode of Faith for the Week on The Bridge, Nicole closes Month 7 in Isaiah 40:31, focusing on the last phrase of the verse and what it means for God to cover the ordinary, unremarkable walk of daily life.

In this episode of Faith for the Week on The Bridge, Nicole looks at Hebrews 12:1 and the difference between sin and weight, and what it means to run this life at a pace that actually lasts.

Paul prayed for something other than easier circumstances. This week sits with being strengthened on the inside, where life cannot reach.

Most people know the end of Isaiah 40:31, the wings and the running without growing weary, but the verse starts with waiting. This episode looks at what it means to wait on the Lord and let Him renew the strength you’ve run out of.

Hebrews 4:9-11 says there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God. This Faith for the Week devotional closes the month on what it means to live from rest, not just visit when life is hard.

What does Philippians 4:6-7 say about anxiety and the peace of God? A devotional on how God’s peace stands watch when you bring him what you are carrying.

Be still and know that I am God. This Faith for the Week devotional sits with Psalm 46:10 and what stillness actually does, which is open the way to knowing God.

Matthew 11:28 is Jesus’ invitation to people who are already tired. This week we sit with what it means to find rest for your soul when you cannot wait until life calms down.

David wrote Psalm 145 after a lifetime of knowing God — and he still had not found the bottom of His goodness. Neither will you.